Lyhyt matkapäiväkirja risteilyltä Reykjavikista Kangerlussuaqiin, 15.7. - 25.7.2009

Risteily M/S Kristina Reginalla:
Reykjavik - Qaqortoq - Narsaq - Nuuk - Evighedsfjorden - Ilulissat - Sisimiut - Kangerlussuaq.
http://www.kristinacruises.com/
22.7.2009 Evighedsfjorden, Grönlanti

Risteily M/S Kristina Reginalla:
Reykjavik - Qaqortoq - Narsaq - Nuuk - Evighedsfjorden - Ilulissat - Sisimiut - Kangerlussuaq.
http://www.kristinacruises.com/
22.7.2009 Evighedsfjorden, Grönlanti



poikkeuksellisesti matkustajille ja tuijotan suoraan eteenpäin läpi kylmän viiman. Mieleeni tulee Titanic-elokuva ja naureskellen odotan törmäystä jäävuoreen kun nojaan yli partaan ja katson kun laivan keula halkoo sinivihreää vettä.


Palan sisältä ja tunnen olevani kuolematon.
English translation....
We are crewing along the calm and sunny Evighedsfjorden ("the eternity fjord") and the fjord is completely placid and silent, the phantasmagorical mist shrouds the surface of the water. From faraway ice sheet the melted water is flowing slowly on the fjord towards the sea and the surface is slightly rippling. Hordes of birds are flying over the fjord when we are approaching a colossal glacier. Eventually the ship's engines are becoming quieter and stop when we arrive to the edge of the eternal glacier. Even though there's almost one kilometer distance to the ice sheet, it seems to be right within arm's reach. All the passengers are asked to pose in a group picture together with the captain of the ship and I place myself there also. I am full of joy and good feelings and ask the people to take attitude photos of me against hundreds of meters high glacier edge.
When we have admired the glacier enough, the ship turns around and we return along the fjord towards the sea. On our way we pass a second glacier looming far away in the fork of the fjord. We are closing up the sea again and the warmth in the fjord's embrace is starting to turn to a chilly wind. I move to the ship's forecastle which is exceptionally opened for passengers only for this time only and I gaze straight forward through the cold breeze. I'm reminisced by the Titanic-movie and laugh as I'm waiting the collision with the iceberg as I lean over the gunwale and watch as the ship's prow is splitting the green-blue water.
A gorgeous whale greets us close by at the mouth of the fjord and bursts the water sprays and shows it's big body by diving in a deep angle under the water. Later on I will recognize it as a humpback whale from the picture by its dorsal fin and large size. Another spot to my "whale-watching" list that is already quite extensive!
Heavy 12 m/s headwind keeps the weather sunny, we pass some small fishing villages on our journey to the north and around five o'clock we cross the polar circle. In the evening the western sun glares and the surface of the sea is billions of burning stars.
I'm burning inside and feel immortal.
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