From Icebergs to Islands – Day 9
We left early in the morning, Tillerilaaq is located on the edge of the very big Sermilik Fjord which is far wider and longer fjord than the others we had […]
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From Icebergs to Islands – Day 8
We left early in the morning for a fishing spot recommended to us just off Kuummiut, it was a spot favoured by the local fisherman who use small boats and
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From Icebergs to Islands – Day 7
Early start as we were moving the boat a few hundred metres to moor alongside a pier next to a fish processing factory. They allowed us to use their hose
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From Icebergs to Islands – Day 6
At about 3am the watch crew had decided the ice had broken up enough that we could get through and woke the skipper who then started the engine, and we
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From Icebergs to Islands – Day 5
We weighed anchor at 09.45 Saturday with the skipper and mate having been ashore to restock supplies from the shop. Roman, the mate had prepared bread dough on Friday night,
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From Icebergs to Islands – Day 4
They needed me off the boat for most of the day to undertake maintenance tasks. I was dropped ashore at around noon, and they said they would be ready late
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From Icebergs to Islands – Day 3
After breakfast at the hotel, I started walking into town before the hotel minibus stopped to give me a lift. I walked around town all morning and as there was
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From Icebergs to Islands – Day 2
I had a 9am flight to Kangerlussuaq, Greenland this was a 4½ hour flight on Air Greenland that headed north from Copenhagen over southern Norway, then across the North Sea
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From Icebergs to Islands – Day 1
I left the Isle of Man to start my trip (see part 1 for the background) starting with a mixture of excitement and nervousness. It was going to be a
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New Treasurer
It is with regret that the Board advises members that Rosie Rowlands has resigned as Treasurer. A change in Rosie’s professional workload and an increasing amount of business travel has