Greenland Travel Blogs

A former Santa on Xmas in a communist state
Dec 20, 2007 (4 photos)

I am living in the world's largest Communist nation - a huge country with 1.4 billion people and officially athetist - and guess what? Christmas in big here. That's right, the celebration of Christ's birth is a big festival. Or at least, so it seems from ...

Ende
Sep 27, 2006 (1 photos)

Ich habe meine letzten Tage der Reise in Montreal verbracht. Die Stadt hat einiges zu bieten und kann empfohlen werden. Heute habe ich mein Rad zum Flughafen gekarrt. Wie ueblich mit der Kartonbox um das Fahrrad am Flughafen zu verpacken. Die Leute haben ...

Airplanes and Roller Coasters
Mar 13, 2003

Right now, Meredith Rutledge and I are sitting side by side on the airplane. It's 7:44 p.m. or 2:44 a.m. in France. We are watching a movie about the history of roller coasters because nothing else is playing. We have a funny and nice flight attendant. I ...

Day 20. 20!?!?!
Sep 25, 2007

How is it Day 20 already??? I've come to the conclusion that nothing happened today, but I feel like I should write about something. It's another class day (World Lit and Global Issues) and therefore it can't possibly be very exciting. I'm really ...

Soleil de minuit
May 23, 2001 (17 photos)

Un petit village perdu sur un caillou au milieu d'un paysage inimaginable et changeant, mouvant... A little village lost on a rock in the middle of tha unprobable, changing and moving landscape...

Fuel stop in Greenland
Nov 15, 2006 (14 photos)

Fascinating terrain and barren scenery along a long visual arrival for about 50 miles along a fjord to the airport.

Lounge chairs and blue seas
Apr 16, 2009 (6 photos)

I was concerned that our transatlantic voyage might have been a bit boring, but it has been anything but! So far we've learned the waltz in a ballroom dance class, had a brisk morning walk after breakfast every morning, shared afternoon tea with lots of ...

The Journey
Aug 4, 2007 (1 photos)

... and 2 Bailey's! We've only got one window seat between us, so once we hit land (not literally!) over Iceland and Greenland, we quickly lost out to Lyn with his geography lectures. Tegs hung on his every word as he explained about glaciers, icebergs, ...

Day 19
Sep 24, 2007

Is it cheating to list these in the countries that are closest? :D Finally caught up! I'm writing about today! I haven't been able to do that since that first day in Lisbon. I should be doing homework but this is much more fun. I really need to stay on ...

Hearts and Minds...
Apr 18, 2009 (6 photos)

We have been at sea since we left Bermuda 5 days ago, so there's really not much to report other than....the past few days have been a whirlwind. Shows, eating, trivia, renewing our wedding vows, black and white formal ball. As days at sea go, not just ...

Boulot
May 23, 2001 (4 photos)

Arrivée au Groënland. Arrival in Greenland.

Greenland Ho!
Nov 18, 2006

7:35 (London time) Halfway to Greenland, and nothing but water below. That's the first time this has happened to me! Say praise to Benuli!

Greenland
Sep 19, 2005 (10 photos)

Between yesterday and today we have visited Greenland. Yesterday we cruised through Prins Christian Sund and today are just off the coast of Qaqortog, visiting the small village with the help of the ship's tenders. Although the temperature is in the mid ...

Hen over indlandsisen
Aug 10, 2007 (18 photos)

Det her er bare saa der senere er plads til billeder.

Day 21
Sep 25, 2007

Today we had no classes so I just stayed in bed until like 9:30. By that point I'd missed breakfast and of course the minute I got up I was starving so I had to go to the "campus store" and buy a granola bar and some juice. I was feeling kinda mopey like ...

Day three of ship life
Jun 20, 2005 (5 photos)

... flag! So things haven't been to exciting... well, we did find ice cream on the top deck for $1.50! We are closest to Greenland right now, but we are still really far away. We are currently five hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time and in the next two ...

Water, water, water.
Jun 21, 2005 (2 photos)

So, I have to make this short because i have a meeting in four minutes. I can't believe it is almost 7pm and i actually got an empty computer. Not too much has happened since last time, but i thought i would tell you about it anyway. All day yesterday ...

A few pics of Kelly in Scotland
Sep 10, 2008

Here are a few pics you might find interesting Cindi!

Day 8
Mar 19, 2008 (23 photos)

... Otherwise I am surprised how easey the communication works. Only for about an hour we don't reach Gander. We are approaching Greenland. The weather is getting better and better. Also the weather report of Narsarsuaq is getting better and better. We can see ...

Sea Day Number 5
Sep 12, 2008

In the morning I decided to go to a cooking demonstration given by the head chef of the Italian specialty restaurant on board.  The demonstration was in the Galaxy Lounge and they had set up a cooking station on the stage.  A camera filmed the ...

Sea Day Number 3, Prince Christian Sound
Sep 9, 2008 (6 photos)

... and his face would turn beet red) that it was hard not to get drawn into the story. All day long, all I could think was...wow, I'm in Greenland!  I had just traveled through the Prince Christian Sound.  How many people out there can say that?!

Nuuk, Greenland
Sep 10, 2008 (7 photos)

Nuuk--the COOL capital! When we got off the ship in Nuuk there was a long line of people waiting for the shuttle from the dock to the center of town.  We were eventually able to get on a shuttle and grabbed some seats toward the back.  The ...

Sea Day Number 6
Sep 13, 2008

We woke up in the morning and went to listen to the FBI profiler talk about terrorists, and the listened to H speak about climate change.  Then it was time for the Grand Gala Buffet--easily the biggest buffet I had ever seen before.  There was ...

Sea Day Number 4
Sep 11, 2008

In the morning we heard H speak about China, and then because the ship was rocking pretty violently, we went back  to the room to watch a movie.  During the movie, the motion really started to get to me and I felt quite ill.  I took some ...

Flying over Groenland and Quebec
Aug 1, 2005 (9 photos)

I took a day flight between Amsterdam and Mexico... and the clouds lightened as we approached Groenland. A wonderful sight, with gigantic glaciers, mountains, icebergs, blue lakes on ice, etc... Anyone taking such a flight... DO NOT SLEEP !!!! I ...

Iceland-Greenland
Feb 13, 2008

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Saqqaq, le mal au cul commence...
Jul 30, 2009 (12 photos)

Saqqaq, petite communauté qui vit de la pêche d'une centaine d’habitants mais il y a un supermarché !!! Waouh, on a fait le plein de chips et autre connerie et vu que pour le petit dej on a des céréales que je déteste, j’ai investit dans une ...

Qeqertarsuaq June 2005
Mar 11, 2006 (3 photos)

Qeqertarsuaq, a village and an island in the Northern Greenland with just 1020 inhabitant, my home from 30. of June untill Linda sent me in EKSIL to Ilulissat on the mainland. I worked there ón the tourist office together with the mann Adam Hansen, a real ...

Greenland
May 3, 1978

Multiple trips to Greenland, to Sonderstronfjord, Kulusuk, Jacobshavn, Dye 3

Man the boats!
Jul 21, 2008 (9 photos)

When we finally got our kayaks in Narsasuaq's harbour, we immediately started to load them - a quite protracted business, since the space in these narrow small boats is rather cramped and every gap needs to be used. Around noon we finally start and are ...