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# Disko Bay
- URL: https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/disko-bay/
- Published: 2025-07-20T20:20:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-30T20:45:16.000Z
- Description: The journey by boat from Ilulissat to the Eqi Glacier is nothing short of spectacular.
- Author: Ivar Hagendoorn
- Tags: Photography

The journey by boat from [Ilulissat](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/ilulissat-icefjord-1/) to the [Eqi Glacier](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/eqi-glacier/) is nothing short of spectacular. It takes about three and a half hours and along the way there are hundreds of icebergs one more beautiful than the other. On both the outbound and the inbound journey we saw some whales. I even saw a jumping whale, but it happened too quickly to capture on camera.

![Disko Bay](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2025/07/disko-bay-1.jpg)

It was cloudy and foggy on the morning we left Ilulissat, but this actually made for some moody photographs. 

![Iceberg in the Disko Bay](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2025/07/disko-bay-2.jpg)

![Icebergs in the Disko Bay](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2025/07/disko-bay-3.jpg)

Icebergs big and small in the Disko Bay

![Iceberg in the Disko Bay](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2025/07/disko-bay-4.jpg)

![Iceberg in the Disko Bay](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2025/07/disko-bay-5.jpg)

An iceberg as big as a small island in the Disko Bay

![Iceberg in the Disko Bay](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2025/07/disko-bay-6.jpg)

Another iceberg as big as a small island in the Disko Bay

![A whale in the Disko Bay](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2025/07/disko-bay-7.jpg)

The captain spotted some whales so we hung around for a while. I was told that if you spot a tail, the whale is taking a deep dive and will be under water for the next 10-15 minutes. So we continued our journey shortly after I took this photograph.

![An iceberg in the Disko Bay](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2025/07/disko-bay-8.jpg)

Another nicely shaped iceberg

As we approached the Eqi Glacier the sky began to clear casting the icebergs in a beautiful light. The glacier and the ice sheet creates its own micro climate and I was told that the sky is usually clear above the glacier.

![Icebergs in the Disko Bay](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2025/07/disko-bay-9.jpg)

The following day, when we left the Glacier Lodge Eqi, the sky had cleared. Overnight some large icebergs must have drifted from another nearby glacier, because I did not capture them the previous day.

![Icebergs in the Disko Bay](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2025/07/disko-bay-10.jpg)

In some areas the water was perfectly still turning the surface into a mirror.

![Icebergs in the Disko Bay](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2025/07/disko-bay-11.jpg)

Icebergs reflected in the water in the Disko Bay

More amazing reflections. Pro-tip: stand at the front of the boat otherwise the waves will destroy the reflection.

![Iceberg in the Disko Bay](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2025/07/disko-bay-12.jpg)

This iceberg was pretty huge and totally awesome.

![Iceberg in the Disko Bay](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2025/07/disko-bay-13.jpg)

The same iceberg but from another angle.

### Related Posts

**More Greenland!** The [Ilulissat Icefjord](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/ilulissat-icefjord-1/) as seen from the shore and as seen during a [midsummer night cruise](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/ilulissat-icefjord-2/). The mighty [Eqi Glacier](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/eqi-glacier/), the equally mighty [Russell Glacier](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/russell-glacier/), the [Greenland Ice Sheet](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/greenland-ice-sheet/) and some colorful photos of fishing equipment lying around at a warehouse in [Nuuk harbour](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/nuuk-harbour/).