Tuesday, 24 April 2012

A greenlander and her dogs 4


From the day when I went out in very foggy weather. Hundreds of schoolchildren and  their teachers were out walking  on the dogsledtrack. My dogs were a little overwhelmed by the many people, but did okay. Most children and teachers smiled, some waved, some were a little nervous.

March 28. Going same route as the foggy day, to the view to 'the dead glacier'/Den Døde Bræ/Sermeq Avannarleq. Here in front of  'the devils hill' .

The Icefjord. Ice on the water, no icebergs.

The dogs are still not happy to take a break. Here they lay with their leader in front, then the males and in the back the female. Looks funny.

Bonding. Eating snow. ice in the face.

The view from our break. 'The dead glacier' to the left. It has stopped producing ice, therefore the name. It 's in a  fjord to the Icefjord. Good ice on the water.

A dogsled we passed on our way back is near the place where we had our break. Maybe he is going on the ice for fishing.

The Devils hill. The dogs are behind the sled and I'm pushing and sliding with the sled. Sometimes I try to get speed on by getting the weight of my feets in different ways, sometimes I have to break when it's very steep or slippery. 

March 30. We went over small Akinnaq/ Akinnaq Kujalleq. Here stopping before the dogs goes beind the sled down the hill.

Some places a narrow and you have to be careful not to hit rocks or hillsides. You can see some of the icefjord.

Ice on the water, open water, icebergs, the big glacier. 

Pink gloves to the lady dogsled driver :D

Milo, the leader in the middle, is very happy and proud - me too  :)
Me making ready to go dogsledding with my little sister who is on easter holiday from Nuuk, the capital in Greenland, where she have lived for 1½ year. She has lived in Denmark since 1989 and have never tried a real dogsled trip. And I'm not used to having a passenger. Very exciting. (My sister's photo)

Close to 'the view'. Some places the track is going steep to the side, and on our way back we will have the dogs behind the sled to prevent the sled to slide or fall. (My sister's photo)

'The View'. Me on the sled. The dogs are a little too much all over the place. (My sister's photo)

Me and my sister laughed a lot of this picture. First of the way her big pants, she borrowed , are sitting and then of the dog Pedro who is looking so mean (he's so sweet) in the bottom of the picture and taking all attention of the picture and the beautiful view. A stripe of sunlight in the middle of the ice on the Icefjord. Inland ice on the top of the mountains on the other side. The big glacier to the left. No icebergs in the Icefjord which is so strange, and open water too.
'The view'. The fjord to 'the dead glacier' going to the left, on the ice just before the big cracks in the ice, there's dogsleds driving to the fishermens fishing places. The Icfjord is going further in where you hardly can see the glacier because of all the white.  
Here I am with the dogs behind the sled just before going down Akinnaq north. My sister hurried and took a picture before getting on the sled. (My sister's photo)



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