Caribbean Princess once again lay offshore, now in the Tasermiut Fjord, for the port call at Nanortalik. Nanortalik harbour is not deep enough for ocean-going vessels, so the ship anchored around a rocky peninsula, out of sight of the town. Tenders took some time to reach shore from Caribbean Princess. The port was again a reminder of how dependent Greenland's communities are upon ocean-borne cargo. A new ambulance had recently been unloaded and still stood on the pier atop its shipping container. Nanortalik is Greenand's tenth largest community with about 1,350 inhabitants. The name means "Place Where the Polar Bears Gather". It is the southernmost community in Greenland, not far from Cafe Farvel at the tip of the island. It is similar to, but much smaller than, the other towns we had visited. Blue and red
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