Hotel Umimmak Kangerlussuaq
PO Box 1006 Kangerlussuaq, Greenland
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Last review: Feb 05, 2011 - Hotel Igloo Village Kangerlussuaq
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A wow day!
... again.
Turning left after take-off, toward the clear skies and amazing views over Baffin Island; the views just kept getting better almost the whole journey. Flying at 5,500ft, we had good visibility and as the ground rose, we were not that high above the surrounding terrain – a good sight-seeing height. We routed to the north west of Hall Peninsula to Cumberland Sound where we came across the first real fjords. The vestiges of the fog in the Sound were ...
Here I am again
Well, it happened again. Through a series of unexplainable events, I woke up on an airplane on the tarmac of Kangerlussuaq International Airport. The short of it is, I made it. The long of it is, the plane ride. I flew from Denver to Washington, DC, to Copenhagen, Denmark, to Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. You may be saying, "Matt, I thought Denmark is on the other ...
Homeward Bound
So this is it. Barring anything exciting happening on the way to the airport, you may consider this my last entry in my Greenland travel blog. My flight leaves early Saturday morning, but since I sleep during the day, it is roughly the equivalent of leaving tomorrow evening. The lidar seems to be working well, and though even on Monday I doubted it was possible, I seem to have accomplished what I came here to do. Since I haven't really got out ...
The End is Near
The past month has offered quite a unique experience and it proves quite amusing to look back on the trip earlier on. What started as a unique experience in a country far away sort of turned into a several week work-a-thon with more ups and downs than a roller coaster. I will be departing on a C-130 early Saturday morning. Tomorrow is my last night for lidar work, as I must devote most of my time the following night to prepartions for ...
What's for Dinner?
The question I get asked more than any other as of late is "Matt, do you know that you have jam on your shirt?" But, only second after that is, "Matt, what in the world do you eat in Greenland?" If truth be told, the answer to this question isn't terribly interesting. The short of it is not a lot of variety. Fresh fruits and vegetables are not terribly easy to come by up here. There are weekly flights with them, but they are ...
This hotel was formerly known as: Umimmak