Destinations/Ports Series: 2023 Greenland and Canadian Arctic Expedition We were blessed with some beautiful late evening sunsets, usually around 11 pm to Midnight, depending on how far north we were, but one spectacular evening we experienced the Aurora Borealis at just after midnight. Many guests were already asleep for the evenings ,but the expedition leader…
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Destinations/Ports Series: 2023 Greenland and Canadian Arctic Expedition Because our charter flight wasn’t until the evening, but the ship needed to be prepped for the next folks boarding the cruise, we were provided with a tour in Kangerlussuaq that took us on a rough dirt road, in a 4 wheel drive tour vehicle to the…
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Destinations/Ports Series: 2023 Greenland and Canadian Arctic Expedition The Ilulissat Ice Fjord, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the most amazing thing we saw on this trip, The Sermeq Glacier, hundreds of miles north of the Arctic Circle, feeds billions of tons of ice into this fjord every year. The giant bergs float down the…
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Destinations/Ports Series: 2023 Greenland and Canadian Arctic Expedition Tucked into a little corner of Disko Island, Qeqertarsuaq is a little village that was founded as a whaling station back in 1773. All around the town we saw colorful buildings, Greenlandic Dogs, and grounded icebergs. This town also had a really good museums, but they asked…
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Destinations/Ports Series: 2023 Greenland and Canadian Arctic Expedition Did you know that Santa makes his summer home in Uummannaq, Greenland? That is what the children of Greenland have been told since the move production company built a turf house in the hills, and since then it has been known as Santa’s Castle. Some of the…
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