Greenland and Iceland 2009

Still calling

Jul 14, 2009 in Greenland and Iceland 2009

Still calling

Last day

Jul 14, 2009 in Greenland and Iceland 2009

Last day

Þingvellir

Jul 12, 2009 in Greenland and Iceland 2009

Þingvellir

Midnight geyser

Jul 11, 2009 in Greenland and Iceland 2009

Midnight geyser

Hveravellir

Jul 09, 2009 in Greenland and Iceland 2009

Hveravellir

Nearing Þórsmörk

Jul 07, 2009 in Greenland and Iceland 2009

Nearing Þórsmörk

On the trail

Jul 06, 2009 in Greenland and Iceland 2009

On the trail

Wild parts

Jul 06, 2009 in Greenland and Iceland 2009

Wild parts

Over the pass

Jul 05, 2009 in Greenland and Iceland 2009

Over the pass

Better already

Jul 05, 2009 in Greenland and Iceland 2009

Better already

Unfinished business

Jul 04, 2009 in Greenland and Iceland 2009

Unfinished business

Back in Reykjavík

Jul 03, 2009 in Greenland and Iceland 2009

Back in Reykjavík

Back to Kulusuk

Jul 02, 2009 in Greenland and Iceland 2009

Back to Kulusuk

Accidental trip to Sermiligaaq

Jul 01, 2009 in Greenland and Iceland 2009

Accidental trip to Sermiligaaq

Bassisøen

Jun 30, 2009 in Greenland and Iceland 2009

Bassisøen

Sømandsfjeldet

Jun 29, 2009 in Greenland and Iceland 2009

Sømandsfjeldet

Ammassalik circumnavigation

Jun 28, 2009 in Greenland and Iceland 2009

Ammassalik circumnavigation

Greenlandic football game

Jun 27, 2009 in Greenland and Iceland 2009

Greenlandic football game

Blomsterdalen

Jun 27, 2009 in Greenland and Iceland 2009

Blomsterdalen

Exploring Tasiilaq

Jun 27, 2009 in Greenland and Iceland 2009

Exploring Tasiilaq

I camped just outside the town, on an ostensibly organised site that had no facilities bar one horrific toilet. I don’t mind camping in basic conditions but having no running water does make things more difficult. But I had a sheltered spot on a grassy promontory overlooking the fjord, and I was in Greenland, so [...]

Kulusuk

Jun 26, 2009 in Greenland and Iceland 2009

Kulusuk

Travelling by plane, you get whisked from one part of the world to another part so quickly that sometimes the change can be shocking. But I don’t think I’ve ever felt as stunned and disorientated as when I landed on Kulusuk Island. The plane had dropped down into a small valley, surrounded by wild mountains, [...]

Arctic nostalgia tour

Jun 26, 2009 in Greenland and Iceland 2009

Arctic nostalgia tour

In the summer of 1999 I spent a month in Iceland. It was a mindblowing time and I always had in mind the idea that I’d go back some day. Being the type of person who finds some kind of significance in the passage of round numbers of years, I always thought that 2009 was [...]