# Sermilik > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sermilik > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sermilik.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sermilik > Source revision: 1339793193 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Fjord in Greenland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}{{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{about||the fjord in southern Greenland|Southern Sermilik|the glacier in Canada|Sermilik Glacier}} {{Infobox body of water | name= Sermilik | native_name={{native name|da|Egede og Rothes Fjord}} | other_name= | image= Helheim Fjord in eastern Greenland.jpg | caption = [Helheim Fjord](/source/Helheim_Fjord), part of the Sermilik system. | pushpin_map = Greenland | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Greenland | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location= [Arctic](/source/Arctic) | coords= {{coord|66|0|N|37|52|W|region:GL_type:waterbody_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline, title}} | rivers= | oceans= [North Atlantic Ocean](/source/North_Atlantic_Ocean) | countries= [Greenland](/source/Greenland) | length={{convert|81|km|abbr=on}} | width={{convert|14|km|abbr=on}} | area= | depth= | settlements= }} '''Sermilik''' ({{langx|da|Egede og Rothes Fjord}}) is a fjord in eastern [Greenland](/source/Greenland). It is part of the [Sermersooq](/source/Sermersooq) [municipality](/source/municipalities_of_Greenland). The settlement of [Tasiilaq](/source/Tasiilaq) is located about 15 km to the east of the mouth of the fjord. ==Geography== { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q3745834", "properties": { "fill": "#0050d0"}} This fjord, whose [Greenlandic](/source/Greenlandic_language) name 'Sermilik' means 'place with glaciers' is located at the southern end of [King Christian IX Land](/source/King_Christian_IX_Land), west of [Ammassalik Fjord](/source/Ammassalik_Fjord). It is one of the largest fjords in the southeastern coast of Greenland. Its waters are fed by the [Helheim Glacier](/source/Helheim_Glacier), [Fenris Glacier](/source/Fenris_Glacier) and [Midgard Glacier](/source/Midgard_Glacier) among others. The fjord stretches inland in a roughly northern direction and splits into two branches at its head —at the southern limit of [Schweizerland](/source/Schweizerland), the western one being the [Helheim Fjord](/source/Helheim_Fjord) and the right one the [Ningerti](/source/Ningerti).{{cite web|url=http://mapcarta.com/19185584|title=Sermilik|work=Mapcarta|accessdate=11 April 2016}} Sermilik's mouth is located between [Kitak Island](/source/Kitak) and [Cape Tycho Brahe](/source/Cape_Tycho_Brahe) in the [Denmark Strait](/source/Denmark_Strait) area of the Atlantic Ocean. [Kangersivartikajik](/source/Kangersivartikajik) is the next fjord to the east along the coast. Near the fjord's entrance on the western side there is the island of [Qeertartivatsiaq](/source/Qeertartivatsiaq) at the mouth of [Johan Petersen Fjord](/source/Johan_Petersen_Fjord) and its eastern branch, the [Stoklund Fjord](/source/Stoklund_Fjord). Sermilik is surrounded by jagged mountainous landscape and its coast is mostly very irregular and steep.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 104 ==History== Initially [Fridtjof Nansen](/source/Fridtjof_Nansen) had thought that Sermilik would offer a route up to reach the [ice cap](/source/Greenland_ice_sheet) for his projected westward overland crossing. On 3 June 1888 Nansen's party was picked up from the north-western Icelandic port of [Ísafjörður](/source/%C3%8Dsafj%C3%B6r%C3%B0ur) by Norwegian sealer ''[Jason](/source/Jason_(ship))''. A week later the Greenland coast was sighted, but progress was hindered by thick [pack ice](/source/drift_ice). On 17 July, with the coast still {{convert|20|km|mi}} away, Nansen decided to launch the small boats; they were within sight of the Sermilik Fjord, which Nansen had deemed a good place to reach the ice sheet in order to cross it and reach [Christianshåb](/source/Christiansh%C3%A5b).Huntford, pp. 97–99 The expedition left ''Jason'' "in good spirits and with the highest hopes of a fortunate result", according to ''Jason's'' captain. There followed days of extreme frustration for the party as, prevented by weather and sea conditions from reaching the shore, they drifted southwards with the ice. Most of this time was spent camping on the ice itself—it was too dangerous to launch the boats. By 29 July they were {{convert|380|km|mi}} south of the point where they had left the ship. On that day they finally reached land, but were too far south to begin the crossing. After a brief rest, Nansen ordered the team back into the boats and to begin rowing north. In the end Nansen finally began his crossing at [Umivik Bay](/source/Umivik_Bay).Reynolds, pp. 48–52 ==Gallery== {{col-float|width=305px}} [[File:No-nb bldsa 3b098.jpg|none|thumb|300px|Seal hunting vessel ''[Jason](/source/Jason_(ship))'' stuck in the ice off Sermilik in 1888. The ship had the members of the [Greenland Expedition](/source/Nansen_Expedition) on board.]] {{col-float-break|width=305px}} [[File:Nansen Greenland Crossing Map af.png|none|thumb|300px|Nansen's 1888 route across Greenland showing Sermilik and [Umivik](/source/Umivik) in the east coast.]] {{col-float-break|width=305px}} [[File:Angmagssalik map.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Map of [Ammassalik Island](/source/Ammassalik_Island) with ''Sermilik'' in the left.]] {{col-float-end}} ==See also== *[List of fjords of Greenland](/source/List_of_fjords_of_Greenland) *[Ammassalik Island](/source/Ammassalik_Island) *[Kristian Kristiansen (explorer)](/source/Kristian_Kristiansen_(explorer)) *[Sermilik Station](/source/Sermilik_Station) *[Sermiligaaq](/source/Sermiligaaq) ==Bibliography== *Bjarne Grønnow, Jens Fog Jensen (2003). ''The Northernmost Ruins of the Globe''. Museum Tusculanum Press. {{ISBN|978-8763512626}} *[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010TCD.....4.1195M Mernild, S. H.; Liston, G. E.; Howat, I. M.; Ahn, Y.; Steffen, K.; Hasholt, B.; Jakobsen, B. H.; Fog, B.; van As, D., ''Freshwater flux to Sermilik Fjord, SE Greenland''] * {{cite book | authorlink = Roland Huntford | last = Huntford | first = Roland | title = Nansen | publisher = Abacus | location = London | year = 2001 | isbn = 0-349-11492-7}} (First published in 1997 by Gerald Duckworth) * {{cite book | last = Reynolds | first = E.E. | title = Nansen | publisher = Penguin Books | location = Harmondsworth (UK) | year = 1949}} ==References== {{Reflist|2}} ==External links== *{{commonscat inline|Sermilik}} *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-2tHtgv8Go Iceberg Collapse, Sermilik Fjord, East-Greenland] *[http://www.greenlandtours.com/Location/EastGreenland/FrozenGiants/ Hiking in Sermilik] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407160004/http://www.greenlandtours.com/Location/EastGreenland/FrozenGiants/ |date=7 April 2016 }} *[http://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Sermilik-Fjord-in-Greenland-27MZIF24I254.html Greenpeace - Sermilik] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426074557/http://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Sermilik-Fjord-in-Greenland-27MZIF24I254.html |date=26 April 2016 }} Category:Fjords of Greenland Category:Sermersooq [it:Egede Fjord](/source/it%3AEgede_Fjord) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Sermilik](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sermilik) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sermilik?action=history)). 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