In September, 2008, I took a trip to Baffin Island and Greenland. The primary goal of the first half of the trip was finding polar bears. The real treat for the second half were the spectacular icebergs we encountered - particularly near Disko Bay. A tongue of the Greenland Icecap, known as the Jakobshavn Isbrae glacier, flows into Disko Bay. This glacier is the most prolific in the northern hemisphere, flowing at a rate of roughly 100 feet per day (astonishingly quick for a glacier) and its rapid flow rate creates about 20 billion tons of icebergs each year.

In addition to their impressive size, the sunsetting sun created the impression that we were looking at a wall of diamonds on the glistening icebergs.

As if that weren't enough, we had a fun afternoon with some Orca and a farewell sighting of two humpback whales.