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ICE LAGOON 

the colours of the ice

photos by Ekaterina and Alessandro Bee

videos by Stefano Tatti

ice, ice lagoon, glacier, Ekaterina Bee, traveling with daddy, Alessandro Bee, ceberg, iceland, Jökulsárlón lagoon, arctic, arctic tern, blue ice, diamond beach, seal, east Iceland

La laguna glaciale di Jokulsarlon, in Islanda, e l'Ilulissat Icefjord, in Groenlandia, sono luoghi spettacolari in cui enormi iceberg si muovono spinti dalle correnti...

The glacial lagoon of Jokulsarlon, in Iceland, and the Ilulissat Icefjord, in Greenland, are spectacular places where huge icebergs move driven by currents.

ice, ice lagoon, glacier, Ekaterina Bee, traveling with daddy, Alessandro Bee, ceberg, iceland, Jökulsárlón lagoon, arctic, arctic tern, blue ice, diamond beach, seal, east Iceland

"Gli iceberg sono enormi da fuori, ma la cosa che mi stupisce e affascina di più è il sapere che spunta dall'acqua solo 1/7 dell'iceberg. Sotto sono ancora molto molto più grandi.

 

Papà si è immerso e li ha visti da sott'acqua.

Un giorno vorrei farlo anche io!"

(Ekaterina Bee)

Greenland, iceberg, Ilulissat, Disko Bay, Ekaterina Bee, traveling with daddy, Alessandro Bee, moon, greenlandic iceberg, arctic

The icebergs are huge from the outside, but the thing that amazes and fascinates me is to know that only 1/7 of the iceberg comes out of the water. Below the water surface they are still much much bigger.

Daddy dived and saw icebergs from underwater. One day I would like to do it too".

(Ekaterina Bee)

Alessandro Bee (in Greenland), Greenland, iceberg, Ilulissat, Disko Bay, Ekaterina Bee, traveling with daddy, Alessandro Bee, moon, greenlandic iceberg, arctic
Greenland, iceberg, Ilulissat, Disko Bay, Ekaterina Bee, traveling with daddy, Alessandro Bee, moon, greenlandic iceberg, arctic
ice, ice lagoon, glacier, Ekaterina Bee, traveling with daddy, Alessandro Bee, ceberg, iceland, Jökulsárlón lagoon, arctic, arctic tern, blue ice, diamond beach, seal, east Iceland

"Quando gli iceberg si capovolgono sono di un colore blu intenso e dopo alcune ore diventano bianchi. Gli iceberg hanno così tanti colori e sfumature che sembrano la tavolozza di pittore a cui piace molto il blu e le sue tonalità". (Ekaterina Bee)

ice, ice lagoon, glacier, Ekaterina Bee, traveling with daddy, Alessandro Bee, ceberg, iceland, Jökulsárlón lagoon, arctic, arctic tern, blue ice, diamond beach, seal, east Iceland
ice, ice lagoon, glacier, Ekaterina Bee, traveling with daddy, Alessandro Bee, ceberg, iceland, Jökulsárlón lagoon, arctic, arctic tern, blue ice, diamond beach, seal, east Iceland
ice, ice lagoon, glacier, Ekaterina Bee, traveling with daddy, Alessandro Bee, ceberg, iceland, Jökulsárlón lagoon, arctic, arctic tern, blue ice, diamond beach, seal, east Iceland
ice, ice lagoon, glacier, Ekaterina Bee, traveling with daddy, Alessandro Bee, ceberg, iceland, Jökulsárlón lagoon, arctic, arctic tern, blue ice, diamond beach, seal, east Iceland

"When the icebergs turn over they are an intense blue color and after a few hours they turn white. Icebergs have so many colors and shades that they look like the palette of a painter who really likes blue and its shades". (Ekaterina Bee)

Greenland, iceberg, Ilulissat, Disko Bay, Ekaterina Bee, traveling with daddy, Alessandro Bee, moon, greenlandic iceberg, arctic
ice, ice lagoon, glacier, Ekaterina Bee, traveling with daddy, Alessandro Bee, ceberg, iceland, Jökulsárlón lagoon, arctic, arctic tern, blue ice, diamond beach, seal, east Iceland

"Ho preso un pezzetto di ghiaccio dalla laguna e l'ho assaggiato. Papà mi ha chiesto sorridendo di  cosa sapeva e che gusto aveva. Gli ho risposto... " di acqua!!!" E mi sono messa a ridere!". (Ekaterina Bee)

ice, ice lagoon, glacier, Ekaterina Bee, traveling with daddy, Alessandro Bee, ceberg, iceland, Jökulsárlón lagoon, arctic, arctic tern, blue ice, diamond beach, seal, east Iceland

"I took a piece of ice from the lagoon and tasted it. Daddy asked me, smiling, what it tasted like. I replied ... "it tastes of water !!!" And I started laughing". (Ekaterina Bee)

ice, ice lagoon, glacier, Ekaterina Bee, traveling with daddy, Alessandro Bee, ceberg, iceland, Jökulsárlón lagoon, arctic, arctic tern, blue ice, diamond beach, seal, east Iceland
Greenland, iceberg, Ilulissat, Disko Bay, Ekaterina Bee, traveling with daddy, Alessandro Bee, moon, greenlandic iceberg, arctic

"Mentre facevamo un'escursione con la barca abbiamo visto anche alcune foche".

(Ekaterina Bee)

"While sailing with the boat we also saw a few seals".  (Ekaterina Bee)

ice, ice lagoon, glacier, Ekaterina Bee, traveling with daddy, Alessandro Bee, ceberg, iceland, Jökulsárlón lagoon, arctic, arctic tern, blue ice, diamond beach, seal, east Iceland
ice, ice lagoon, glacier, Ekaterina Bee, traveling with daddy, Alessandro Bee, ceberg, iceland, Jökulsárlón lagoon, arctic, arctic tern, blue ice, diamond beach, seal, east Iceland

"C'erano anche tante sterne artiche. Sono uccelli piccoli e molto eleganti.

 

Le sterne sono animali incredibili. La guida ci ha detto che volano dal Polo Nord al Polo Sud e viceversa varie volte nella vita. E che complessivamente nella vita volano una distanza di 4 volte il viaggio di andata e ritorno dalla Terra alla Luna. INCREDIBILE!!! Così piccole e così forti!"

(Ekaterina Bee)

ice, ice lagoon, glacier, Ekaterina Bee, traveling with daddy, Alessandro Bee, ceberg, iceland, Jökulsárlón lagoon, arctic, arctic tern, blue ice, diamond beach, seal, east Iceland

"There were also many arctic terns. They are small and very elegant birds.

 

Terns are incredible animals. The guide told us that they fly from the North Pole to the South Pole and back several times in their life. And that overall in life they fly a distance of 4 times the round trip from Earth to the Moon. Just I-N-C-R-E-D-I-B-L-E!!! So small and so strong!"

(Ekaterina Bee)

ice, ice lagoon, glacier, Ekaterina Bee, traveling with daddy, Alessandro Bee, ceberg, iceland, Jökulsárlón lagoon, arctic, arctic tern, blue ice, diamond beach, seal, east Iceland
ice, ice lagoon, glacier, Ekaterina Bee, traveling with daddy, Alessandro Bee, ceberg, iceland, Jökulsárlón lagoon, arctic, arctic tern, blue ice, diamond beach, seal, east Iceland

"A Diamond Beach la sabbia nera faceva contrasto con il luccichìo dei pezzetti di ghiaccio, che sembravano dei preziosi cristalli Swarovsky". (Ekaterina Bee)

ice, ice lagoon, glacier, Ekaterina Bee, traveling with daddy, Alessandro Bee, ceberg, iceland, Jökulsárlón lagoon, arctic, arctic tern, blue ice, diamond beach, seal, east Iceland
ice, ice lagoon, glacier, Ekaterina Bee, traveling with daddy, Alessandro Bee, ceberg, iceland, Jökulsárlón lagoon, arctic, arctic tern, blue ice, diamond beach, seal, east Iceland

"In Diamond Beach the black sand contrasted with the glitter of the pieces of ice, which looked like precious Swarovsky crystals".

(Ekaterina Bee)

ice, ice lagoon, glacier, Ekaterina Bee, traveling with daddy, Alessandro Bee, ceberg, iceland, Jökulsárlón lagoon, arctic, arctic tern, blue ice, diamond beach, seal, east Iceland
ice, ice lagoon, glacier, Ekaterina Bee, traveling with daddy, Alessandro Bee, ceberg, iceland, Jökulsárlón lagoon, arctic, arctic tern, blue ice, diamond beach, seal, east Iceland

LO SAPEVI CHE?

Le sterne artiche difendono aggressivamente il loro nido dai predatori, anche se molto più grandi di loro, uomini inclusi.

ice, ice lagoon, glacier, Ekaterina Bee, traveling with daddy, Alessandro Bee, ceberg, iceland, Jökulsárlón lagoon, arctic, arctic tern, blue ice, diamond beach, seal, east Iceland

La sterna artica compie la più lunga migrazione animale mai documentata, dall'estate del Polo Nord a quella del Polo Sud e ritorno, per un totale di circa 96.000 km in un anno.

Si calcola che nell'arco della sua vita una sterna artica possa volare anche per 3.000.000 di km, una distanza pari a 4 volte il viaggio di andata e ritorno dalla Terra alla Luna!

ice, ice lagoon, glacier, Ekaterina Bee, traveling with daddy, Alessandro Bee, ceberg, iceland, Jökulsárlón lagoon, arctic, arctic tern, blue ice, diamond beach, seal, east Iceland

DID YOU KNOW THAT?

Arctic terns aggressively defend their nest from predators, also predators much larger than them, including humans.

The arctic tern makes the longest animal migration ever documented, from the summer of the North Pole to the summer of South Pole and back, for a total of about 96,000 km in a year.

It is estimated that an arctic tern can fly for 3,000,000 km over its life, a distance equal to 4 times the round trip from Earth to the Moon.

Greenland, iceberg, Ilulissat, Disko Bay, Ekaterina Bee, traveling with daddy, Alessandro Bee, moon, greenlandic iceberg, arctic

LO SAPEVI CHE?

L’Ilulissat Icefjord, in Groenlandia, è dal 2004 patrimonio dell’Umanità protetto dall’Unesco.

 

Enormi iceberg si staccano dal ghiacciaio Sermeq Kuialleq, uno dei più veloci ghiacciai del Mondo, e il più produttivo al di fuori dell’Antartide, con oltre 46 km³ di ghiaccio che si staccano ogni anno.

Greenland, iceberg, Ilulissat, Disko Bay, Ekaterina Bee, traveling with daddy, Alessandro Bee, moon, greenlandic iceberg, arctic

DID YOU KNOW THAT?

Ilulissat Icefjord in Greenland has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2004.

 

Huge icebergs break off from the Sermeq Kuialleq glacier, one of the fastest glaciers in the world and the most productive outside Antarctica, with over 46 km³ of ice detaching every year.

Greenland, iceberg, Ilulissat, Disko Bay, Ekaterina Bee, traveling with daddy, Alessandro Bee, moon, greenlandic iceberg, arctic
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