A recent video from a calving tidal glacier in Greenland...
For the past 15 years, I have used the rule of thumb: 1x3 (three times the height away), and more in unstable weather pressure. This rule is also used by expedition boats at Svalbard and has served well so far.
I'll leave you to judge if this is enough...
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Greenland kayak guide
A free guide for sea kayak expeditions on Greenland's South and East Coast
Contents:
- Daily life - must be spring
- Daily life - polarbears
- Dangerous animals
- Freight to Greenland
- Greenland vs Antarctic
- Ice - a kayaker's best friend
- Ice charts
- introduction
- Photos with map location
- Renting kayaks
- Renting update
- Slide show - large
- South vs East
- Spelling - old vs new?
- Tide and currents
- Travel - South
- Travel - East
- Weather - Baromet and wind
- Weather - Climate
- Weather - Qaqortoq data
- Weather forecasts
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- Baldvin Kristjansson
- Qaqortoq, Greenland
- Cold water paddler, married and father of two. Prefer Greenland Kayaks or Feathercraft. Guiding and expedition experience: Greenland 30-40 expeditions, Antarctic, Spitzbergen, Kamchatka, Patagonia, Iceland, Galapagos, Vietnam, Philippines, Himalaya, Karakoram. Contact me: baldvin(at)greenlandkayaks.gl