At Sea (Designation Halifax Canada) Day 21 Sunday 17/8/2025
At Sea (Designation Halifax Canada) Day19 & 20 Friday15 & Saturday16/ 2025
In the two days since we left Greenland, we have sailed the Sea of Denmark the sea of Labrador and the straight of Labrador and are now in the Gulf of St Lawrance, when we left Greenland in leavy fog and all night yesterday the fog came in then roll out, today the sky is clear with very little wind with a temp of 13 degrees.
Qaqortoa Greenland Day 18 Thursday14/8/2025
Our second stop in Greenland was Qaqortoa it name means White Palace in Greenlandic another small fishing village but twice the size of Nanoralik with a population of about 3,400 and is the cultural and commercial center of Southern Greenland. Europeans were drawn to the site over 200 years ago with the lure of the wealth of marine mammals that thrive in the offshore waters in the summer.
Nanortalik Greenland Day 17 Wednesday 13/08/2025
Arriving at Nanortalik a small fishing at around 0730 as usual in a fog and right on time it lifted just after 0900 Hrs to another bright sunny day of 7 degrees. Nanortalik means Place of Bears in Greenlandic this little fishing villages waters teem seals and Minke; Humpback and Fin whales and Polar bears can be seen on offshore flow ice if you are lucky, we were not. The shore is dotted with brightly painted wooden houses; the port is surrounded by mountains and was in 1797 as a Danish whaling station.
At Sea (Designation Nanortalik Greenland) Day 16 Tuesday 12/08/2025
After a smooth night sailing in the Denmark sea at midday we entered the Prins Christian Sund this was eight hours of the best scenery we have ever seen the following photo's will tell the story.
