This morning we landed at and explored the community of Qaanaaq (a palindrome). It is a community of approximately 600 people and is by far the most viable looking community that we have visited with well organized services. It even has streetlights, presumably for the winter when they don't see the sun. We didn't see many people because they obviously spend their time indoors even at this relatively warm time of the year when the temperature is zero degrees.
Here we saw the most spectacular icebergs seen so far. There isn't much sea ice or snow here but the icebergs are impressive.
We
spent this afternoon at sea heading south past an endless line of
enormous icebergs, most apparently having calved off the glaciers of
Greenland.
We
were entertained by the expedition staff presenting their very
informative talks.
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