Trawling the internet for things to do during my stay in Sisimiut this year, I came across the Arctic Sauna at the Hotel Sisimiut. Although I’m fairly new to sauna experiences, this sounded like the perfect relaxation reward after having spent 8 days hiking the Arctic Circle Trail, and I was super-keen to give…
Two of my greatest joys in life are hiking and trekking, and eating excellent or interesting food. Unfortunately, I didn’t have much of an opportunity to try traditional Greenlandic food during my 5 week visit in 2017. The best I managed was a Musk Ox Sled Dog and some whale at the amazing CaféTuaq in the…
If you love long-distance hiking and want to experience real solitude and untouched wilderness, the Arctic Circle Trail in West Greenland is definitely for you. Stretching for 160km along the Arctic Circle from Kangerlussuaq to Sisimiut, it is quickly rising in popularity after being featured in several “Top 10” lists in recent years. And while…
Last day on the Arctic Circle Trail. Hard to believe it is over already! Tyson and I were up early (well, for us anyway) for a 7am departure. It was 22km to Sisimiut and we wanted to get there just after lunch to ensure we managed to secure a bunk at the hostel. No more…
The weather had turned to crap again today as we continued our hike towards Sisimiut. There were several rivers to cross and boggy patches to negotiate on this stretch of the trail. By this time, Tyson had well and truly given up on keeping his trail runners dry and was just hiking through the mud…
Staying at Innajuattoq II was an inspired idea 🙂 Tyson and I actually dragged ourselves out of bed early for a change (7am), and I finally had hot porridge (and tea!) for breakfast since we no longer had to ration our gas. Porridge really is a whole lot more tasty with wild blueberries! We eventually set…
Another relaxed start to the day meant it was a minor miracle that I arrived at the viewpoint over the next large lake before the wind picked up. Oh, I was so very, very thankful! [move cursor over the image to see the full panorama] The perfect reflections were absolutely stunning and it was not…
After a 24km day and a 23km day, today was a relative doddle at only 18km. We’d heard from some hikers coming the other direction that it was all downhill to the next hut. And that was true … so long as you discounted the first 2km that rose quite steeply to another ridge! There…
It turned out Tyson and I were the only people to camp last night at the Canoe Center, despite both of us hating his tent. Everyone else took the opportunity to sleep inside and had hit the trail early – long before we even got out of bed. Admittedly, we took a very relaxed approach…
Tyson and I awoke to the sounds of Rob and Emilio in confused discussion. It turned out that the thought of cold food for the next 9 days was too much for Emilio and he was planning to turn back to Kangerlussuaq. Rob was trying to understand why it was such a big deal and…