Wednesday 26 August 2009

Illulissat

A world UNESCO Heritage Site in the sunshine! What could be better?

It was a day for hiking, for helicopter trips to the ice cap, for boat excursions, whales, shopping, lunch. It was a day for everything and anything. It was so beautiful with all of the icebergs and the crystal clear air that it put a smile on everyone's face. It didn't matter what you chose to do today because, no matter what, it was going to be good. How could it not be?
Many people were lucky enough to see humpback whales on their boat excursion to Icefjord.


The helicopters were kept busy with 90 of our guests taking hei-tours to the glacier Sermec Kujalec.


Our hike to Sermiut was really good. A river of ice stretched as far as you could see. Sermec Kujalleq glaciar moves 42 metres a day! By 6:30 we were all back aboard the Fram. There were still lots of activities planned on the ship. A charity auction and the crew show.
The auction raised 38,000 Norwegian Kroner for the children in Greenland! Wow! A very big THANK YOU to our extremely generous bidders at the auction.