A Drizzly Day in Ilulissat and Massive Icebergs 20190822_211206

A Drizzly Day in Ilulissat and Massive Icebergs

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August 22nd 2019
Today Jan gave us a walking tour of Ilulissat. It drizzled for awhile but stopped after about an hour. First we went to the harbor. Ilulissat exports supposedly 75%!o(MISSING)f the world's market for shrimp. They also hunt whales here, but tourism seems to be a large industry. Temperature today low to mid 40's. From Wikipedia: Ilulissat, formerly Jakobshavn or Jacobshaven,<sup id ... read more

North America » Greenland » West Greenland » Ilulissat

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The world's largest island, Greenland is about 81% ice-capped. Vikings reached the island in the 10th century from Iceland; Danish colonization began in the 18th century and Greenland was made an integral part of Denmark in 1953. It joined the Europe... ... read more