Ice Crawl Tasha Style

When talking about what we were supposed to be doing on our trip to Greenland I always made a point of saying how we were going to walk on the ice sheet. Well... that is not exactly true, since one can not simply walk on a smooth non snowy ice surface, instead we were crawling or scooting along until we would get to sections of the ice that had a little bit of grip due to snow that had fallen that morning. It is a good thing the ice sheet is uninhabited because we must have looked crazy making our way around the ice sheet. And then all semblance of cultured college students slid away as we realized that though it is hard to walk, it is easy to slide. The ice sheet, which can be described as rolling ice is perfect for sledding - without the sled.

Here I am, about to slide down an ice hill. I have to admit, having grown up with few chances to sled, the whole experience was AMAZING despite the cold.

In the picture to the right you can see what I mean when I talk about the rolling ice. Also if you see the patches of snow those are the areas in which you can walk, the parts that are blue have no snow. It is these areas that you can imagine me crawling around in for fear of falling! =D

After a couple hours, we had to leave the ice sheet so that we could get back to camp while there was still light. I was reluctant to leave and was one of the last people to come off of the ice sheet.
The experience on the ice sheet was, like most of my trip to Greenland, quite hard to describe through words or pictures. Where we were, one is surrounded on all four sides by ice as far as the eye can see. The only color visible is the blue of the ice and sky. It looks so picturesque that it seems fake until you touch it for yourself, validating that the ice is very real and not just a dream. It is magical when you are standing on this ice sheet, which is one of only two in the world. Truly another Greenlandic marvel!