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Travel Pictures - GREENLAND - 1999 |
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| Ice floes and colorful, stilted
houses - Kulusuk, Greenland |
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| Drying racks for fish and seal
meat - Kulusuk, Greenland |
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| Ice-clogged bay and coastal
mountains (tugboat hidden in center of bay) - Kulusuk, Greenland |
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| Eerie view out to sea from the
cemetery grounds - Kulusuk, Greenland |
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View down to Ammassalik from the
2,200-foot summit of Qeggartivagajik -
Ammassalik, Greenland |
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View down the coast from the
summit of Qeggartivagajik (the Greenland icecap can be seen in the
distance) -
Ammassalik, Greenland |
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View of ice floes and icebergs at
the entrance to Ammassalik Bay -
near Ammassalik, Greenland |
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Close-up of the large iceberg in
previous picture (for scale, note the boat wake above the iceberg) -
Ammassalik, Greenland |
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| Arctic cotton - near Ammassalik,
Greenland |
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| Colorful arctic flora and
icebergs - near Ammassalik, Greenland |
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| Bizarre iceberg and sea fog -
near Ammassalik, Greenland |
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Stunning shapes and colors;
although the ice visible above the water is impressive,
there is 7 times more
ice below the surface! - near
Ammassalik, Greenland |
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The tiny pieces of sea ice are
the result of a relatively small chunk of ice that broke off the iceberg
with a loud cracking sound just before it crashed into the water with a powerful thud -
near
Ammassalik, Greenland |
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| There is no "greenland"
on this soccer field - Ammassalik, Greenland |
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| The town's main grocery store is
a popular hangout -
Ammassalik, Greenland |
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I never expected to order a
burger, fries, and ice cream on the southwest coast of Greenland!
Community center; Ammassalik, Greenland |
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Colorful homes rising above the
bay and harbor (harbor at right) -
Ammassalik, Greenland |
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| Every home has a stunning view -
Ammassalik, Greenland |
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| Sled dogs remain chained up during
the summer - Ammassalik, Greenland |
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| This ice floe was converted into an
outdoor slaughter house - Ammassalik, Greenland |
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| An animal rights activist's worst
nightmare - Ammassalik, Greenland |
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Looking up to
the summit of Qeggartivagajik (peak on left); the bizarre-shaped iceberg
(pictured in previous photos)
can be seen rising
above the ice floes - near Ammassalik, Greenland |
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More fascinating ice floes; ice
floes are composed of frozen sea water while icebergs are freshwater from
glaciers -
near
Ammassalik, Greenland |
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Massive icebergs can be lethal to
boaters when the ice splits and rolls, creating large waves -
near Ammassalik, Greenland |
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For authorized use of these photos, please contact Ron Miller at TheHappyCannibal@gmail.com |
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