View across the bay
30 June 2008 | ||
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Greenland Bay
30 June 2008 | ||
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This here...
30 June 2008 | ||
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| ...is Coconut, the iceberg I saw many times during my trip. In one of the hundreds of pics it was captured here. Max (Shayan's wife) gave the iceberg the name via Facebook :) | ||
View onto Tasiilaq
30 June 2008 | ||
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VIEW OF TASIILAQ
30 June 2008 | ||
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| Out of my hotel room... The greatest view I have had in recent years! It has to be in caps! | ||
Running outside...
30 June 2008 | ||
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| Taking in the views... Every house was painted in different colors. Gorgeous sight and the most clear, fresh air to breathe... | ||
Boat cruise
30 June 2008 | ||
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| Margaret and Peter were able to quickly arrange a boat-trip for the day. It turned out to be our big luck, since on the next day the ice-floes were blocking the bay entrance. | ||
Coconut
30 June 2008 | ||
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| As we were cruising around the bay, we got closer to Coconut, the Iceberg that hung out outside the bay... | ||
Skull-shaped Ice Floes
30 June 2008 | ||
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Star Destroyer
30 June 2008 | ||
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| In Ice Floe shape... | ||
Coconut
30 June 2008 | ||
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| Coconut is about 600 meters high! 5% of the berg are on top of the water - in this case about 30 meters. | ||
Me and Coco
30 June 2008 | ||
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| I was freezing terribly... It was felt -20 degrees in the wind and ice.... | ||
Coco's top
30 June 2008 | ||
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Coco's edge....
30 June 2008 | ||
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Twin faces of Coco....
30 June 2008 | ||
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| Two faces entrenched in the Ice Berg's face... | ||
Coconut from the Side....
30 June 2008 | ||
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| Totally different shape... When we were close to it there was one side that looked unstable. Our Captain was very concerned - an iceberg this size breaking apart could create a big wave and easily throw the boat over. | ||
Our Capitan
30 June 2008 | ||
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| He was a retired army major from the Danish Royal Coastguard. He told us lots of great stories. He would spend some weeks here in the winter skipping as a holiday. | ||
Peter and Margaret
30 June 2008 | ||
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| The entire Sigma photo-gear. I asked Peter what he was doing for a living and he said 'I designed the sensor' - 'Foveon!'. | ||
Crates
30 June 2008 | ||
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Football before midnight
30 June 2008 | ||
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| Greenlanders watching soccer games very late on.... | ||
Tasiilaq sunset in HDR
1 July 2008 | ||
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Tasiilaq Houses
1 July 2008 | ||
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Sleddog
1 July 2008 | ||
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And her partner...
1 July 2008 | ||
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Seal Meat
1 July 2008 | ||
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Dry fish
1 July 2008 | ||
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| Hanging out... | ||
Trampolines
1 July 2008 | ||
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| Trampolines were all over Tassilaq. Many families had one next to their homes and kids were jumping on them. I guess it might have to do with the fact that you really need great jumping skills when riding a sled.... | ||
Greenlandic Carvings
1 July 2008 | ||
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| ....and an unintended self-portrait... | ||
Supermarket
1 July 2008 | ||
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| With Gun Rack... | ||
Tasiilaq Graveyard
1 July 2008 | ||
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Afternoon walk
1 July 2008 | ||
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| I headed out to walk and explore some of the trails in the area.... | ||
Coconut
1 July 2008 | ||
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| Smiling at me... She had moved quite a bit to the side.... | ||
Sleddog Puppies
1 July 2008 | ||
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Dinner at the Red House
1 July 2008 | ||
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| Margaret arranged a special dinner for us at the Red House, where Robert Peroni, a South Tyrolian expat has created a hotel and tourist facility there. First course was Seal. It was really quite good, but most of the blubber was too greasy for me... | ||
Peter
1 July 2008 | ||
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| The Seal King... He finished it almost single-handedly | ||
Narwhale with Spaetzle
1 July 2008 | ||
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| Robert trained locals to not just cook meats, but to use spices and side dishes as well. It was actually really great food! | ||
On vacation....
2 July 2008 | ||
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Two brothers in Angmassalik
2 July 2008 | ||
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| These two kids found two little birds and played with them. We actually found the mother a bit away, very nervous with a third chick. | ||
Returning the chicks
2 July 2008 | ||
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Tasiilaq
2 July 2008 | ||
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| With a football night... | ||
Houses in the sunset
2 July 2008 | ||
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| I love this photo... | ||
View over the Fjord
2 July 2008 | ||
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| With the icebergs in the background.... | ||
Julian in Greenland
2 July 2008 | ||
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Ship Graveyard
2 July 2008 | ||
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| While I was waiting for my flight... | ||
Wrecks
2 July 2008 | ||
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Burned out ship
2 July 2008 | ||
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| And thankful model... | ||
Competition
2 July 2008 | ||
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Byebye, Coconut!
2 July 2008 | ||
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