Southern Greenland

Once we got into Prins Christian Sound things got a lot easier. The scenery was not as raw but a softer, greener place and there were way less icebergs to deal with.  37 miles got us to our first village, Augpilagtoq, tucked away in a tiny natural harbor. We anchored with 2 stern lines to the dock and were happy to visit the other 4 yachts there. People were friendly and it was a nice introduction to the Greenland way of life.

We heard that  the crew off one of the yachts had swum with pilot whales just south of the village the day before so we set off the next day hoping to have the same luck (seeing not swimming) but just got to enjoy the scenery along the way, followed by a very fun evening with the mob on Visions of Johanna.

 

                                               Whale meat anyone???

 

 This has been our favorite village so far. Sardrloq has 32 permanent residents, a nice wee shop and very friendly people.

As we have made our way up a long arm to the airport at Narssarssuaq we are back amongst the icebergs. There are a lot of glaciers carving nearby and the currents are bringing them down to the sea. It means being aware of the wind direction when anchoring for the night but so far we have been lucky.

Across from the airport is the site where Eric the Red settled and we had a tour of a replica longhouse and the first Christian chapel which was built for his wife. There are sheep here and large fields of potatoes, but still no trees. We had met a very nice Danish policeman finishing a 5 month stint in a village and he turned up again so hitched a ride with us to the airport, staying a night onboard, borrowing the local police car and taking us out and about. The locals thought we must have been in trouble!!
 

After waving Baz and Claire off, we stayed another night at the dock and woke to find this rather large cruise ship tied up. Makes Windora look tiny. The weather is not looking good to sail to the southern part of Labrador for a few more days so we will just hang about this area until it changes. Been on the move most days for a while now so it will be good just stay in one spot for a few days and slowly work our way down the arm closer to the open sea, ready to head off on the next leg.