Where are the Packice???

Nearly the same view from my house. The one with the packice is from August 2005...The other one is from August 2008....This year we don't have packice.....Some years the Ammassalik Fjord is completly filled up with ice...Is it mother nature playing??? or is it the global-warming caused by the greenhouse effect???

Bye...Bye.

Photo from today....Was on the fjord for 4 hours after job....A lot of fresh air..... Now.........Tired.........

Good night.

Finn Whale near Kuummiut

Theese pictures are from yesterday.

On the Ammassalik Fjord together with the Finnwhales. A fantastic experince.

Whales in Ammassalik Fjord

Yesterday Iwas on the Fjord...There were 4 big FinnWhales near my boat...I had only my pocketcamara, but I've got som small videos..Sorry the quality is'nt the best...
Theese big whales..up to 70 tons and 27 meters are often seen in the Fjord in August and September...A sight which always gives me a big impression...Some times a litle scarriing, in my litle boat...Kuummiut a good place for Whale Watching..

From Kulusuk to Nuuk and Reykjavik

If I will go to Nuuk, our capital. I travel from Kuummiut to Tasiilaq in Bell 212, Air Greenland, Helicopter. Maybe I had to stay overnight in Tasiilaq, then to Kulusuk ( Bell 212 ). From Kulusuk to Nuuk is the air plane a Dash 7 Air Greenland (The red one).

From Kulusuk I can also travel to the capital of Iceland: Reykjavik, with a Fokker aircraft. It's Air Iceland( The white one).

Transportation

Once a week in summertime, Air Greenland has a flight between Kuummiut and Tasiilaq. So if you want to go to town, is it on Mondays, and you can come back to Kuummiut next Monday, if you want to go by helicopter.

It's Bell 212 also used i Vietnam.

Theese pictures are from Kulusuk

Sunset

Could'nt go to bed without sharing this sunset with you.

GOOD NIGHT from Kuummiut

Supplies

We have got some of the supplies for the next 10 months. The last ship this year will come to Kuummiut in the beginning of October......Next ship in the end of June 2009....Hope they remember all what's necessary for us....Otherwise we had to order by air freight..Expensive!!!

Looking out of my kitchen window

When I got up this morning, I looked out of my kitchen window...Saw the last fog disperse. I thought about when we had snow....Tonight I found a photo from 23. of May. Today we have the 23. of August.....Just 3 month....What a difference.....

Tour operator

The craftsmen, who are repairing our pibelines and gas station, are pendling between Kuummiut and Tiniteqilaaq. They are transportated by one of our touroperators, Lars. He's got a new boat this year. The boat is well equipet wih a lot of security gear.

The name of the boat is: "Nuna".

Gas station

Our gas station here in Kuummiut, is very old. Now it's getting renovated. German , greenlandic and danish craftsmen are doing the job. On the photo You can see, one of the germans with his mobil repair shop.

For you
Katja

Fresh Cod

Todays catch....With a pilke.....20 minutes, up and down....The biggest: 3,750 Kg.

Food for many days..

Cods are comming back to Greenland....And the fish we catch are bigger than the year before....

Sunset....The days are getting shorter

Photo taken from my bedroom window....The most relaxing "TV" we have....

The beautiful Ammassalik Fjord

I feel happy such an early morning....Thankful to have the chance to see the great landscape of East Greenland

In The Evening

It wasn't posible for me to upload photos today. Instead I'll show you one of my photostories. Filmed in Kuummiut August 2005

Glacier

Glacier drawing back.....Why????

View through Ikasaq.....On a gray day----

Beware of the Icebergs

This video is filmed in west Greenland. It shows the power, when an iceberg turn around.
Here in Kuummiut we are a litle bit nervous, when an icberg comes near to the harbour.

1. Grade in Kuummiut

First day in school is a very nice day....The children starting in 1. Grade wear their finest clothes...

First day in school

Summer hollydays are over...The school in Kuummiut startet today....Here are some pictures of children stating in 1. grade..And some parents.

East Greenlandic Sunset

Rayes.....

Bussy days, school is starting tomorrow. Found a foto from August 2004......August has very fine sunsets, up here in Kuummiut. Never getting tired of looking at them....

My boat

My boat in the harbour in Kuummiut.

Yacht in Kuummiut

Today an Icelandic yacht visited Kuummiut.

Her name: Aurora, registrated in Isafjordur, in Iceland.

Every summer vi have sailships on a short visit here in Kuummiut.

Football School in Kuummiut 2

Pictures from todays footballschool.

Football is the most popular sport in Greenland.

And for the first time we have football school here in Kuummiut.

Nerly all children in Kuummiut was there.

There was a big crowd.

Blue East 2 ( Ikateq )

This is the land of contrasts....The beautiful landscape.....The old scrap!!!!. When the Americans left the place ( Ikateq ), The locals had fuel for many years. Engines were used for fishing vessels

Furnitures were brougth to the setlements Kuummiut and Sermiligaq.

In a piteraq the old aircrafthangar was destroied. The runaway is still intact and can bee used by small airplanes...

In the lake there are big trouts....Ida and my wife tried to catch some....They don't succide....

The trouts had,nt come back from the sea.

Football School in Kuummiut

This weekend we have football school in Kuummiut.

Here are one of the talents.

Ida as a lorry driver.

From Ikateq Airbase. Ida loves to play in the old cars and lorryes