The weather
was not as good as many hoped for, but we were eager to get ashore to see and
enjoy today’s destination. The destination was Aalborghus, a former Danish
trappers’ station at Gefion Havn on the south side of Godfred Hansen Ø. The
first group was set ashore at 8.30 hrs to start their exploring. Even the huts
Danish flag was put up by one of the passengers which made the hut even more
welcoming.
The area
was, as most of the other stations on Greenland filled with history. The first
building erected on the site was a trappers hut built in 1933. But when a
trapper team of two arrived in august 1938 they build a hut in three days. The
name Aalborghus was given as the house was built with funds raised in Aalborg
and Nørresund, by a company called Nanok. The station was then manned in from
1938-41 and 1945-52, were also a shed was built. This contained a rather
unusual toilette; even though it was only a bit more than one square meter it
was combined with a sauna. The huts were later used and maintained by Sirius
until 1988. After this it was left for itself until Sirius and the Danish Navy
again did renovations both in 1999, 2002 and 2006. In 2006 the Queen decided to
sponsored a new stove too the hut, after a previous visit by the queen and
prince of Denmark. We could also see that someone else had visited the area
recently, as it was polar bear track straight outside of the hut.
After
venturing the huts, the guests could choose between two small hikes or both.
They both gave beautiful scenery, one with a great overview of the area and the
other one overlooking an area with plenty of huge stranded icebergs. 
After
boarding the ship, the guest could get back their warmth with a nice lunch.
Following evening two members of the Expedition team held some very exciting
lectures about their own experiences; Majken about her native country,
Greenland and Bjarki about his three years as a member of the Sirius patrol.
Finishing
off with a great dinner and a briefing for the following day, everyone seemed
happy with another great day at the ship.
