Ilulissat and the Huskies — And Greenland’s biggest Glacier that isn’t there anymore
Chapter Thirteen of my book Go Greenland
I LOVED exploring Ilulissat, which I thought was a very quaint little town. Blanketed in patches of ice and snow, it was positioned on a slight incline with stunning views out to sea.
I managed to rope Leo into visiting the Ilulissat Art Museum with me. Most of the pictures’ theme was — you guessed it — ice! There were some stunning images and scenes portrayed by many Greenland artists. It didn’t seem to matter if most of their world was grey, they were very skilled at getting the whitish blue colour of ice perfect. A museum we visited gave a good look at Greenland’s history. This was, of course, Knud Rasmussen’s Museum. It was contained in the house he had been born in, and there was a statue of Ilulissat’s most famous citizen outside. There were also lots of preserved boats of various kinds, and the hunting and fishing equipment the Inuit traditionally used. It was quite a cultural eye-opener to see all that, and so was the house itself. I have been to so many different museums all over the world and I make a point of visiting them wherever I go. Sometimes the little ones are just as intriguing as the big ones.
