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Nuuk at last!
... meat was sold. I did ask one of the Inuit staff on our voyage later how the flippers would be cooked. He says that they slow cook them and add dumplings, which would not be unlike our lamb shanks, I suppose! He says that the meat is very rich. So far I have not tried the seal meat.
Next stop was for coffee. We found a coffee shop that was located on an overpass between two shops. Together with a Greenland pastry (surprising similar to ...
...actually near Kangaamiut....
... to my ankles in the stuff. I pulled myself out of it, then walked through a stream to try to remove the mud. Realising that the sand and stones were a safer option for walking, I made my way back to the zodiac. As well as the magnificence of the glacier in front of me, I was most interested in many of the rocks, which appeared to be both black and pink granite. However, the sparse flora was of greatest interest. We are in an area of little vegetation. There are ...
Even saw an Arctic Swan
This morning's excursion is to cruise through the Evishhegdsfjord by Zodiac to view the glacier and rock formations from a close proximity. We donned our wet weather pants and boarded the zodiacs, using the 'sailor’s grip’ to maximise our safety when entering these boats. Our driver took us close to the glacier, where we could photograph it from a closer ...
Greenland - the land that is not green at all!
... their howling!
Our next stop was the museum and it chronicled the history of the town, the airport, and air base. The museum building was used as a bar for the air force personnel. There were some displays of the handover of the building and the airstrip to Greenland by the Americans. We also saw some local history on the demise of both a musk ox and a polar bear when they ventured ...
Nuuk
... as they have this big Santa postbox. That was about it for Nuuk, it wasn't the prettiest place we had ever been too but the surroundung area was stunning. Greenland is really quite poor, it doesnt have much to export and everything they eat apart from Fish and some meat needs to be imported, usually from Denmark. They did have all the latest things though in terms of clothes, cars etc, pretty incredible ...
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