To the Frozen North - Nanortalik, Greenland

Nanortalik means "place of polar bears" & is the Southernmost village in Greenland or Kalallit Nunaak, as the locals call it. We got up at 0710 & got on the bum boat well before 9.

There was a mix-up in Nanortalik, because the time for the dancing was later on at the Cultural Centre, so we walked up to the cemetery first but they changed it back, so we went to the second sitting of dancing, cake & coffee.

A warm welcome

The Cemetary

Colourfully painted but small houses

The Greenlanders are pretty sore about not being allowed into the Olympic Games but we had one passenger who had carried the Torch in 1948 & brought it with him, so they had a propaganda photo taken. The dancing was Scottish-influenced by whalers & I filmed some of it.

The placard says, "The Olympic Torch arrives in Greenland"

Dancers

National Dress

The time mix-up meant we missed the church choir but went round the open-air museum thoroughly.

Open-air Museum

Boat model in the Open-air Museum

Typical clothes

One of the preserved houses

Boys being boys

Girl doing the thinking

We did photo inside the church after the concert, though.

The Church from the East	The Church from the West	Inside the church
Open-air Museum & Church	In the boat museum house

Then, we went to the kayak race & all along, photoed the very friendly natives. It was quite warm all day & the sky was cloudless.

Some Public Buildings.