{"id":922,"date":"2010-07-10T21:56:52","date_gmt":"2010-07-10T20:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/?p=922"},"modified":"2010-07-10T21:56:52","modified_gmt":"2010-07-10T20:56:52","slug":"iceland-and-greenland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/archives\/922","title":{"rendered":"Iceland and Greenland"},"content":{"rendered":"

The weather was terrible at the first stop in Iceland. Seydisfjordur isn’t really a jumping place, so all I did was go to a hotel to use the internet.<\/p>\n

\nIn fact, the rain was so bad, I spent part of the morning watching Dexter. I finished all of season 3 in two days.
\n\"In<\/p>\n

\nMy only photo while off the ship in Seydisfjordur, some wooden sculptures.
\n\"My<\/p>\n

\nGuest entertainers get nice cabins with windows, but often those windows look out onto life boats. I only notice the man working on the boat once I’d stripped off my wet trousers.
\n\"Guest<\/p>\n

\nReykjavik! A silhouette of the cathedral.
\n\"Reykjavik!<\/p>\n

\nI visited the Blue Lagoon for the first time. I took a bus out from Reykjavik by myself because I couldn’t secure a place on the crew tour.
\n\"I<\/p>\n

\nI didn’t take many photos, but did get some video.
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The part of the blue lagoon where swimming isn’t a good idea.
\n\"The<\/p>\n

\nJon and Stewart.
\n\"Jon<\/p>\n

\nAs I met up with the crew tour at the lagoon, I decided to sneak onto the bus for the journey back to the cruise ship.
\n\"As<\/p>\n

\nGreenland! My first time visiting the biggest island in the world. This is a glacier near the entrance to Prins Christian Sund, a channel between the mainland of Greenland and some small islands. The helicopter flew the length of the channel, to make sure it was clear of ice.
\n\"Greenland!<\/p>\n

\nAnother glacier. The ship stopped close to this one, and the officers on the bridge sounded the whistle. The blast of sound knocked a huge chunk of ice off the front into the water. It’s good to see a plan come together like that.
\n\"Another<\/p>\n

\nKids on the ship playing their own version of Jenga.
\n\"Kids<\/p>\n

\nA waterfall.
\n\"A<\/p>\n

\nLooking back along the sound.
\n\"Looking<\/p>\n

\nA typical Greenlandic village. Population: 160. Main income: seal hunting.
\n\"A<\/p>\n

\nThe village scrap heap.
\n\"The<\/p>\n

\nA sailing boat rounding an iceberg.
\n\"A<\/p>\n

\nQaqortoq from the top of the hill.
\n\"Qaqortoq<\/p>\n

\nThe Ocean Princes and the Saga Ruby (a ship I worked on last year) anchored off Qaqortoq.
\n\"The<\/p>\n

\nA helicopter flying past the Ocean Princess.
\n\"A<\/p>\n

\nThe same helicopter.
\n\"The<\/p>\n

\nA test shot for a juggling clip. I stood on the edge of this ridge, and tried not to fall off the cliff.
\n\"A<\/p>\n

\nHere is that juggling clip.
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A pond on the top of the hill.
\n\"A<\/p>\n

\nThe Saga Ruby.
\n\"The<\/p>\n

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