Greenland landfall at last. This photo, taken at sunrise (0400 local) is of the coast 40 miles distant. During the last eighteen hours visibility has gone from a half a mile to a boat length, and back again. We’ve adjusted speed according to what we could see, and whether or not there were big bergs on the radar (if no big bergs, odds are the little guys are not around either).

Water temperature has been really cool, shown above. We have bypassed several easy to enter coastal anchorages, and the town of Pamiut, as there were tidewater glaciers nearby and we did not want to deal with them and the fog. Now, with Nuuk only seventy miles off, the sky has cleared.

And just in time as you can see from the radar above. Each target represents an iceberg.

Using the "trails" function in "relative" mode puts a nice tail onto the bergs, making them easy to pick out. This is especially helpful with weak targets, and in sea clutter.

These are mid-sized bergs by local standards. This one is maybe 1000 feet (300m) long.

The sea gulls have a nice, cool perch on this sunny day.

A view from the backside. Check out the high rise section to the right (attached to the low rise berg on the left).

Bergy bits (extreme left and center) and growlers (right). This is what we worry about, not the big guys.

This berg reminds us of the mountain behind the lagoon of Bora Bora in the Society Islands. The water color is even the right color.

Bora Bora berg from the back side. Even though we want to get into Nuuk before the end of the business day, we cannot help but stop and marvel at these works of art.

Speaking of works of art, here is the last piece of a delicious chocolate cake which has sustained us now through three days of stress. We hope you are impressed that it lasted this long.

Finally, Nuuk is close at hand, just around the corner.