Greenland (Tasiilaq) - March 2008

I lived this trek as a pure discovery of the arctic environment. And there are so many things to discover there ! Temperatures almost always negative (at least in Celsius degrees, in Farenheit this is below 32), the near lack of liquid water which changes a bit everyday life. Inuits who, not anymore in a survival situation, now struggle to find a reason to live. The weather, which was kind enough to show us many facets of itself : blizzard, fog with whiteout, snow strom, Piteraq (a katabatic wind which may be extremely violent), and even nice weather ! Add to this dog sleds, seal hunting, icebergs and you will understand that Greenland in winter is a place where othing you will live will be familiar. Total discovery.

Photo galleries

You can see the photo gallery of the trek on distant trails (also works on iPhone and iPad).

You will need Adobe Flash Player to see this gallery (unless you use an iPhone or iPad). The lower right button of the gallery navigation bar will allow you to see the images full screen.

If you don't want to install Adobe Flash Player, you can see the trek photos on Flickr. You can also download there pictures in their original size.

Map

Thanks to Google Maps, you will see below the trek map.

Click on "View on a larger map" to see a full screen map and to be able to load it in Google Earth plug-in and see a 3D view. The trek trace you see is not coming from a GPS, so do not try to use the coordinates to perform some actual navigation.