Exploring the Russell Glacier in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland - Travel vlog

[@WandererBell]

Hello everyone, I hope you enjoy watching all my videos of Greenland as much as I enjoyed making them. You can watch the other videos I filmed in Greenland here: kzbin.info/aero/PL0wwMzq5-Q2h4OGCQo45y_jxTPwZOxkrp

[@khormaka5981]

I got emotional when I heard your words @16:13 God bless you, sir

[@WandererBell]

Thank you so much for your kind comment. I had to watch my own video after reading your comment to find out what I said in that video.

[@YouRock777]

I have watched all your videos about Greenland, they are the most detailed and interesting on KZbin. Your conversation in English is very easy to understand. Thank you very much and greetings from Russia!!!

[@WandererBell]

You are welcome and thank you for watching. I really appreciate your kind feedback.

[@YouRock777]

@@WandererBell Liked and subscribed to your amazing channel! Have a nice trips!

[@danishbacon.]

Fantastic video & heartfull description. Thank you. I am going on Monday with my Mother. I have seen your video so many times thw last week. Thank you. Greetings. Michael, from Denmark

[@WandererBell]

Thank you. Have a wonderful and safe trip!

[@aleksdude]

Looks like an amazing place to take a hike. Very envious of your trip to Greenland n

[@WandererBell]

It really is an amazing place!

[@packermaster521]

The road to the glacier reminded me of some of the videos I have seen from some Central Asia countries.

[@WandererBell]

You are right. Some roads in central Asia look similar.

[@wurbangroupmining4282]

20 years ago I was a guide there. And I took the guests all the way down to the bottom of the glacier. The reason why you had to hike, is because the tour company did not put you in the UNIMOG truck ( the green one ), it could easily bring you through the most beautiful sand desert, It can also be done by a 4x4 car. You can hike on your own, all the way from the airport to Russel and the icecap. Bring a tent and some food and drinks. You have to walk through the national park area, and watch out for musk ox ..but it is possible.

[@WandererBell]

The guide was on his first day of work. He was new and did not know much about the place, but he tried his best. The following day I took another tour of the icecap and that guide was much more knowledgeable. I filmed my visit to the icecap as well. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sH7RcqN6hN6qm6s

[@johnmarshall6702]

I hiked out there in 1972 and spent the night. Early July. I was briefly stationed at Sondestrom AFB and they had arctic sleeping bags, tents, parkas, etc. to rent. Quickly discovered that when sleeping on permafrost, even with an insulating pad, that you get really cold unless you put your parka under your sleeping bag to help insulate. The air wasn't that cold. There was a huge ice cave there at the time that we entered, all blue ice inside, but we didn't dare go too far inside. Ceiling was easily 30 feet above us. Beautiful. But those things are never stable and there was a waterfall in the back of the cave. We just got far enough inside to feel what it was like inside a glacier, got our feet wet in really cold water, but were briefly surrounded by that unearthly blue and endless cold, and then retreated. It looks both diminished and far more civilized now. In 1972 there was no transport out there so you had to walk. A good hike. Came across lots of caribou and musk ox, which fortunately didn't bother us given we didn't bother them. But I ran into a young caribou that came right up to me (I was downwind) until it got my scent and then took off. The summer I was there, I didn't hear of anyone else walking out there, at least from the military side of the airfield. The guy handing out the hiking gear would know. The other side of the field was an SAS Airlines hotel that was used when flights from Scandinavia to Canada (Vancouver I think) sometimes had to stop due to winds/weather and put people up for a night or two. Those were in the days of 707's and range wasn't nearly as good as more modern long-range airliners. Flew out of Sondy on a C5A. That was fun.

[@packermaster521]

The view at 9:00...💯

[@WandererBell]

I filmed that view again the following day when the second tour made a stop at the same place.

[@packermaster521]

Btw, that kind of background music worked well at the beginning. Truly amazing place/adventure.👏👏

[@WandererBell]

Thank you for the kind feedback.

[@daviethemusicman2885]

I guess the days are very long during summer time like Alaska, the land of the midnight sun?

[@WandererBell]

24 hours of sunshine around this time from late May to late July. This phenomenon happens above the arctic circle.

[@danishbacon.]

Thank you

[@filizunsal425]

Hi, thanks for the video. Is it ok to walk with trekking shoes in Russel Glacier in mid August but not with boots?

[@WandererBell]

They won’t allow you to walk on the glacier itself, but you can follow the designated trail along the glacier. Regular hiking shoes should be fine for this, so you won’t need specialized boots.

[@filizunsal425]

@@WandererBell Thanks, this was helpful too .

[@johnmule9419]

Incredible video of the terrain...just curious...in your videos I've never heard you speak of problems with polar bears...did you see any on your journeys around Greenland and are they considered a problem by the locals and law enforcement?

[@WandererBell]

One polar bear was captured near Kangerlussuaq airport in 2018, so I was a little bit nervous when hiking in Kangerlussuaq. I was told by local people that there are not that many polar bears in Western and Southern Greenland. However, Eastern Greenland has a lot. I was slightly nervous when I hiked in Ilulissat, but the local people told me not to worry about it as long as I don't hike outside the safe zones.

[@johnmule9419]

@@WandererBell Good to know...I was actually getting nervous watching you and the small tour group hiking so far away from the bus without any protection. I knew nothing was going to happen but it was still a bit scary. There was a video done by another Greenland traveler ('Drifter Dave') where he was actually scared walking along that long boardwalk towards the glaciers. Very beautiful but so incredibly remote.

[@ettorerosmarino759]

If you only had the time to take one of the Tours, would you do the ice cap or this one? :)

[@WandererBell]

The ice cap.

[@ettorerosmarino759]

@@WandererBell thank you so much! Im watching all your videos to organize my trip! 😍