Part 1:

Another quick stop in aasiaat, I took a quick walk but wasn't able to make it into town, I ended up just wandering the port in fear I would miss the departure.

I did find a supermarket and asked if they have coffee, yes was the reply 5dkk (90cents) I then follow the elderly lady to the staff tea room in the back of the store and she pours me a cup of coffee. Lol. Oh well still cheaper than the boat!

The iceburgs started appearing last night. They have traveled over 1000 kilometres from the glacier/ice fjord in the disko bay. I watched for hours in the comfort of the heated lounge. It was 2am before I realised the time and went to bed, again the Sun never set.

Part 2:

Timuchose, captain of the ship since 1993.

Was born in North Greenland and has never left. He works 5 weeks on and 5 weeks off, with his spare time he likes take his boat to kangerlussuaq to hunt for reindeer and muskox.

Which he then puts on his boat to take home to the family.

He loves his job, the challenge of navigating through the ice burgs and says the most difficult part of work is the weather. The storms, ice, snow, and wind. From August to may it's not possible to travel further north than sissimut as ocean freezes over. So those locals have less access to friends and family in other parts of Greenland, and less access to facilities.

A house in Greenland costs mere 10,000 euros. It is cheap but more difficult to sell, to renovate, and it is a luxury to have sewerage facilities. There are no roads between towns, so the time spent with family and friends is limited and valued much more.

While cars and snow mobiles are found, they are only for the rich as they are very expensive to run and to maintain. The shipping costs from mainland Europe are over 3,000 euros and to get parts in and pay for repairs is exoberant.

It is valuable to know how to repair and maintain all that you own.

As we pass by the hundreds of floating icebergs the captain tells me that in 24 hrs there will be 30,000 tonnes of ice break from the fjord and travel down south. In all his years he has never hit one (touch wood!). The is only one boat servicing the mainland for passengers so he can not afford to have anything malfunction. 

Timuchose, what's your favourite thing about Greenland I ask…and as if a pre recorded message his reply…. “the nature”.   :)