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Greenland

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June 18th 2009

Published: July 30th 2009

Hey everyone! Now, here is a bit about our trip to Greenland. We flew from Iceland's capital city, Reykjavik, to Greenland's capital city of Nuuk. The difference was striking. From Iceland's newly formed landscapes with young rock, to the Canadian shield, a mere 3.8 billion year old rock. There were no trees but mountainous fjords created a beautiful back drop. A mixture of Danish and Greenl... Read Full Entry

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standing on the Ice Sheet

Take a look at Greenland on a map. We are standing on a miniscule section, on the edge of the east part. It was very hard to judge distance when everything went on forever.

Billions of years old, this ice in Dave's hand

What a powerful experience standing on the Greenlandic Ice Sheet, knowing it is responsible for our planet's gulf stream. If we lose this ice, our gulf stream stops, and our planet is in another ice age. It felt like we were walking on a very sacred place.

view of the Ice Sheet Glacier

a hike up the hill

Kangerlussuaq. With no predators in this part of Greenland (except for polar bears in the north part, but very rare, and the odd fox) there are some enthusiastic hikers and campers that come here to explore on foot.

our campsite

in Kangerlussuaq with the mosquitos

Reindeer bones

Tundra in bloom

Nuuk, Greenland

Greenland's flag on the building we stayed at with Janus, our host. This was just put up by artist, Julie Hardenberg, in celebration of Greenland's Independence day. Greenland had just received more autonomy from the Danish government.

The flag was constructed

with Greenlanders' clothes then painted the colours of the flag. The red for the sun, the white for the snow.

Cultural Centre

in Nuuk. The building was themed with a northern lights design.

Fish market

Cutting up seal in Nuuk. Seal and whale are still very much a part of the Greenlanders' diet.

Nuuk fashion

Not the typical clothing store for the arctic?

30th July 2009

Sarah Giles
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I've never seen pics of Greenland (or known anyone who went there!) Thanks for sharing your photos! S.

1st August 2009

mam
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Just fabulous.

5th January 2010

nick
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Very Nice posting. I liked it webroyalty

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