For The Love of Travel

My favorite places, photos and stories

August 4, 2014
by Lids
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At sea towards Nuuk, Greenland

Today we saw an amazing iceberg (Ice Arch) formation just west of the Frederikshab Isblink glacier on the way to Nuuk, and spent hours honing our photography skills using aperture, shutter and program settings….beautiful weather to boot. Seriously gorgeous afternoon…endless … Continue reading

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
by Lids
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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