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The Seven Settlements: Day 4 - foggy excuses
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Monday, August 16, 2010. Day 4 - foggy excuses. I found plenty of excuses not to paddle the next day. Amongst the best were the "promises to be safe" and "not take chances with calving icebergs in the fog". Pretty convincing arguments when you are a democracy of one, in a pup-tent, with a particularly good book in your hands. My most convincing argument was of course the need to "air my finger"! Remember the slice I took out of my finger on Day 1? That's my story and I'm sticking with it. The expedition ...
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The Seven Settlements: Route
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Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Seven Settlements Solo Kayak Expedition sponsored by Folbot. In July 2010, I propose to paddle a folding kayak on a 450 km journey in the Uummannaq fjord area of North West Greenland (pop. 2784), 650 km north of the Arctic Circle. It is my intention to paddle solo, starting at the town of Uummannaq (pop. 1200) and travelling to each of the seven Inuit settlements (pop. app. 50-500) before returning to Uummannaq. Click to paddle HOME. TSS2010 blog entries by date. To me exp...
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The Seven Settlements: Wildlife
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Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Seven Settlements Solo Kayak Expedition sponsored by Folbot. In July 2010, I propose to paddle a folding kayak on a 450 km journey in the Uummannaq fjord area of North West Greenland (pop. 2784), 650 km north of the Arctic Circle. It is my intention to paddle solo, starting at the town of Uummannaq (pop. 1200) and travelling to each of the seven Inuit settlements (pop. app. 50-500) before returning to Uummannaq. Click to paddle HOME. TSS2010 blog entries by date. To me exp...
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The Seven Settlements: 7 Settlements
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The Seven Settlements in the order I intend to paddle. Pop 278, Jan 2006). Pop 245, Jan 2006). Pop 186, Jan 2006). Pop 96, Jan 2006). Pop 93, Jan 2006). Pop 69, Jan 2006). Pop 195, Jan 2006). Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Seven Settlements Solo Kayak Expedition sponsored by Folbot. Click to paddle HOME. TSS2010 blog entries by date. Day 24 - the only way out is through. Day 23 - glorious ghost town. Reasonably Flat Rock" campsite. Into The Great Solitude. View from "the bridge". I ask myself 'Why?
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The Seven Settlements: TSS2010 blog entries by date
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Saturday, March 12, 2011. TSS2010 blog entries by date. The Seven Settlements Kayak Expedition 2010. 26th June - 19th July 2010 (24 days, alone on the water). Here is the list and links to entries from the expedition:. Day One - a sacrificial start. Day Two - the hot arctic. Day Three - Ikerasak. Day Four - foggy excuses. Day Five - some trouble brewin'. Day Six - can't stop the signal. Day Seven - Saattut. Day Eight - uncharted waters. Day Nine - blissed out! Day Nine - blissed out and gunned up! Subscr...
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The Seven Settlements: Folding Boat Expeditions
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Read more about Folding Boat Expeditions. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Seven Settlements Solo Kayak Expedition sponsored by Folbot. In July 2010, I propose to paddle a folding kayak on a 450 km journey in the Uummannaq fjord area of North West Greenland (pop. 2784), 650 km north of the Arctic Circle. It is my intention to paddle solo, starting at the town of Uummannaq (pop. 1200) and travelling to each of the seven Inuit settlements (pop. app. 50-500) before returning to Uummannaq. Click to paddle HOME.
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The Seven Settlements: Day 5 - some trouble brewin'
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010. Day 5 - some trouble brewin'. It was a particularly smooth crossing after that with very little iceberg activity. I had hoped to see some sign of whales but knew that they rarely ventured this deep into the fjord. Completely alone, with nothing and no one in sight, I got to grips with solitude and found I kind of liked it. This was just the start of my problems in the desert. I called Lars' mobile in Denmark - a little after midnight Danish time (sorry about that Lars! Apart fro...
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The Seven Settlements: Day 2 - the hot arctic
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010. Day 2 - the hot arctic. Lars Gram of Gram Kajak. As a modern interpretation of the Greenlandic skin-on-frame qajaqs. With this in mind I gratefully accepted Lars' offer and arranged for him to deliver it to Lise and Sander in Denmark and they would send it on the ship with our other goods when Jane visited them in May. I just thought I could try the paddle a few times and then strap it onto the kayak and get back to my carbon fibre wonder-paddle. All in all the expedition was ...
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The Seven Settlements: Lars DK
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Lars is going to be keeping the blog alive with updates of the expedition progress. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Seven Settlements Solo Kayak Expedition sponsored by Folbot. The expedition will focus on Greenlandic culture and nature as I explore the area I have grown to love and meet the people I have learned to respect, descendants of the first kayakers, whose craft is still held in high national regard. Click to paddle HOME. TSS2010 blog entries by date. Day 24 - the only way out is through. To me ...
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The Seven Settlements: Day 3 - Ikerasak
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Monday, August 16, 2010. Day 3 - Ikerasak. It was an overcast day that greeted me when I crawled out of the tent. The heat of the day before had made me reconsider the merits of sleeping through the day. An Arctic Fox woke me and I decided to get going, not least to arrive within the opening times of Pilersuisoq - the local store in the settlement of Ikerasak; I would be arriving at the first of the Seven Settlements today. Betina and Thomas' house. The church in Ikerasak. It had been three days! Leaving...
