I had a few spare hours before my flight to Upernavik so went on a tourist trip to walk on the Greenland Ice cap- difficult to find the words to describe such a unique experience except to say it was rather amazing and a very thought-provoking experience- the ice is retreating everywhere! En-route I was lucky to see arctic hare, arctic fox, more musk ox, a white-tailed eagle and two incredible gyr falcons- just stunning raptors. Snow buntings and redpolls were feeding all along the edges of the ice. My last bit of fun before heading for my ship and the treacherous high-latitude waters of Baffin bay.
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| Greenland wheatear |
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| arctic fox cub |
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| edge of the ice sheet |
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| on thick ice- for a change! |
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| 600 km to the other side! |
Safe trip Andy, look forward to reports of what youre seeing up there.
ReplyDeleteGreenland Wheatear, a total legend in bird migration, respect due!
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