Photos From Greenland

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Our first visit to Greenland was in 2004 when we visited Nuuk. We had the opportunity to return in 2016 and had three ports of call on our voyage.

 

I am going to provide photos from these ports.

 

Let's start with Nuuk.

 

As we made our way to the port you could see those colorful homes.

 

Remember it is very dark here in the Wintertime with very little daylight.

 

 

 

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We took the shuttle downtown.

 

We enjoyed stunning views and we mean stunning of the sea and the surrounding area. We made our way from the shuttle drop-off point towards the Hans Egedes Statue. He launched mission efforts to Greenland and established a successful mission among the Inuit. He founded the Capital Godthab which is now known as Nuuk. Keith climbed up to the top of the statue and enjoyed additional views of the city.

We made our way over to the seafood/meat market. On our way over there a man was carrying a Caribou (Reindeer) on his back which he had killed and placed it on a table in the market. He was getting ready to cut it up and that is when we decided to make our exit.

We walked over to Nanatta Katersugaaasivia Allagaateqarfialu (Greenland National Museum). We had visited this museum in 2004. A major display which we saw back then was the Qilakitsoq mummies. They consisted of three women and a six month-old. They date back to 1475.

 

We also walked around to a Kayak Club where we also saw many Kayaks. From there we visited an art gallery and a couple of arts and crafts shops.

There is a lot of construction taking place and we could see many changes since 2004. With that said, it has a very small city feel. There was very little traffic even in rush hour.

We spoke extensively with a woman who handles land operations for one of two companies that supports cruise ships. She is from Denmark and for the last eighteen months has lived in Australia. She is a scientist. She also has fallen in love with Greenland as our tour guide did yesterday. Every other summer she takes the entire summer off to come to Greenland. We now understand why they feel the way they do.

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Not something we see in cities back home.

 

 

 

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We also visit Ilulissat which was our first time visiting this area. However, due to the large number o Icebergs we could not get into port so we saw the area from the ship.

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Ice Breaker which accompanied our ship on this trip.

 

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