GREENLANDArctic CirclePaamiutHove toNuukSTART
SisimiutNunarssuitNanortalik TasiussaqUnarjoq
(hot springs)Qaqortoq
Kap DesolationCape FarewellCruncher I.
HamborgerlandManiitsoq
FinnefjeldTassiussaqEvighedsfjordKangerlussuaqHvalsey Channelx0 50nmGREENLAND1 7/816/8/1518/8
19/821/8
22/823/824/8
25/8 26/827/8 28/829/831/820/8
Hove-toCape FarewellATLANTIC OCEANFINISHShetland Is.Orkney Is.Faroe Is.ObanNanortalik0 300nmWe had good holding
near Kap Thorsvalden
but weren’t sure if the
icebergs could reach usADVENTURE
44 http://www.yachtingmonthly.com APRIL 2016Martin is an Arctic research scientist, so
he brought a wealth of information about
ice, and Patrick had voluntarily taken over
all the cooking, a welcome fi rst on this
boat. Patrick and Trystan also became
masters of night-time raids on skips in the
settlements, purloining quantities of food –
bread, chocolate, bananas, pizzas – thrown
out by the supermarkets. We ate it all with
relish and without mishap, marvelling at
the wastefulness of westernised society,
even in these remote places.
I was getting weather forecasts by email
from the redoubtable Peter Semiotuk in
Yellow Knife. He pointed out a limited
period of northerly winds, essential for us
to get south, so I radioed the team ashore
and we left the Shark’s Fin, as we had
named it, in a hurry, setting sail for Nuuk
to the south with a following wind. The
wind eventually died near Nuuk.
Rather than mooring in the town, we
motored round to the fjords to the north
and east, where we discovered a well-
protected inlet immediately to the north of
the town. It was a pleasing way to escape
the hurly-burly of the capital city. Further
on, we explored the fjords and two of the
team took in a high standard Alpine-type
ridge, probably the second ascent. WePHOTO: MARTIN DOBLECHARTS: MAXINE HEATHThe beautiful northern
lights appeared in
Tasiussaq