From Kuummiut to Kulusuk

Link to Hotel Kulusuk : Above...

Helicopter aproaching Kuummiut....
Cape near Tasiilaq

Me in Hotel Kulusuk

From the diningroom in Hotel Kulusuk....

Winter in Kuummiut

It's dark when I walk to school, and when I walk home it's dark too...No photos..Instead one of my photostories...Winter in Kuummiut....Today only two days left before I leave Kuummiut...

November Day

Sunset...
The colours are changing every minute...

View from my bedroom window....

Morning light.....

In The Evening

Now the country is covered with snow...But it isn't always like now...This video is from August 2005...Greenland is nice in summer , too...

Noon . On the way home from school

As I walked home from school I met the little inquisitive husky puppy....

The red house...In the middle of the picture... Our fire station....

The shadows of the houses are long, at this time of the year...Daylight approx. four hours....

The many small differently painted houses...A charming sight...

AMMASSALIK FJORD EAST GREENLAND

We don't have so much snow now..But it'll come....Dark days now, just 4 hours of dayligt..As usually for this season a lot of storms, rain and snow, the weather changes very rapidly. This weeken we have had the storm, as we name NEQIAQ. Warm and humid air is comming from the south...It'll hit the high mountains south of Scoresby sund turn around 180 degrees and become a northern wind, bringing a lot of snow, maybe rain,
And very strong winds...Friday we had earthquake the house shaked a little....

Kuummiut.... In November

Yesterday was a very nice day..Sunny and calm...The weather makes me in a good mod on a day like this....Today gray and cloudy, just as in life..ups and downs but im thankfull for this because if I haven't had the downs, I wouldn't be able to be thankfull for the ups :-)

Just beside my house.....

Looking south east.....

My house in the sunshine.....

Sunset in the afternoon at one o'clock.....

Have had a little break...

Finailly I have time to write in my blog...I've been very busy for many days...My house witch I've rented from our municipality, has been painted inside, cleaned and the keys handed over to our local office...I'ts nice to stay in my little house here is not so much space, but it's confortable..Here are nice and and the heater is very well..The little keratene stove heats all the house for about 4 1/2 dollars for a day....I have TV, telephone and internet so i have what I need..

There is no running water in the house, so every dag i drag a can with 25 l water up to the house...I can get a shower in the school and and in Our servicehouse there are washing machines..It means I got alot of exercise, and it's good for me because in the last few years I've had two to operations in my heart...I try to live in a healthy way, eating many vegetables, lean meat and fish...Fortunately there are many frozen vegetables in the shop...

Since the end of July I've been on a diet and lost 16 kg in weight...It's nice and I feel 10 years younger :-)

I have not photographed so much... The daylight is getting shorter and shorter and I've had many meetings on the school for many afternoons and evenings too..

From now I hope to have time to shoot again.:-)

Air Greenland hellicopter in Kuummiut
Morning....

Sunset....

And a little bit more sunset.....

My computer "died"....

Monday morning "died" my computer.....Harddisk and multimedia card are destroyed...It's not virus....All photos from middle of August until now has disappeared...I've learnt my lesson...Backup to external harddisk every day :-(

Photo: Sunset today....

A fantastic weather

Saturday morning ... smoke in the sky after the big polluters, the airplanes....

Sunday photos: Kuummiut between the big mountains.....

Iceberg near Kuummiut....

Ammassalik Fjord is bright and inviting

Sunny October days

Cold sunny and beautiful day in October. It is colder than normal for the season and the weather is fairly stable... It is not normally ... Maybe a sign of the climate changes coming?

Small girls playing near the river....
Many dogs are tied close to the river ...

The many small colorful houses look nice in the sunshine....

The world's most beautiful view :-))

In a strange world ...

It has snowed most of the day ... Later in the afternoon sun began to shine through the clouds and the snow ... It created this ghostly light

Ammassalik Fjord is like a mirror ... The world feels strange ... A world full of mystery ...

October photos

The view from my window in the living room ... The old man has been down at the church ... On the church staircase sits more often men, they have binoculars with him ... They are watching what happens at the inlet ...Fortunately I did not hear the dogs howl very often...



Evening sky seen near my little house....

Early morning ... The sun is'nt shining yet on Kuummiut, but the mountains on the opposite side is bathed in sunlight.....This photo shows the view from the church stairs ...

Arriving supplies from Denmark ... Now stores are nearly filled .. The last ship arrives from Denmark to Tasiilaq in late October .. The next ship arrives from Denmark at the end of June 2010 ... Our furniture is in 6 of the containers on the photo....

Our rental house in Kuummiut

Has made a long pause in blogging, I moved into my little house as you can see below ... I have not had internet connection for many days ... And I've been sick for almost one week ... But now I'm soon fit for fight again....To all the people who have emailed me in recent times: Sorry, but I have not had the opportunity to respond ... Once I have time I will email to you :-)

Our little house in late September ... freshly painted and renovated....
The house in April 2009 ... The house has not been painted for many years ....

Living room ... the house is heated with electric radiators and paraffin stove ... Even if it freezes many degrees oven heats the whole house ... paraffin (keratine) is very cheap in Greenland...

Kitchen ... Here is the service for 6 people and everything needed for cooking....And baking....

A nice little window in the kitchen ... toward the east ... nice to see the sunrise in the morning ....

Our little house in Kuummiut

Next week I move into our little house ... The big house must be ready so there will hopefully soon move a new teacher in the house. My wife and daughter moved to Denmark in June ... I miss them very much, also my two big kids ... I will stop as a teacher at the school in Kuummiut 1st January 2010. So if you are a teacher trained and can teach English and Danish there is job here in Kuummiut contact our Principal Mikkel Boassen if you are interested kuumalivarpik@greennet.gl I move to Denmark with my family ... We keep our little house , we will spend our holidays here in Kuummiut....

Here is the little house as it looked when I bought the 1st April 2009 ... I do not think the house has been painted in 25 years ... Fortunately, rotting wood is not so easy in polar regions .....

There had been smashed 3 windows in the house when I bought it .. I bought new windows for the house and had them sent up by air freight from Denmark ...

House painted in September 2009 ... I think it's been a part prettier

I am delighted to move into the house ... It has also been renovated inside

Piteraq

The last 24 hours we have had Piteraq (strong Føhns storm) in Kuummiut ... The wind is cold it comes from the ice cap and it is very dry. The humidity outside is now 26% HP.The barometer is rising, so The Piteraq will stop blowing over the next hours. In the village we see no people outside the houses because the wind chill is high. I have trouble keeping warm in my house ...

View west... seen from Kuummiut...
The majority of the vessels in the port has been moved to a place more sheltered.....

High waves in the normally calm inlet......

The wind blows from the north west.... The inlet on the opposite side of Kuummiut, facing north west, so there is the strongest storm.... The sea is more white than blue.....

Lærer søges pr. 1. januar 2010

Vores skole søger lærer til ældstetrin: Engelsk og dansk, samt støttelærer for to elever i 6./7. klasse....pr 1. januar 2010


Kuummiini Alivarpik

Kuummiut

3913 Tasiilaq

Tlf. 984172 Fax 984101 Kumalivarpik@greennet.gl

Skolen:

Skolen er nyrenoveret i tidsrummet 2003-2005. Den er som en ny skole. Skolen ligger vestlige del af bygden. Den østlige del af skolen er på 2 etager. I stueetagen med 1 stor fælles lokale med tilhørende 3 grupperum samt én lille gymnastiksal med tilhø-rende bade rumme. 1.sal er med samme stor fælles med 3 tilhørende grupperum. 1 stor alt mulig rum. Den midterste del af skolen er stor åben areal med bibliotek, skolekøkken og lærerhjørne. Dertil kontor og pædagogisk rum. Den vestligste del af skolen er der computerafdeling, en stor fællesareal med tilhørende 3 grupperum. Der er internet muligheder i alle rum. Vi har 6 computere tilsluttet internet.

I vores skole mangler vi dækning af fagene fysik/naturfag, musik.Dertil ønsker vi flere uddannede lærere i fagene dansk, engelsk, fysik/naturfag, musik og formningKuummiini Alivarpik (Kuummiut skole) kommer til at have 76 elever i 2009/2010. Vi har 3 seminarieuddannede lærere, heraf 1 dobbeltsproget og 2 dansksprogede. Vi har 2 forskolelærere, 1 grønlandsk og 1 dansksproget. Derudover har vi 2 grønlandsk lærere, der har opnået lærerstatus gennem forskellige kurser. Så har vi 3 lokale timelærere og 1 pensioneret lærer som vi bruger ham som konsulentbestand med 9 uv.timer.Skolen har 7 klasser, hvor 4 af klasserne er sammenlagt i 2 klasser. . Rund regnet har vi klassekvotient som lyder på 11,1.

Når man arbejder på en bygdeskole, hvor elevtallet er så lille, kommer man rigtig tæt på hinanden. Man ved udmærket godt hvem man taler om, når der tales om en enkelt elev. Hvis der dukker et problem op omkring en elev, snakker man om den over en kop kaffe i frikvarteret. Om mere alvorlige problemer holdes der særskilt møde.2Ud over timerne på skolen, kan man supplere sin løn ved at undervise i skolens fritids- undervisning.Vi har en aktiv skolebestyrelse med 3 forældrerepræsentanter. Desværre har vi det svært med elevrepræsentanter.

Bolig:

Boligafdelingen varetages af boligkontoret i kommunen. De sørger for at der er boliger til de nyansatte. I bygderne betales der et boligbedrag, som udgør 1/3 af den fastsatte husleje. Vi råder over 7 ”tjenesteboliger” i Kuummiut. Alle boliger er til- sluttet til bygdens vandledningssystem, og har elkomfur. Kommunen sørger for dag- og natrenovation, hvortil man betaler ca. 375,00 kr. pr. kvartal.Ved tilflytning skal man betale et indskud, som udgør 3 måneders reel husleje. Dette beløb kan afdrages månedsvis over 1 år.Det kan anbefales at have anskaffet sig fryser, køleskab samt vaskemaskine.

Forsyninger:

KNI varetager vareforsyningen til bygden; men det må siges, at vareforsyning situa- tionen er meget anstrengt ved slutningen af skoleåret, hvorfor det kan anbefales at bestille frysevarer eller lignende udefra. Bygden fik en stor butik for snart 7 år siden og har ellers en stor lager/frysekapacitet.

Bygden er så godt beliggende, at vi har åbenvandsområde på Kuummiut fjorden hele året rundt. Det medfører fangst og fiskerimuligheder hele året rundt. Derfor har vi muligheder for frisk forsyning af herlige friskfanget forskellige fisk (torsk, rødfisk, havkat, hellefisk. Ørreder og skællaks om efteråret og tonsvis af ammasatter (lodde) om foråret, hvilket er usædvanligt i resten af kommunen.Der er masser af fuglevildt det meste af året. Desuden landes der hvaler om efter- året. Isbjørne og narhvaler er hellere ikke noget særsyn ved Kuummiut efterhånden. Der er ingen restriktioner på narhvaler her i kommunen, som man har i det resterende grønland. Der landes også masser af mattak fra fangsturene nordpå om sommeren.

Kommunekation/trafik:

Moderne kommunikationsmidler som f.eks. telefon, fax, internet og TV/radio er også i Kuummiut.I sommerperioden (ultimo juni – ultimo oktober) er der 1 ugentlig skibsanløb til Kuum- miut. Og der sejles flittig med joller/både mellem bygderne og byen hver dag. Bygde- skibet Johanne Kristina varetager vareforsyningerne i sommerperioden.Derud over beflyves Kuummiut hele året rund med helikopter. Om sommeren 1 x om ugen og om vinterperioden (september – maj) 2 x om ugen.

Bygdelivet:

Bygden, som er Grønlands 3. største bygd, ligger ca. 40 km. Nordøst for byen Tasiilaq. Hele året har man utal af muligheder for vandreture (trekking). Med båd kan man sejle til sagnomspundne steder, eller ligge i telt i den helt stille og storslået natur. Der er rigtige muligheder for alt slags fiskeri og sæl/fuglefangst omkring bygden.Sproget er østgrønlandsk, som afviger en del fra rigs grønlandsk. Lokalbefolkningen har en venlig og afslappet holdning til udefrakommende.Man har en nybygget moderne sygeplejerstation i Kuummiut, som er besat med én sygeplejerske og 2 sundhedsmedhjælpere. Der foretages daglige konsultationer. Hvis der er noget alvorligt på færden, hentes patienten som regel med helikopter. Og det tager kun ca. 10 minutter at flyve far Kuummiut til byen (Tasiilaq). Lægebesøg fra sygehuset i byen sker mindst 2 gange hver halve år. Tandlæger, plejere og tanstek- nikere kommer ligeledes gerne 2 gange årligt. Andre speciallæger kommer til byen hver eneste år, hvorpå man kan henvises til.

Kuummiut har én fiskefabrik, hvor der indhandles forskellige fiskearter.Når man bliver lærer i en bygd, kræver det, at man giver afkald på en masse komfort, som findes i byerne. MEN til gengæld kommer man tæt ind på hinanden på en eller anden måde end man gør i byerne. Man får meget mere tid til at være sammen og dermed være noget for hinanden. Man møder børnene på skolen på en måde og i byg- den på en anden måde. Ligeledes møder man deres forældre til hverdag, og kan snakke med dem og med stor og småt.

Mikkel Boassen Skoleinspektør
telefon 00299 984172
email: kuumalivarpik@greennet.gl

This blog spot is written in Danish...Please use google translate to choose your own language...

Carly Simon - Coming Around Again (Itsy Bitsy Spider)

To my lovely wife in Denmark ....

To Iceland

6'th class from the school Kuummiut will be on a trip to Iceland for 14 days ... In Iceland, students should try to go to school together with Icelandic children. There are many planned activities for the kids. They must learn to swim, and they will be recived inaudience by the presiden of Iceland ... It will be a great experience for the children ..

Parents and children waiting on the quayside in Kuummiut .. The kids will sail around. 40 km to Kulusuk ... From Kulusuk the children will go by airplane to Reykjavik ...
Tense and anxious girls waiting for departure ...

Jonathan is waiting in the boat ... Together with fater and mother...

Now, all are ready and Niels prepares for departure ..