Sunday 27 May 2007

Greenland Part 1

4 May 2007

3 days of waiting in Akureyri in N. Iceland for bad weather in Greenland to clear... Coffee and a cake costs £10, large beer is about £7, this isn't a cheap stay!...
Finally we get the nod, and we're off.

On the Twin Otter. Yes that is a 200 litre drum of aviation fuel strapped in front of us, makes the EU '200ml of fluid' regulations seem a bit silly really:



Inbound, just after the coast:



Arrival at Gunnbjorn Fjeld base camp, 2200m, and just short of 69 degrees North:



Base Camp:



to be continued...

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