Here is a gin and tonic from last night, with ice taken from a chunk of ice that was floating in the fjord. This ice is really old.
Blue and purple are storms. This is the map they showed us to explain why our last destination in Greenland has been changed.
“ There are 60knot winds in the place we were planning to go. Those winds can pick up a zodiac and flip it. I reckon we’re better going here … (pointing to a green spot) where the winds are 4 knots.”
So that’s what we did. This is the view from the zodiac as we headed towards shore. The air was still, it had stopped raining and we had a lovely little walk as our goodbye to Greenland.
There was a huge iceberg. I guess I won’t be seeing any of these for a while… although maybe I’ll see some in Norway???
More tundra.
I’m sad this is my last day on Greenland.
Still, I’ve heard interesting stories about Svalbard, where the ship parks in pack ice and polar bears come right up to the ship….
It’s a beautiful place.
In the afternoon, they handed out boozy hot chocolates as a celebratory “yay, we’ve been to Greenland “ thing. It was raining, so I ducked out, grabbed my hot chocolate ( yes to brandy, no to cream) and went back inside. I should have brought my coat.
This MASSIVE iceberg was floating past as I walked indoors. I took this shot from the 5th floor window of the lounge, and If you look at the berg, I’m probably halfway up. It’s huge.
I bought a seasickness patch earlier today and on the advice of the doctor, I already have it on. They last for 72 hours, so she said to just rip it off once we reach Iceland. I have never been seasick and I don’t intend to start now, if I can avoid it!
The daily recap was special tonight, as it was Captain’s Cocktails. Natalie and I had a bubbly each, when a very nice crew member wandered by and asked if we wanted another.
The farewell drinks are tonight, because, as Chris just said in his speech, “ these drinks might not work so well tomorrow!”
I’m feeling very glad I have the patch.
Well. The weather tomorrow looks just peachy.
Dad joke of the day:
Yikes about that weather! Indeed, no one needs a flipped zodiac.
Are the patches available to purchase right on the boat? I assume so, if you just bought one – that’s pretty brilliant. I had an anti-nausea patch post-small surgery once and it made me very (very very) thirsty; have you noticed anything like that?
Once you’re done with this leg of your journeys I’d love to see a post of your recommended packing list for a trip like this.