[2] The location at the heart of the Uummannaq ice fjord provides good fishing and catching opportunities both in summer and winter for seals, halibut, catfish, reindeer and musk oxen.

Ikerasak has a school with approximately 50 students, a shop, a community center, a medical clinic, a fish factory, a children's institution, and a retirement home with 3-4 beds.

In the event of more severe illnesses, individuals are transported by air or sea to the hospital in Uummannaq, where doctors and nurses are available.

There are no roads in the settlement and therefore no cars, all transport takes place via the prisoners' small dinghies, snowmobiles or dog sleds.

The population of Ikerasak has fluctuated over the last two decades, slightly decreasing in the last several years.