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                                                   Near Cape Desolation. Bob photo We went up the fjords inland of Nuuk for a few days. Heavy ice limited us to the nearest fjord 30 miles inland - the ice came from 3 glaciers 50-80 miles beyond. A lot of cod - our fishing is done in 30 seconds. We walked up a large stream which was positively hopping with trout - watched them jumping the falls. My pic    The commercial part of Nuuk Harbour. The ship on the left is a cruise ship from Nassau, the Bahamas. A lot of them here - a new one every day. The one on the right is a commercial crate carrier out of Bremen. The one in the middle, a small icebreaker with two cranes, serves communities isolated by ice in the far north, such as Qanaq, Upernavik, Ittoqqortoomiit. My pic                        ...

    So, here is what Bob did. He took photos of us asleep:                                                                                                 Andre/Ondrej                                                                          Connor                                                                          Myself. They said I win first prize.    Note ...

  Video by Ondrej Mesiereur. This shows the storis, the ice that flows down from the polar basin down the east coast of Greenland.   The vid is of particular interest for one who likes to travel through sea ice. The key is the rock nearly awash in the lower left corner. It blocks ice and there is a buildup of ice upcurrent of the rock. Every moment I have choices to make, and I must assess routes & problems instantly in an unending flood of new information. It is easy to miss moving vs stationary ice. Note that as I turn Teddy there is an approaching floe which rapidly closes the gap between the moving floe ahead and the blocked floes abeam and alee. By the time I see this, I am already committed and cannot turn Teddy away. The two floes slowly collide on her, and Teddy is in reverse, dragging her out backwards. Seconds after the video ends, the mainsail is down, and Teddy is rotated in the small space to move out and continue in another direction. Another insight into in ...

Three drone shots  by Connor                                                            Same berg, different angle                                                                                                                                       Qaqortoq                                                                        Ha...

    Connor & Andre have gone crazy with their drones. Here are a few shots from their efforts.                      Sailors in the Arctic like to get a shot of their boat through the arch of a berg.                                                              Shot by Connor.  Shot by Andre. This berg was rocking a lot, we closed in in expectancy, and were rewarded with watching a section of the left wall break off & crumble into the sea, its detritus on the left side.                                                                        Shot by Connor.     Some foraging ...

Iced in                                                          Cimo the proprietor of a grocery store                                                        Bob contemplating the alcohol situation                                                                                                                                         We often motor       ...