Scuba Diver Ocean Planet Issue 06/2016 | Page 27

“Along with diving, we want to offer this unique experience to our guests,” says Gust. During the week-long expedition there is a three-day tour which heads into a nearby fjord. This is not for the faint-hearted as it is a five or six hour trail on the dog sledges. This is real adventure and hard to imagine when sitting at home planning it. Most of the equipment is transported by snowmobile, so the dogs don’t need to pull the heavy dive kit. When the rope tightens and the dogs set off it 02 Husky dogs towing a laden sledge near is a strange feeling: You don’t Tasiilaq know what to hang onto or 03 An iceberg dwarfs where to put your feet. But, as a diver in crystal-clear we pick up speed and silently water, Tasiilaq Fjord skim over the frozen fjord, everyone starts smiling anyway. When the climb is steep, or the snow is wet, guests have to jump off the sledge and run alongside it to ease the passage for the dogs.