Greenland Expedition 2005 with Greenpeace Ship ‘Arctic Sunrise

24 July – 18 August, 2005

 

J. E. Box

With photos by J. E. Box, unless otherwise indicated.

 

The Greenpeace pilot Hugh, loading the ice core drill at Kulusuk airport.

Spectacular east Greenland, looking south from helicopter in the vicinity of Kulusuk.

The Arctic Sunrise, dwarfed by the icebergs choking Sermilik Fjord.

Metric camera photo of the ice field on the south side of Angmassalik Is

Tabular iceberg?


Icebergs, fog, and the rising sun just before takeoff.

Tingmiarmiit in the distance, as seen from the south.


Tingmiarmiit in the distance, as seen from ice sheet to the south.

Aerial photo of the ice coring effort near Tingmiarmiit. Photo by Nic Cobbing.

Ice castle


One of the engineers beholding the steep mountains, glaciers, icebergs, etc. in Prins Christian Sound.

 

Another view in Prins Christian Sound, south Greenland.

 

View of a tall cliff in Prins Christian Sound, south Greenland.

 

The Narsaq museam contained a wealth of information about Norse and Greenlandic cultural history.

 

Martina Krueger, the climate campaign leader, advertising the open boat.

 

My visit to one of two GEUS (Carl Bøggild) automatic weather stations on the Sermilik Isbræ.

 

The Sermilik Bræ as seen from the air August 4, 2005.

 

Photo of navigation chart, featuring The Frederickshåbs peidmont glacier.

 

The Frederickshåbs peidmont glacier as seen from the ship.

 

The Frederickshåbs peidmont glacier as seen from the air.

 

Vegetation in the vicinity of Frederickshåbs peidmont glacier was lush.

 

A terminal moraine marks a former end position of the Frederickshåbs peidmont glacier.

Paintings in the lavatory across from my cabin.

J. E. Box, amused by the use of a 750 mm ‘paparazzi’ lens