Ind i fjorden / Into the fjord

I går tog vi på tur med båd. Planen var at komme ind i isfjorden og se indlandsisen. Vi sejlede fra havnen i Nuuk, og læg venligst mærke til HVOR meget is der er på vandet, og at den del I ser af båden var der man skulle gå ombord. Efter at have gået ned af en trappe fyldt med sne og is. Jeg er faktisk imponeret over at jeg kom på og af båden uden at falde i vandet samtlige gange!!!!!

Yesterday we went on a boat trip. The plan was to go into the ice fjord to see the ice sheet. We took off from the Nuuk harbor, and please not HOW must ice is on the water, and note that the part of the boat visible is the part where you had to enter. After going down a staircase filled with snow and ice. I'm actually impressed that I got on and off the boat all of the times without falling into the water!!!!!

Vi sejlede ind i verdens næststørste fjordsystem. Der var dog meget mere is end normalt på grund af en orkan for nogle uger siden, så isfjorden kom vi ikke ind i. Til gengæld blev både sat fast i isen så vi fik tid til at kigge på det hele. Det var utroligt smukt!

We sailed into the second-largest fjord-system in the world. Unfortunately, there was a lot more ice than normal due to an hurricane a few weeks back, so we never made it into the ice fjord. But they let the boat get stuck in the ice so we had time to look at everything. It was so incredibly beautiful!

På vej tilbage gjorde vi holdt ved den forladte bygd Qoornoq. Eller - helt forladt er den ikke. Husene bliver nu brugt som sommerhuse. Der var virkelig flot - og helt stille! Jeg ville ikke være ked af at være i sommerhus der! Der var heller ikke så meget elektricitet, så man skulle ihvertfald have en del garn og brætspil med, men så skulle det nok blive godt! 

Vi gik op på en bakke, og det var som det nu er med sne. Nogle gange kunne man gå PÅ sneen, andre gange gik benet pludselig i til over knæet, og så skulle man have det hevet op igen. Man får motion på en helt andet måde! Elegant og gymnastisk er jeg ikke, og jeg vil sige at jeg er glad for at der ikke er sne i Kastrup!

Going back, we paused at the abandoned settlement Qoornoq. Or - it's not totally abandoned. The houses are now used as summer houses. It was so pretty - and totally quiet! I wouldn't mind staying here in a summer house! They didn't have a lot of electricity either, so I would have to bring a lot of yarn and board games, but I'm sure it would be great!

We climbed a hill, and it was exactly as it is with snow. Some times you can walk on top of the snow, other time the leg suddenly sinks down to over the knee, and then you need to get it unstuck. You get exercise in a totally different way! I'm by now means elegant or flexible, and I have to admit I'm happy Kastrup doesn't have that amount of snow!

 

Vi sejlede HELT tæt på et isbjerg på vej tilbage. Så smukt! Generelt har jeg set RIGTIG mange isbjerge og isklumper nu! Vi så endda et halvstort isbjerg med en ørn på toppen. 

I dag skal jeg hjem. Det har været en dejlig uge, og jeg er så glad for at jeg kom afsted!

We sailed totally close to an iceberg on the way back. So pretty! I've seen a LOT of icebergs and ice lumps now! We even saw a really big one with an eagle on top. 

Today I'm going home. It's been such a lovely week and I'm so happy I went!