MV FRAM EXPEDITION BLOG
Tuesday, 7 July 2009

Qullissat and Eqip Sermia

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Neptune has been smiling upon us with all of this favorable weather. At 7:30 we landed at the abandoned coal mining town of Qullissat. It wa...
Sunday, 5 July 2009

Uummannaq and Ukkusissat

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Another perfect day in an Arctic wonderland. If this keeps up we're going to be running out of sun screen. Once again; blue skies and wi...
Saturday, 4 July 2009

Qeqertarsuaq

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Walking around Qeqertarsuaq one of the first things you notice are the bright colours of the houses and various other buildings. The officia...

Sisimiut

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The sun broke out of the clouds this morning to welcome us to the small harbour in Sisimiut. The air was fresh and brisk today with new snow...
Friday, 3 July 2009

Kangerlussuaq

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Kangerlussuaq the town, has the same name as Kangerlussuaq the fjord, upon which it is situated. The name is almost as long as the 185km lon...
Thursday, 2 July 2009

Itilleq

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We arrived at our last port of call in our amazing journey of West Greenland around 1pm. Once on shore we were invited into people's ho...
Wednesday, 1 July 2009

Ilulissat

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In Ilulissat there is something for everyone. Restaurants, gift shops, cafes, helicopter excursions to the glacier Sermeq Kujalleq, boat tri...
Tuesday, 30 June 2009

Equip Sermia

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What are some of your favourite things to do? Cruising by miles of icebergs on perfectly calm seas certainly ranks high on my list. That was...
Sunday, 28 June 2009

Uummannaq and Ukkusissat

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We're glad to be in Uummannaq right now. In June. It's daylight. At home we take daytime and nighttime for granted. Not so here. Fro...

Qeqertarsuaq

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It is always really wonderful to see our first icebergs as we approach Qeqertarsuaq. Shortly before 9am we were anchored and ready to begin ...
Friday, 26 June 2009

Sisimiut

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Our day started at 3:30... sort of. Winds had been forecast for a Force 10 storm. At 3:30 in the morning we left the shelter of Kangerlussua...

Kangerlussuaq

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Greenland! We finally made it. Our plane touched down at the Kangerlussuaq airport at 15:30. We were warmly greeted by the Expedition Team a...
Wednesday, 24 June 2009

Itilleq

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We've become a bit spoiled. We have had near perfect weather all week. Perhaps unusual for this time of year in West Greenland. This mor...

Ilulissat

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Ilulissat means icebergs in Greenlandic. Today Ilulissat lived up to its name. It became clear very early that our Polar Cirkle boats were n...
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