Blogs from Kangerlussuaq, West Greenland, Greenland, North America

The coastal ferry took us from Qaqortoq in Greenland to Aassiat in four days. Every day we stopped at small settlements of multu-coloured houses where the ferry's arrival once a week means children coming home from school, husbands returning from work, wives returning with new born babies. The ship has a canteen where, three times a day, most of us meet to eat, drink and chat. We meet a small group of tourists from Italy, a pair of German tourists complaining that their guidebook is ten years out-of-date and two Austrians who are worried about flight cancellations. Most of the people on board were Greenlanders, often just making short hops between one town and the next. There were groups of school children on their way home, all sleeping in dormitories low down in the ship. Children ... read more

Så kom vi til Grønland. Efter en flyvetur på på 4 timer og 40 minutter ankommer vi 40 minutter efter vi er startet til Kangerlussuaq eller Sønder Strømfjord. Klokken er dermed lidt i 10 om formiddagen og der er klar til oplevelse lige med det samme. Efter lidt introduktion og formiddagskaffe er der tid til lige at få gjort udstyret klart for derefter at sætte sig ud i den strålende sol som brager ned fra en skyfri himmel. Det er kommet helt bag på os så vi måtte lige skifte til noget tyndere tøj. Kangerlussuaq er egentlig bare en lufthavn og en gammel amerikansk flybase med noget by omkring. Men det der gør stedet attraktivt er naturen unden for byen. Den første udflugt gik derfor ud i landskabet for at se hvad der var at byde ... read more

Hej Jeg skal bare lige se, om jeg kan finde ud af at uploade et billede.... read more

Even though I only spent three and a half days in Greenland, I am in love. I arrived at the airport early Monday morning, groggy but excited, only to find out that our 0915 flight to Kangerlussuaq has been delayed six hours. An ominous start to the trip, yes, but I spent that time productively, befriending some classmates and spending the meal vouchers the airport gave us. Long story short, our flight was cancelled to due technical problems with the one plane that Air Greenland owns for flights between Kangerlussuaq and Copenhagen. Kangerlussuaq is the largest airport in Greenland, and the only point of entry by air. There is only one flight between Copenhagen and Kangerlussuaq everyday, and the airport is the only reason Kangerlussuaq exists. The original airstrip was built by the USA, and the ... read more