Inglefield Bredning is the great fjord on which Qaanaaq sits — about 100 kilometres long, surrounded by glaciers on three sides, and ice-covered for nine months a year. In late winter the floe edge moves outward and the Inughuit hunters take dog sleds across it to hunt narwhal and seal. In summer the bay opens up and you can take a small boat out to watch icebergs calve off the Heilprin and Tracy glaciers at the head of the fjord.
The fjord is one of the few places where you can see narwhal and beluga in the same waters; ringed seals are common, walrus pass through, and the occasional polar bear hauls out on the ice. Boat trips from Qaanaaq are short — most are full or half-day — and the scale of the cliffs and the ice is genuinely overwhelming. Bring layers; the wind off the glaciers is cold even in August.