Day 11 & 12

Day 9 Tuesday

Wake up was 7am. Breakfast at 7.30.

Our expedition today was cancelled due to weather. We didn’t go out until after lunch...we were in group 1 so we went out a bit later to have a Zodiac cruise around the icebergs before being dropped off at Bear islands. Terri, Evan and I went up the side of the mountain to the top ...what an amazing look out at the top. The view down was so calm and peaceful...the kayak’s had the most amazing calm ocean for them this afternoon. We were starting to come back down when we went in search of Muskox yet again. We saw them in the distance and also a Arctic Hare....but he just looked like a white dot!!

It was a good walk down as the moss was very spongy ….so not as hard on the knees. Suited up and back onto the Zodiacs and to the ship. Dinner at 8pm.

Slept really well that night and didn’t even stir when the announcement for the Northern lights....which apparently they were awesome and the best so far.

Day 10 Wednesday

Breakfast at 7.30am.

At 9am our group headed to the Mud room to suit up to be taken to the landing sight for our Moderate Fast walk. We were to be away for 3 ½ hours. It was pretty much straight up....

Thank goodness we got to stop a few times. My trick was not to look up too much and just follow the feet in front of me....thankfully they went at my pace, slow and steady!!

But we got to the top and had fantastic view of the Eielson Glacier. We heard a few thunder typoe noises but no bits of the glacier came away. We however did see the Muskox again. A group of 5, one being a baby. This was the closest we had seen them. And they were such good photographic models by placing themselves neatly in a row and looking at us.

Now the hard bit, to go down. We started down and then our guide took off to see if we could go down the gully we were walking down. Most of us decided to stay where we were , just in case we had to go back up. And guess what?? We did have to go back up. And we went back they way we came. Of my good ness my knees were sore by the time we got tot the beach. I couldn’t do the walk in the afternoon...my knees were to swollen. So I rested and Evan went out to tackle the gorges at Rodepynt. They were only supposed to be out for 1 hour but they were gone for 2 hours.

So Evan here. Terri and I were still energetic after the mornings hike so we were back on the zodiacs to the gorge. When you thought Greenland couldn’t offer any more variation in the terrain it surprises you again with this huge gorge cut through thousands of years ago with flowing water through land that was formed millions of years ago when the continents were joined. It reminds me of the Bungle Bungles apart from frozen waterfalls and flowing iced water. Walking on some of the ice is tricky but with caution you get through. Once out we headed for an iceberg which was close to land with the occasional seal popping its head out. Then back to the ship just in time for another four course meal.