点评:Qeqertarsuaq is a port and town in the Qeqertalik municipality, located on the south coast of Disko Island on the west coast of Greenland. It is home to a campus of the University of Copenhagen known as Arctic Station. On August 13, 2025, Quark Expeditions brought its polar ship, the “Ultramarine,” to Qeqertarsuaq (69O 14.9’N, 053O 32.5’ W) on the third day of an eight-day expedition called “West Greenland Ice Odyssey: Glaciers and Icebergs”.
Using Zodiacs, we disembarked the Ultramarine and visited the community, starting at the Qeqertarsuaq Museum. We also toured the community, visiting a local breeder of sled dogs indigenous to Greenland. We learned that evidence suggests that people lived here as many as 6,000 years ago, that the town and surrounding area stand apart as the island’s only volcanic region, and that more than half of Greenland’s plant species are found here.
During our expedition to Disko Island we saw common eider, red-throated loon, common loon, great cormorant, arctic skua, black-legged kittiwake, great- and lesser-black backed gull, Glaucous and Icelandic gull, arctic tern, raven, northern wheatear, common redpoll, snow bunting, and humpback whales.
翻译:凯凯塔尔苏阿克是凯凯塔利克市的一个港口和城镇,位于格陵兰岛西海岸迪斯科岛的南岸。哥本哈根大学北极站就坐落于此。2025年8月13日,夸克探险公司(Quark Expeditions)的极地探险船“海洋无极号”(Ultramarine)抵达凯凯塔尔苏阿克(北纬69°14.9’,西经05°33’32.5’),这是为期八天的探险之旅“西格陵兰冰雪奇缘:冰川与冰山”的第三天。
我们乘坐充气式冲锋艇,从凯凯塔尔苏阿克博物馆出发,参观了当地的社区。我们还参观了社区,拜访了当地一位饲养格陵兰本土雪橇犬的饲养员。我们了解到,有证据表明早在6000年前,这里就有人类居住;该镇及其周边地区是岛上唯一的火山区,格陵兰岛一半以上的植物物种都生长在这里。
在迪斯科岛探险期间,我们看到了普通绒鸭、红喉潜鸟、普通潜鸟、大鸬鹚、贼鸥、黑腿三趾鸥、大黑背鸥和小黑背鸥、北极鸥和冰岛鸥、北极燕鸥、渡鸦、白眉鸲、红poll、雪鹀和座头鲸。