This
morning we finally reached land. But unfortunately the fog and rain from the
previous sea days had followed us, and this was the weather we met on our first
landing in Danmarkshavn. It was set up in 1948 and has between 5-10 workers
today. This place is also visited by the Sirius Patrol and the passengers went
to the trappers hut Danmarks Minde. Though it was a bit cold, rainy and foggy
most of the passengers were very excited to away from the ship again. We
flagged a route for them to follow throughout the place and they went on their
own small adventures. Since Danmarkshavn is used as a weather station today, we
also watched the weather balloon being sent on its way. Some of the biggest
attractions today was of course the trappers hut, but also the three
Greenlandic dogs moved to the station from Ittoqqortoormiit (Scoresbysund).
Very friendly and they even came down to the landing sight to great the
passengers. A little past noon we went on our way again and next stop was
Hvalrosodden in the afternoon. This time Greenland showed herself from a much better
point of view as the weather had cleared up.
A beautiful
sandy beach in the middle of… Well, pretty much nowhere? Hvalrossodden is a
former Danish trapper station built in 1920. It was used for this purpose until
the 1960’s. Today it is being maintained by the Sirius Patrol. Smaller icebergs
had been stranded here because of the tide, so they were very popular amongst
the passengers. So was the variety of different colored rocks and the huts
nearby the beach. Not everyone went out this time, but that is also
understandable. You get a lot of fresh air. Especially up here in the north where
there was fresh new snow on all the mountaintops and a steady breeze from the
water. 
