This was the most awesomest day ever. I had no idea that Greenland is what it is. Ice. All over except the coastal edges. And Greenland is huge. We got up at five this morning so we could watch Greenland come into view and then enter one of the very very narrow 60 mile channels. It was so incredible. The stark beauty of this land is beyond my ability to describe accurately.
We spent the day running from deck to deck getting pictures and viewing soaring mountains and icebergs. Alas! no polar bears showed themselves though. Out on the main viewing deck they served hot chocolate and pea soup!! It was only 4 degrees and the wind was blowing. Cold cold cold!!!
This afternoon our intrepid Captain took us up a fiord, that no one has gone into before that they know of!! It was truly amazing and unbelievable and we all felt like explorers! Then we came back out and went up another to a wee village of Inuit/eskimo descendants. The village was teeny tiny, colourful, perched on the very tippy edge of a vast rock face amongst the icebergs. There are about 150 inhabitants. We stopped the ship and a few of our people got into the rescue craft the ship has and went to the village, bearing gifts and pizzas…lots of hot pizzas!! It was truly a magical moment for all of us to share. About three or four little boats full of natives came whizzing out and around our ship, waving and yelling greetings!! I felt like Captain Cook in the Hawaiian Islands!! Such a special experience.
Now we are slowly working our way around the bottom of Greenland on our way to a village just up the west coast. There are only 57,000 people living on Greenland, spread around the perimeter. We tender into the village in the morning and they will be waiting to greet us with dances and singing and craft displays. We can freely walk around the village and take pictures. I can’t wait.
We found Ester. She had fallen between the bed and the wall in her room. They didn’t hear her tiny voice at first. After a day of looking, the nurse went into her room again and found her immediately. She simply got stuck down there and didn’t have the ability to get herself up. When asked how she was she answered that she knew someone would find her eventually so she had a nice long relaxing nap! She is such a darling and we are all so happy she is okay! So mystery solved and alls well. TTYL
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