Fools they think I do not know the road I'm taking
If you meet me on the way hesitating
That is just because I know
Which way I will choose...

Mittwoch, 29. August 2012

lifetime impressions from GREENLAND - 2012


first thing....to get the feeling:  music by Paul Kalkbrenner (Berlin Calling)



- ARCTIC WORLD and back -  



1st chapter: Copenhagen: enjoying beautiful days with my Aurin :)

- city of bikes!


laundromat café


 Nyhavn

 old friend DIRK :) - good to see you, buddy!

 house and chill out music at friday night in one of Copenhagen's churches


 summer time - Santa Clause went on some biiiig holidays....

 

Copenhagen impressions...





 

see you again very soon, my Dear!!!!
 



2nd chapter: bird's view on icy terrains - flight to Greenland

Copenhagen

Iceland

Iceland - world of mountains, volcanoes and glaciers




after spending few days in Kangerlussuaq (A) at Greenland's western coast, a plane of the Airforce would take us to NEEM Camp at 77.45°North (B)


3rd chapter: Kangerlussuaq - waiting for our flight to NEEM CAMP


wasting time...



exploring wildlife
 




summer: time out for huskies




4th chapter: arrival on the inland ice – first impressions of the NEEM camp


ready for take-off




ready for landing after about 2.45 hrs flight


first impressions



the camp...


food and sleeping tents (red weather ports), toilet tent (yellowish), and tomatoes (sleeping cabins of the cook and mechanic :) )


where's home...?


 our girls' tent



 find the knubbel :)





5th chapter: camp life - when not working
 

enjoying the remoteness of the couch at the end of the skiway





daily take-offs and landings of research plane Polar 6 from the Alfred-Wegener-Institute











 for my 

honeydew-SMOOTHIE!


snowblowing 


digging holes in the ice for new toilets - thanks, Tyler!





6th chapter: science - one of the many reasons we were here...



getting the German drill ready...or not.



drill school


waiting for our teacher - busy Trevor - and...


... making snow angels



now... GO FOR IT!




...get the core!




...there you go!


but now... 


... let the captains do the real work ;)



flying out - to drill even more holes!


the camp looks tiny ... and looses its importance with increasing distance...


the pilots...




the real pilots - and gentlemen



pilots at work 







7th chapter: exploring old camp NGIS – ca. 8 meters below the snow

we're close... ;)





8th chapter: Saturdays




...cooking and dancing...


...and going home at midnight sun


9th chapter: impressions and surprises


you would not want to know the story of this poor little fellow...








 following tracks...




10th chapter: leaving camp - flight back to Kangerlussuaq



leaving the icy areas far behind



glaciers with lots of crevasses



11th chapter: Russel Glacier - the end of the ice...








12th chapter: flight back home - into the arms of my Aurin!!!




Goodbye Kanger, Goodbye Polar 6... GOODBYE GREENLAND!

bird's view on the Fjord of Kangerlussuaq (Søndre Strømfjord)

summertime in the polar oceans - ice blocks in the Atlantic Ocean between Greenland and Iceland


REUNITED!!!

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