In the period after the Second World War, the area of Eqi functioned as a starting point for the expeditions to the ice cap conducted by the French Arctic explorer Paul Emile Victor. Today his hut still stands as a memory of his many expeditions. The road that Victor constructed, which leads into the edge of the ice cap, is still very clear and in some parts almost intact. Eqip Sermia, also called "the calving glacier", is the pivotal point for many excursions in the Disco Bay. The glacier lies about 80 kilometres north of Ilulissat. It currently is receding at a rate of approximately 14 meters a day. Photography by Jim Graham
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