Qaanaaq Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I took these in Greenland in 2010 and 2011- a couple were close to the 78th parallel in Qaanaaq, Gronland- not great pics (not a photographer- just a point and shoot kinda guy), but a great place and a wondrous, expansive part of the earth. Cold, too !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icebreaker5221 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Love the last one. Looks especially cold and desolate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ski MRG Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Great shots. Did you have fun mushing? So much fun, always amazes me how quickly you can move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qaanaaq Posted January 22, 2012 Author Share Posted January 22, 2012 Thanks for the responses. I did not mush....I was busy doing other things; but some of my friends traveled via dogsled for several days/nights on the ice- watching the Greenlander hunters hunt/fish, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quakertown needs snow Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 love the last one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avdave Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Great series of shots, would love to visit here one day. Its on my bucket list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qaanaaq Posted January 22, 2012 Author Share Posted January 22, 2012 love the last one Thanks. It was taken from Hotel Arctic in Ilulisat- the view is towards the south. It was a "ground Blizzard" (maybe)- but the temp was around -18F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qaanaaq Posted January 22, 2012 Author Share Posted January 22, 2012 Great series of shots, would love to visit here one day. Its on my bucket list Thanks. I can't say enough about that part of the world. Oddly, it reminds me a lot of the desert southwest-(without water) the quiet, mountains and expansiveness- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Qaanaaq Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 The great Arctic Explorer Peter Freuchen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Freuchen This was a picture I took in the Museum in Qaanaaq Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avdave Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Thanks. I can't say enough about that part of the world. Oddly, it reminds me a lot of the desert southwest-(without water) the quiet, mountains and expansiveness- I can imagine it had to be one heck of a trip. I have an itch now to really check it out one day. What were the temps like when you went and when did you go? Was it part of a tour or did you go out by yourself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qaanaaq Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 Sun going down past Herbert Island (probably 10 or 11 pm) Meterorite carried to Thule/Qaanaaq by Robert Peary and his crew (Qaanaaq Museum) Beautiful Inuit woman- she and her husband were both great explorers (Qaanaaq Museum) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qaanaaq Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 I can imagine it had to be one heck of a trip. I have an itch now to really check it out one day. What were the temps like when you went and when did you go? Was it part of a tour or did you go out by yourself? I was there in late March 2010 and April 2011- I was there conducting interviews with hunters and fisherman of the community- accompanying a friend who is sick with a pretty cruddy aliment- she has been documenting the changes in the culture due to climate change on the Inuit- collecting data for 8 years now. The temps weren't that bad...mostly daytime in the -10F to -18 F-at night time once in awhile . I might have experienced -20F....not sure- I really dressed for it- your face gets acclimated-everything else stays pretty cozy (except my toes and fingers got hit one day exploring a glacier. We hired a translator- the locals speak Greenlandic (Inuit), Danish and some can speak Engish quite well. A lot of explorers stay at Hotel Qaanaaq- run by Hans Jensen- http://www.hotelqaanaaq.dk/indexe.html Reinhold Messner's photograph hangs on the wall in the room I stayed - lots of memorabilia on the walls. Hans knows them all. Quite a guy- I highly recommend staying there- they cook the meals- I had haddock, narwhal, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Great photo's! I like them all, but especially the second - since I'm a geologist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeRedheads Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Especially love the last photo from the first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qaanaaq Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 A shot of a hunter's sled getting prepared for 5 days out on the ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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