Wed
2 Sep
2015

It could have been a love­ly calm night of despera­te­ly nee­ded good sleep if that film team had not picked the litt­le street just out­side my guest­house room to start film­ing at 5 a.m. I hope it will be a suc­cessful film, at least.

At 8 a.m., our small group of Green­land explo­rers met at the litt­le dome­stic air­port. Crossing the Den­mark Strait in 27000 feet alti­tu­de is much fas­ter and more com­for­ta­ble than riding the waves for days.

Pho­to Blos­se­ville Kyst – 02nd Sep­tem­ber 2015

The first part of Green­land that we saw was the Blos­se­ville Kyst around Rømer Ø, south of Score­s­by­sund.

Pho­to Consta­ble Point – 02nd Sep­tem­ber 2015

In Hur­ry Inlet, Ópal was wai­ting for us next to her sis­ter ves­sel Don­na Wood, a new mem­ber of the North Sai­ling fleet.

The first ice­bergs never fail to attract atten­ti­on, and so do the moun­ta­ins south of Score­s­by­sund. This wild coast is cal­led Vol­quart Boons Kyst, a very inhos­pi­ta­ble shore, with rug­ged moun­ta­ins rising stee­p­ly more than 1000 met­res high from the fjord, sepa­ra­ted by some crev­as­sed gla­ciers. A view as for­bid­ding as attrac­ti­ve.

Pho­to Hall Bred­ning – 02nd Sep­tem­ber 2015

We want to get to the inner bran­ches of the fjord, so we spend the after­noon sai­ling until we reach Vikin­ge­bug­ten. The anchor goes to the bot­tom and we go to bed.