For ages now, I have been intending to post a series of photos that we took while we were in Greenland. At last I've done so and here it is. I hope you enjoy it.
IRON BARK’S GREENLAND PHOTO ALBUM
Dinghy full of food
Stocking up with food
Iron Bark at anchor in Fortune Bay, Disko Island
Qeqertarsuaq (Godhavn), Disko Island
The Vaigat is stunning with icebergs
More icebergs in the Vaigat
Oqaitsoq anchorage in the Vaigat
Orpik anchorage
A successful morning picking bilberries and mushrooms and fishing for Arctic char
Tasiussaq anchorage
Nutârmiut SE anchorage
Akuliaruseq anchorage
S Nako Anchorage
Winter Cove
Winter Cove
Trevor caching fuel
Grease ice in the mornings
Winter Cove, before we finally tied all fours
Winter Cove from due north in October
Trevor took on the unenviable task of doing the washing
We surrounded the bunk with closed-cell foam and put a blanket against the deckhead: it stayed snug and dry all winter
Winter had come
From due north of Winter Cove
Looking down from ‘North Col’
Drying the laundry, midwinter
A little Arctic fox, ‘Foxy’, adopted us
Foxy and Annie
The snow piled round the boat
Celebrating the Solstice
The Sun returns
Noon in early February
To keep the boat warmer, Trevor made lintels and frames for the windows and then shovelled masses of snow over everything
We ended up with a strange-looking igloo
Iron Bark in early spring
Skiing in the spring
A frozen landscape to travel over
Trevor against the bright, blue sky – we had days and days of weather like this
By late spring, Iron Bark was completely buried in the snow
From the stern
Foxy pays a visit
The ice hummocked up around us
Annie and Iron Bark in the early morning
Trevor had to hike up to Loon Lake, where he kept a water hole partially open, to do the washing and to fetch our water
Iron Bark was pulled down into the ice by her rudder and bobstay fitting. Had she sunk much lower, we would have had to break them free
Looking down towards the Kangeq Peninsula from the south end of Nako Island
Iron Bark amid our ski tracks
Foxy was finding her coat was too thick in the spring sunshine
Annie after skiing at –25°C
Trevor ditto
With spring coming, we bent the sails back on
Ready to go
A lake, high up in the hills, broke its ice dam and water came rushing down our valley
Trevor in the spring
Travelling in the warm sunshine
On 7th June, we climbed a nearby hill to look at the ice melting around the boat
Trevor was kept busy, clearing the lines, which kept getting trapped under the moving ice
On 8th June, the ice started moving out and by late afternoon we were floating free once again
Lisa now floated serenely astern where that morning, Foxy had come for her breakfast
We went sailing again, to visit the Upernaviks Isstrøm, a glacier that comes down to the sea
We discovered that the icecap had receded 3 or 4 miles from where it was shown on the chart
Some of it was exceedingly grubby, with the ground-up rocks that it had carried down from the mountains
We sailed on uncharted waters, weaving among the ice, the bergs and ‘new’ islands Eventually we came to a dead end and could go no further
Exploring near our ‘home’ base – a nice little anchorage we called Capelin Cove. Note the rushing stream at right bottom
This one we called Slag Heap Bay – for obvious reasons
Uluâ anchorage – our last stop before heading south once more
