For The Love of Travel

My favorite places, photos and stories

August 2, 2014
by Lids
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Hvalsey and Qaqortoq

This morning we anchored off Hvalsey to check out the 10thC, best preserved in the whole of Greenland, Norse ruins constructed of granite and lime mortar. We also sailed to visit Qaqortoq (you need to make a guttural epiglottis sound … Continue reading

August 1, 2014
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Prins Christian Sund

  In the morning, we had two great educative sessions – ‘Building your own visual narrative’, a presentation from Jay Dickman, a National Geographic photographer and…’Greenland geopolitics’, a talk by Henning Thing (Danish, but passionate about Greenland getting its independence … Continue reading

July 31, 2014
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The Denmark Strait

Following in the wake of Eric the Red; Brendan the Navigator and the Bismarck before it was sunk…….today we travelled through the Denmark Strait, which connects the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, and separates Iceland and Greenland. The waters are of … Continue reading