We were supposed to do a landing this afternoon but MJ made the call that we would stay in the shelter of the fjord. Fine by me. I’d decided to stay on board and loaf anyway. We are now underway, making for the mouth of the fjord. The weather looks like it will be better tomorrow and the hope is that we’ll be able to get to Nuuk. The former prime minister of Greenland, Aleqa Hammond, is onboard, she will be giving a talk shortly and she is to leave the ship at Nuuk.
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| Aleqa left |
Aleqa Hammond's talk was supposedly about climate change but it was more about how Greenland can move forward and the coalition of Arctic countries, Greenland, Canada, the US, Russia and one more I can’t think of. She said that she wanted Denmark to build 2 new airports in Greenland because it is becoming quite important in terms of Arctic security. Denmark wasn’t going to build the airports or lend Greenland the money so she went to the US who weren't going to fund the airports either. She said she then invited the Chinese to tea. They were ready to build the airports and supply the labour. All of a sudden the US and Denmark became interested and Denmark came up with the loan at low rates of interest. She talked about how there were a lot of oil and gas resources under the polar cap, and there were also a bunch of rare metals and countries, like China, which has no access to the Arctic wanted to have a presence there. I gather there are a lot of ambassadors clamouring at the door to get a spot in Greenland,
What we didn't hear anything about on the ship were the spicier parts of her financial dealings which, according to Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleqa_Hammond included two cases of misuse of public funds. From my perspective she was an interesting storyteller and enjoyed sharing her knowledge of Greenland.]
It’s a little bit annoying not to be able to set my watch to the proper time. I really do look at my watch a lot. My phone got the message so I’l just have to look at that. The e-sim I bought for Greenland seems to be connected but I’m not getting anything even though I have 3 bars. I’ll see what happens in Nuuk.
On another technology front, I carefully wrote down the instructions for getting photos off my phone and onto the computer. It
all sounded very straightforward and I practiced a bit before I left home. When I tried it just came up with blank rectangles where there should have been photo thumbnails. I guess I’ll do what I’ve done in the past, hope that all the data on the phone remains and then sort it out when I get home. Sigh!
We are going for a zodiac cruise in the morning down one of the fjords and then we are sailing onto Nuuk the next day. There are going to be bus tours but I think I’ll skip those and walk into town and just putter around with my phone and my camera. The last time we were there I was madly searching for a camera charger for the Olympus mirrorless (no luck). I’ll hit the museum again and the stuff around the old town and then go in search of some qiviut for Richard.
It’s a little bit annoying not to be able to set my watch to the proper time. I really do look at my watch a lot. My phone got the message so I’l just have to look at that. The e-sim I bought for Greenland seems to be connected but I’m not getting anything even though I have 3 bars. I’ll see what happens in Nuuk.
On another technology front, I carefully wrote down the instructions for getting photos off my phone and onto the computer. It
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| My messy part of the cabin on OE |
We are going for a zodiac cruise in the morning down one of the fjords and then we are sailing onto Nuuk the next day. There are going to be bus tours but I think I’ll skip those and walk into town and just putter around with my phone and my camera. The last time we were there I was madly searching for a camera charger for the Olympus mirrorless (no luck). I’ll hit the museum again and the stuff around the old town and then go in search of some qiviut for Richard.
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