Hello Steemians!
This is the 2nd part of my story and trip to the north. My first stop was Iceland (Part 1). Further north I arrived in Greenland in the city Tassilaq, July 2009.
Some facts: Greenland is the biggest island in the world!
It is a politically autonomous part of Denmark and has the lowest population density in the world apart from the antarctic.
Tassilaq is the greenlandic name for the city, Ammassalik the danish and it is located in the south-east of Greenland. Tassilaq means 'like a calm lake' because it is located in a pretty quiet fjord.
Tassilaq was like my headquarter or base. I made a couple of excursions as well as you can imagine :)
Some impressions of Tassilaq and some images of my excursions. Hope you enjoy.
The idyll is simply fabulous!
The even had a soccer field and I enjoyed watching them pretty much every day :) You can see it in the lower pat of the image.
Tassilaq at twilight.
These little friends had not much to do. Huskys are adorable and beautiful animals, I love them.
But if you are in Greenland you have to do it: A dog-sled ride. It was awesome :)
A different view on Tassilaq, from the distance. I was standing in a real flower carpet :)
The harbor and a supply ship.
The typical jerky, can be found next to the houses very often.
And of course I went on a trip to see icebergs. A must :) We went in those little boats, you can see them in the lower part of the image.
On our way to the icebergs...
The colors, the landscape, the weather: A beautiful and breath taking mix.
In the upper part, right side, you can see again the ice sheet, this part is always covered with ice!
We are used to cars driving by our house. They have floes instead :)
... and finally some icbergs.
This is probably my favourite image :)
Stonehenge on ice ::))
I hope you enjoyed this little insight into Greenland. I can only recommend to go there. It's an experience you'll never forget.
Steem on!
Wow! Great posting and photos as well, thank you. Wasn't it some "muktuk", dried caribou by the cabin/house?
I also do travelogs, that have mostly been about the Canadian Rockies so far, maybe you'd also enjoy it, check it out:
http://steemit.com/@eric-boucher
Enjoy!
Namaste :)
Hi, thanx you as well! That's dried seal, very popular. Will check out your travelogs, thank you! Always good to have an inspiration!:)
These photos are splendid indeed ;D
Such Wow!
Thank you!
You always welcome :-)
Wow. Did you take all of these photos? They look good. Very professional.
Sure. Standard digicam at that time. Far away from being professional though :) But thank you!
I had waited a long time such information. You would not believe, but very often I visit the page of this mysterious land. Moreover, many times I made virtual trips by YouTube about Nuuk. I can not explain what interesting I find there. That is why I envy you a little) Thank you, @lobotony And by the way, I hadn't seen such good views of Greenland before.
Thank you very much for your comment, it is definitely worth to travel to Greenland! Maybe you make it one day!
Very Beautiful Pictures Here!
upvoted!
Thank you!:)
The photos are amazing!
Thanx a lot! Hard to make a selection, there are many more :)
Your pictures really shows off the beauty of Greenland! Good job!
Thank you! Although this is just small part of it and the beauty it offers. Just a little insight :)
Fabulous.. Greenland has always been into my list.. Now I'm even more pumped up to get there.. <3
Great! Keeping my fingers crossed for you :)
@lobotony bucket listed! and so Up voted!
Tassilaq looks tassilaq indeed ... and very picturesque, too.
I'm awed that the sky there is so blue and no chem trails at all, beautiful!
Thank you! re: Chemtrails: Maybe its not worth it because of the low population density.
@lobotony lucky them then!
Quisiera verlosdecerca!
Like on another planet , awesome
Surprisingly it isn't :) Thank you!
thanks for sharing this material, I like what you posted. Thank you so much
Thank you as well!
Great pictures, one question (maybe it is a dumb one), why do many of the houses have ladders, even on the rooftops?
Hi, there's no dumb question. Please look at the 2nd image, you can see the ladders are used to have access to the storage right under the roof. I can't remember why the ladder was mounted on top of the roof itself (in the image with the 2 little boats), probably just to store the ladder itself somewhere.
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WHAT Creature is that jerky made of????? --- also i heard the food in greenland is super excellent!! What was the best food?
your pictures are amazing!if i ever have the opportunity i will definitely visit Greenland!!!thank you for your wonderful pictures!