Nice Photos.

A nice dry morning here in the Lakes District :-

York Minster.

steve

Camber near Rye on Saturday.  Taken with my iPhone...

And one more...

Sea Wall:

Just got back from Greenland. What a place!

You lucky sod Rod.

Nice pics.

You're not wrong Kevin, it's a terrific place, and we were fabulously lucky with the weather (and sun activity - I gather the Northern Lights were actually visible in the UK such was the strength of a CME while we were there)

Here are a few more. The glaciers on the edge of the ice-cap have an otherworldly, painterly quality that, combined with the cold crystalline-pure air, is literally breathtaking.

I will certainly return!

Great pics again Rod! Yep, we could see the NLs as far south as Essex (not here in London though, due to light pollution).

I've been to Iceland, as well as the far north of Sweden, Norway and Finland but have always wanted to go to Greenland. Whereabouts were you? I presume this was a holiday?

Was an organised holiday trip with Greenland Travel (which, along with the airline, is state owned I think). Starts from Copenhagen (only flights in during the winter are from Denmark), which flies to the old US base at Kangerlussuaq - the only airport in the country that can take a jet (and can actually land anything). This is an unprepossesing place in itself, but has the advantage of being furthest inland so a visit to the ice cap and the glaciers (above) is easy. Then transferred to the town of Ilulissat, which is at the head of the largest ice fjord in the world, responsible for 10% of the world's icebergs, and on Disko Bay, which because of its depth is liquid year-round and thus fishing happens. The sea almost always freezes further south, cutting the place off apart from air-links (the most expensive things to buy are fresh vegetables!). Nevertheless far cheaper than Norway. I ate (legally harvested) whale a couple of times - delicious.

We had one super-cold day (-30°C with a wind-chill to -40°C - interesting!) but the rest of the time it was just deliciously fresh, av -8. It is very dry, so the cold does not notice.

Highly recommended.

I will return, but Svalbard is next on my cold-places list.

Thanks Rod - interesting stuff on there. Far less pricey than I was expecting.

Interesting Rod (and great pictures too) - a trip i'd really like to do

I'm due a business trip to Svalbard later this year so will definitely be taking my camera when i go !

James

Thanks James

If you're travelling to Svalbard via Tromso (and other than via Oslo I think you might have to) then do try to add a couple of days on there if you can. It is a wonderful town of lovely people (actually the Norwegians all seem as charming and erudite as our 'house' one), great hiking and scenery. It's also one of the best places on earth for Aurora, from late September onwards (better than Svalbard which is actually a bit far north(!)). Cripplingly expensive, but that's Norway (Svalbard however is tax-free making it the cheapest place in the country). I can't wait to go.

Thanks Rod. The first part of the trip is to Tromso so that's some good advice for taking a few extra days there on the way back. I keep getting invited up and was supposed to go last year but other work got in the way so i'm not missing my chance this year.

Enjoy 

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Icebergs! Stupidly photogenic.

Certainly are Rod. Great pics once again! Keep them coming.

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