The landing on the island of Qeqertarsuaq was planned to
take place at 6 in the evening so we had time to listen and watch the lectures
made be the Expedition Team. They gave us a very good introduction to the
history of Greenland and the modern life of everyday Greenland and a thorough explanation
of what ice and snow actually consists of.
The town of Qeqertarsuaq is like all Greenlandic towns very
picturesque. Only some 950 people live here. There is a fish factory in
Qeqertarsuaq but in Greenland the island is mainly known for the volcanic basalt
rock the island is made of whereas most of the rest of Greenland consists of Granit
and Gnejs rock. And the town is known for its tiny warm springs of which one of
them produces the only bottled spring water which is exported from Greenland.
Some of us went on a brilliant ice cruise and got to see the
majestic icebergs from very close. The variations in color are amazing and the sizes
and shapes the ice comes in are endless.