Near the start of the fjord it divides into three channels sitting between two 25 mile long mountainous islands

We saw a few other boats, but the water was mostly completely empty

There were lots of waterfalls

We stopped near this one to fish

The water was packed with cod, once you drop the line about 40m down and raise it again you are almost guaranteed a catch

This was the first of a handful that I caught

Heading to Qooqqut, which is on a side channel, for dinner

No one lives here permanently now, but there are some summer cabins used mostly by locals for hunting and fishing trips

We docked at the small jetty

The restaurant - Qooqqut Naan - open in the summer for visitors by boat like us

Preparing the fish

I think I caught the big one on top

Fish soup starter

The main: our cod was cooked three different ways

Heading back. It is the second largest fjord system in the world (the largest being in East Greenland) - we only saw a fraction of it.

Our boat was fast, but this other one was faster

Wake

This peak is about 1,100m high, just above the elevation of Snowdon - some of the peaks are over 1,600m

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