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Arctic, Greenland, Photography, Travel Gerald FitzGerald Arctic, Greenland, Photography, Travel Gerald FitzGerald

Scoresby Sund and Ittoqqortoormitt 16/08/14

Overnight and this morning the ship sailed further down the east coast of Greenland and entered Scoresby Sund, the largest fjord system in the world covering about 38,000 sq kilometers and whose arms at times extend about 350 kilometres inland from the coast.

We will be visiting the Innuit village of Ittoqqortoormitt a hunting community perched at the edge of the fjord and numbering about 450 people. They town's dock is not large enough to accommodate our ship so we will have a wet landing on zodiacs to the shoreline in front of the town....

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