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3 new voyagers arrive

Graham Hill joins the boat in Ilulissat, along with beatboxer Shlomo and Jude Kelly

Graham Hill, founder of TreeHugger.com joins the boat in Ilulissat, along with beatboxer Shlomo and Jude Kelly, Artistic Director of Southbank Centre.

Greenlanding

Day 5 and this is the first textural blog I’ve managed to get out! A reflection on the amount of things I’ve been shooting so far. Today we stopped to pick up more passengers (Graham Hill, Shlomo and Jude Kelly) so I took the opportunity to have a quick look around the port.

It was a working port, a few large ships and a swath of smaller fishing vessels, so it was probably a little naive being surprised at the sight of a whaling vessel off-loading it’s cargo. The man on board snagged a chunk of flesh onto a hooked stick held by another boiler-suit-cladded fisherman who in turn slung it into the back of a nearby pick-up. The amount of meat involved resembled the props department of a good horror movie, luckily for the weak of stomach, the whole show was sugar coated with a blanket of falling snow.
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The Disko Bay Blues Band (with special guests)

The Icebergs, Carol Cotterill and Emily Venabless backing KT Tunstall at Murphy's Bar, Ilulissat
KT Tunstall backed by ‘The Icebergs’ (scientists Carol Cotterill and Emily Venables) and local band The Disko Bay Blues at Murphy’s Bar, Ilulissat. Photo: Nathan Gallagher

Excuse the spelleng mistakes, the grammatical errors and the mistaken cultural references, but this blog comes after only 6 hours sleep total in two nights (holding a satellite phone outside, pointing at the sky in the snowing Arctic is certainly a new experience for 3am internet roaming). This alongside the introduction to the most dramatic landscape on earth can only lead to a brain that somewhat resembles the broken ice floating through the sea.

David Noble and 'Murphy' locals.
David Noble and ‘Murphy’ locals. Photo: Nathan Gallagher
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Red Ice

Red Ice photographs by Chris Wainwright

Red Ice photographs by Chris Wainwright (artwork in progress)

Walking near Ilulissat Kangia

Hiking across a melting glacier overlooking Ilulissat Kangia
Walking on ‘Little Eqe’ near the mouth of Ilulissat Kangia.

Ilulissat Kangia

KT Tunstall walking at Ilulissat Kangia

The film crew

Director Peter Gilbert and documentary crew Zak Piper and Adam Singer at Ilulissat Kangia

Director Peter Gilbert and documentary crew Zak Piper and Adam Singer film as the group climbs Little Eqe at the mouth of the glacier named Ilulissat Kangia (Danish name – Jacobshavn Glacier).

Arctic wear by Greenpeace

KT Tunstall and Luke Bullen
KT Tunstall and Luke Bullen. Arctic wear by Greenpeace.
Photo: Nathan Gallagher

Whales and birds near Ilulissat Kangia

A whale surfaces near the mouth of Ilulissat Kangia

Icebergs near the mouth of Ilulissat Kangia
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Qeqertarsuaq (Godhavn)

Husky dog
Greenlandic huskie dogs, bred with wolves and used for pulling sledges, surround the town of Qeqertarsuaq.

House in the small town of Qeqertarsuaq (Godhavn)
House on the rocks in the small town of Qeqertarsuaq (Godhavn).
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Arriving in Qeqertarsuaq

House in the small town of Qeqertarsuaq (Godhavn)

After almost 24 hours sail we get the opportunity to explore Greenland’s soil, disembarking at the small town of Qeqertarsuaq (Danish name Godhavn).

Massive icebergs hover off the shore
Massive icebergs hover off the shore.
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Measuring ocean conductivity, temperature and density

Oceanographers Simon Boxall and Emily Venables
Oceanographers Simon Boxall and Emily Venables plan the CTD drop, to measure ocean conductivity (salinity), temperature and density.
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