September 7: This morning we had a landing on Greenlands' east coast, weere we visited and abandoned settlement. Well, it looked like they left in a hurry: oil drums, kitchen ustentsiles, old shoes and boots, even a doll head was left behind. People left the area in the 1960', moving to the bigger settlement of Ammassalik. The place is great, beautiful scenery, good fishing and sealing grounds, and there is evidence of former whaling activity. In the afternoon we were cruising in a beautiful fjord, surrounded by hight mountain pics, huge glaciers and quite a number of icebergs. A flock of geese was passing by and eider ducks were feeding in front of a glacier. This is "real Greenland": remote, isolated, harsh, strong. Its good to be on a nice ship, and hard to imagine how people could settle here and survive. |
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CatégoriesABOUT THE BRICJEAN-LOUIS' TRAVELLINGS
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