Arrival in Greenland, near the airport of Narsarsuaq at the edge of the inland ice
The South of Greenland, near Narsarsuaq, inland ice comes down by a glacier that breaks into pieces in the fjord water...
Reliable airplanes for transport, weather permitting (which is seldom !) to the capital Nuuk
In Greenland one need to take into account the weather, as there is only one airfield with radar.
Thus delays because of bad weather (fogs, snowstorms) from a few hours to a few days are quite normal...
Spectacular views during the flight
The old hospital and Hans Egedes statue overlooking the old harbour in the capital Nuuk
The only traffic light in Greenland!
In Nuuk, post for Santa Claus comes from many places
and is put in the largest post box of the world...
Santa Claus' office is next door.
Next collection: Christmas
Katuaq, the House of Culture in Nuuk
Houses in Nuuk at sunset (10.30 PM!)
Next, a several days trip along the coast with the State Ferry (only
passengers and freight/post)
And as you can see, bad weather...
Sisimiut, old whaling town...
...as you can see here
At Aasiaat, transfer to a smaller ferry for Qassianguit
That is what you see when traveling by boat, besides some whales far
away (near Qassianguit)...
No own cooking today in Qassianguit...
Flight to Illulisat with a halve day delay, due to the weather
Beware of the dog sledges (Illulisat)!
But in summer, men and dogs are waiting for cooler times...
On the road to the icefjord
And that is what you see when you walk near Illulisat: 40 km of
icebergs trapped at a 300 m
deep morene but the icebergs are up to 100 m high above water, that
means 900 m
under water! Incredible amounts of ice, cracking, colliding, turning
upside down...
The end of the icefjord near Illulisat: icebergs waiting to be pushed
into open sea by others behind them or by wind and tides
Iceberg pushed into open sea near the coast of Illulisat
At the end of the organised tour: a last meal with Greenlandic
specialities (whale, seal, musk ox,...)
Due to overbooking, we were offered a flight with the "VIP" plane back
to Nuuk, together with two Canadians...
The end of the Illulisat ice fjord seen through the window of the "VIP"
airplane
Again, spectacular Greenland landscape...
And then a few days rest at the end of one of the side arms of the Nuuk
fjord...
...in the middle of nowhere...
Nice, tough walks with in the background, behind a rig, one of the many
icefjords...
Back to Nuuk, the first icefields appear in the fjord
Navigating back too Nuuk was not easy between the many icefields in the
Nuuk fjord
The flight from Kangerlussuaq to Copenhagen and other towns takes
longer than to the North Pole
Daughter Ann at the edge of the inland ice near Kangerlussuaq
Special customs: at the first schoolday, the children are in national
dress, have flowers for the teacher and a cake for the class
The end of the trip: sunset over the ocean
