Category: Greenland 2025
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Golfing in Greenland
Dear Golfing Friends, I just want to send a quick note to report on women’s golf in Nuuk, Greenland—the capital city has only 20,000 people, but an active women’s club! They play outdoors for about three months of the year and indoors on a simulator the rest of the year. Since this was our destination,…
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Day 14: Nuuk, Greenland for the Day.
We left Sisimut late last night and got the Aura call over the loud speaker. It was 12:45 am and there we were in our briefs and wraps (luggage was taken hours before) with the window down, trying to see what we could see through the briefly clear skies. We’re happy to report that another…
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Day 13: Sisimut, Greenland, a very cool place
We had a very rocky night. Ooo, so much fun. Even with the stabilisers, the boat rocked and swayed and made it easy to sleep. Except for Fernando, our shipboard travel consultant. Later today, after all the activities, we met with him again and heard his story. Miserable. His cabin in in the bow and last…
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Day 12: Day at Sea—Presentations and Lots of Sea
Today was a true day at sea as we crossed the Lancaster Sound and the Atlantic Ocean. After a leisurely breakfast, we meant to don our Arctic gear, go out on deck, and bird watch, but all the doors to the exterior were locked to prevent unnecessary man-over-boards. And then, of course, there was a…
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Day 11: Looking for Birds in Lancaster Sound
Today was our first day at sea. We were far up inside Lancaster Sound at Leopold Island and up to Wellington Channel between Cornwallis and Devon Island. This is all part of the Northwest Passage. Pretty cool. We’ve now been to Devon Island and Beechy Island. Today should have been a landing at Bylot Island, but…
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Day 10: Below Zero C, The Entire Franklin Expedition dies
Beechy Island is just peachy— if you’re a bird. They are loving it here! We, however, are freezing. As did the Franklin Expedition in 1845/47 as they came through on their way to the elusive North-west Passage. Sadly, four men died here of tuberculosis, and the a few more along the way, then the rest…
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Day 9: The Real Thing, and an Unstuffed Bear!
Today started slow because we were still moving toward our destination of Dundas Harbor. The wind was blowing hard and we’d been tossed around for most of the night (though few noticed it because of the stablizers). So here we were, at 9 am having breakfast and looking forward to meeting a friend of a…
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Day 8: Pond Inlet, Canada
We spent all day yesterday and all night traveling across the Atlantic. When ships near land in the Canadian Arctic, they are requested to slow to 15 knots so as to make a quiet entrance into the bay and not disturb the sea life. We sailed in slowly, but into rough weather. It was raining…
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Day 7: Polar Bear or Polar Plunge?
Today, we spent crossing the Atlantic Sea and Baffin Bay. In the morning, we’ll be at Pond Inlet, Canada—the place of polar bears. We’ve heard the stories but no one will make any promises…but that’s okay. Whatever nature brings… We started the day with a talk on marine mammals—-pinnipeds and whales and others. Polar bears…
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Day 6: Uummannaq
After a slightly more leisurely morning (we’re really tired), we boarded the special operations boat for a tour around the island of Uummanaq. This location is marked with its pinnacle mountain peak with the diagonal strike across the middle and brightly colored houses all around. It’s quite striking, like living below a great and all…