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 […]
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Interesting fact about Greenland: the landscape is completely different depending on which part of the country you are in. This is something that became abundantly clear to me last year as I moved from hiking through the rolling green sheep-country between Narsaq and Narsarsuaq in South Greenland to hiking through the barren craggy peaks and
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We awoke early to find a note from Lars saying that we now didn’t need to meet at the harbour until 11am. This was because the clients that he was meant to be picking up in Kulusuk were no longer arriving today – so we could relax and enjoy another morning in Tasiilaq. Bonus! He
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Day 9 of the Icefjords and Remote Villages trip with Greenland Adventures was a free day to explore Tasiilaq and its surroundings. Despite the less-than-stellar weather, Andrea offered to guide whoever was interested on a short hike out into the Flower Valley – it turned out that we were all interested 🙂 I had actually
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It was another grey morning as we schlepped all our gear out of the hut and back down to the boat from Arctic Dream that was waiting to transfer us from Tiniteqilaaq to the start of the “Sermilik Way”. While my sensible travel companions enjoyed the comfort inside Lars’ new boat I chose to sit
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Despite being thwarted last night in watching the Sun set behind the Greenland Icesheet at 11:30pm, ever the optimist, I got myself out of bed at 2:00am to go take photos as the Sun rose again (nights are very short during Greenlandic summers!) Although the fog was still lingering, I decided to set up my camera
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After yesterday’s exertions climbing Mt Kuummiut, today was essentially a “rest day” where we transferred from Kuummiut to Tiniteqilaaq (Tinit). There was a low blanket of heavy cloud obscuring the peaks as we traveled up the Ammassalik and Ikasartivaq Fjords, and although I would have loved to have seen the grandeur of the mountains, I also
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Today was to be the most challenging day of hiking for the whole of the Icefjords and Remote Villages trip. The 1050m ascent to the summit of Mt Kuummiut, which towers over the town. Although it was a cloudy morning and the fog seemed to be coming and going over the top of the mountain, it
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I knew the good weather couldn’t hold out forever, and Day 4 of the Icefjords and Remote Villages trip in East Greenland turned out to be a very overcast and wet affair. Oh well. The weatherman had warned us! The plan for today was to hike up the Torsukattak Fjord to Illitsiartik in the Tunu fjord. This
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More bright sunshine and another relaxed start to Day 3 of the Icefjords and Remote Villages tour in East Greenland. Breakfast at 8am (thankfully, following my late night), have bags packed by 10am, and be waiting down at the harbour by 10:30am for our 10:45am boat transfer to Kuummiut, were our instructions. Plenty of time
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