Arriving at Nanortalik

My last day in Greenland was spent in the small town of Nanortalik, which has a population of just over 1300. Nanortalik means Place of the Polar Bears, as polar bears live and hunt on the sea ice outside of town, but unfortunately there were no sightings (it was an extremely small chance on this trip at this time of the year anyway). I was up at 6:30am to see our arrival; it was a glorious morning - still and calm with a lovely sunrise and low hanging mist. As we neared the town I caught sight of a humpback whale that eventually flipped its fluke up and headed down under the surface.Read more