A short walk inland from Qaanaaq brings you to the front of a small outlet glacier of the Greenland ice sheet. It is one of the few places in the world where you can be standing on bare gravel one minute and standing on a 200-metre-high wall of ice the next, with a few hours' walk between them. The terminus calves smaller chunks into a meltwater stream that runs back down to the bay.
The walk is roughly four to five hours return on rough rocky ground. There is no path and no signs; ask in town for a guide, especially if the weather looks uncertain. Polar bears are a real possibility in this area and a rifle is standard. In high summer the route is largely snow-free; in spring it is a skiable plateau and most local trips are by dog sled.