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         We ran across a fantastic iceberg    The mountains rise in height and steepness as we near the southernmost point of Greenland. Without a good photographer it is difficult to capture their grandeur & majesty.                     The peak at right is 4000 feet. Looking up a valley, where a glacier began.                                                    Nanortalik has a splendid location.             Coming in, we caught 2 cod for supper. With potatoes and onions. Can't go wrong with that.      Nanortalik probably is the last time I can connect with the Internet. There is one more village after this, Appialattoq, near the head of Prinz Kristiansund. Its population is 80, and I might be able to get online via the c...

                                                             Evening & fog                                  Next 5 pics are at the glacier of Sermilik Fjord

We went up Sermilik Fjord to see the glacier at its head.                                                                         The ice cap is at top.                                                   A lot of bergy bits to push through.                                                                                Some detail                                              ...

                                                                                       Fog.                                                                                        2000' mountain We saw fog nearly every day. At night it would roll in from Davis Strait over the islands, then part way up up the fjords. By noon the sun might break it up, pushing the fog from the fjords back to the islands and out to sea. Often, to avoid inland travel in the fog, we'd wait for signs of it clearing before pushing off.    The cryolite mine at Ivigtut. D...

                                                              Deep up a fjord                                                Moving inland                                              Biggest cod taken this yea\r, 28"                                                              At Qeqertarsuatsiaat   Like so many villages, Qeqertarsuatsiaat is experiencing severe depopulation. Migration to the cities.            ...