This is the scene outside the ship this morning. Icebergs mean we’re now in Greenland.

The storm disappeared once the ship reached the fjord in the middle of the night. I woke up at around 3 and realised that the ship had stopped rolling. I was a little disappointed, to be honest. I liked the feeling of being rocked to sleep.

Not a bad view to walk out and see after breakfast. More people are emerging from their cabins, and after lunch today, we hit the zodiacs and go ashore.

I’m writing this part of the post while I’m standing on the stern, watching the icebergs float by. 

It’s so beautiful and so calm.

I was just about to go inside when I saw the blue stripes on this iceberg.

After lunch it was out on the zodiacs for the first time since Antarctica 2022. The water we’re on is part of a Narwhal sanctuary, so we could only go at 5km/hr.

We were going to hike on Bear Island. It’s aptly named, as polar bears are known to live here. Every winter, the sea between the islands freezes over, so the animals can wander wherever they like.
The crew organised long, medium and short hikes. At first, being a lazy person, I was going to do the short hike, but in the end I went on the medium hike.
It turned out to be perilously close to a long hike, but it was a nice way to get to know Greenland. Each hike had a rifle at the beginning and end of each group, just in case.

”This is the tallest forest you’ll see today,” said KJ, our guide for the day.

I don’t normally take pictures of flowers, but these took my fancy.

After an hour and a half, we stopped for a rest. These mountains look like a dragon’s backbone, don’t they?

We sat without talking, simply listening to the Arctic silence.

I spent it gazing at this magnificent iceberg.

When we did the silence in Antarctica, all I heard was water and ice. Here, it was water and wind.

The lichen and moss on the rocks are the first things to grow. Plants come later.

This was no easy hike. We were walking through streams, over rocks, stepping into peat beds that squelched underneath our feet… but we saw a lot.

This is a very beautiful, if harsh, place.

During dinner, there was an announcement to go out on deck and take pictures of the sunset.

I love love love this one.

I’m so glad I left my dessert and went out on deck. It was truly stunning.

Dad joke of the day: