A LA RECHERCHE DE - IN SEARCH OF...

 

 

We departed Reykjavik on September 4 evening. The only day of sun for the next 10 days.   Gathering clouds show approaching storms.

  Because of gales in Denmark Strait, we are diverted to a glacial fjord in northwest Iceland.

  We have crossed the stormy Denmark Strait and reached the west coast of Greenland. Scoresby Sund is a large fjord system, one of the large...

The glaciers, which are outlets from the Greenland Ice Sheet, are receding.   Glacier ice can be tens of thousands of years old and contains...

  Waiting for the Zodiacs.  Orange cases are gun covers; guides carry guns for polar bears.