| 41. Day 8: (continued) Native Greenlander (Inuit) clothing at Qaqortoq's museum |  |
61. An iceberg with a window, which allows you to see the distant horizon through it |  |
| 42. Unusual bone sculpture style of local artists |  |
62. Smooth grooves of another iceberg |  |
| 43. Danish open-face sandwiches are popular in Greenland, since Danes have been settled in Greenland for hundreds of years |  |
63. Skeerne ("The Spoons") as seen during trip back from Uunartoq Hot Springs |  |
| 44. View of cliffs when approaching the area of Nanortalik during a flight from Qaqortoq |  |
64. An old graphite mine seen during the boat ride back from Uunartoq Hot Springs |  |
| 45. View of Nanortalik from the helicopter (Sikorsky S-61) |  |
65. Harbor for loading gold onto ships; the actual Nalunaq gold mine is a number of kilometers inland |  |
| 46. Stone houses in Nanortalik |  |
66. A view of the back side of Kirkespiret (the "church spire"), a famous mountain loved by rock climbers; on the other side of it is Tasermiut Fjord |  |
| 47. Church in Nanortalik |  |
67. Day 10: Streak of blue in an iceberg seen during my second boat trip out of Nanortalik |  |
| 48. School in Nanortalik, whose foundation has been decorated by students, a common tradition in Greenland |  |
68. Cliffs along Tasermiut Fjord (Ketils Fjord) during boat trip to Tasiusaq, where we were to transport a politician back to Nanortalik |  |
| 49. Stone head in the town of Nanortalik |  |
69. High peaks still graced with snow in August on eastern side of Tasermiut Fjord northward of Lake Tasersuaq |  |
| 50. Large boulder displaying geometric patterns, likely veins of quartz or calcite, seen during hike to a saddle near Quassuk mountain |  |
70. A view of glaciers much further inside Tasermiut Fjord |  |
| 51. View back toward Nanoralik and icebergs on the sea from the Quassuk hike |  |
71. Village of Tasiusaq inside Tasermiut Fjord; mild weather |  |
| 52. A view to another side of the island (North/East) from the Quassuk mountain saddle |  |
72. A strange installation in Tasiusaq |  |
| 53. A view to the North/West side of the island, where a curious rope of fog is sliding into the fjord |  |
73. A house in Tasiusaq |  |
| 54. The "bear stone" is a lintel left from Norse ruins from between 700-1000 years ago; surrounding mounds covered in buttercups also relate to Norse ruins |  |
74. Lake Tasersuaq, northward and eastward from Tasiusaq. At an end of the lake out of view is the Qinngua Valley, which contains the most substantial natural "forest" in Greenland; however, there was insufficient interest (and too few tourists) to get a boat chartered during my time in Nanortalik |  |
| 55. Walking back into Nanortalik after the hike; many houses seem to have front sheds |  |
75. A lone cloud hangs low out of the natural order of things |  |
| 56. Dogs are popular pets in Greenland |  |
76. Day 11: Icebergs seen during a helicopter flight, delayed 10 hours by fog, from Nanortalik to Narsaq (with a stop in Qaqortoq); Narsaq residents told me a flood of icebergs like this normally only happens once a summer but it has happened several times this summer1 (a sign of Greenland losing its icesheet?) |  |
| 57. Lodging at the main hotel in town, Hotel Kap Farvel (Cape Farewell) |  |
77. Narsaq, viewed from the inbound helicopter; my helicopter had been delayed 10 hours due to fog; and mistakenly my luggage was dropped off one stop early |  |
| 58. Fun and drinks with Greenlanders at the Hotel Kap Farvel on Friday night; followed by a trip by some to the discotheque; tried the impressive alcoholic "Greenlandic Coffee" (click here) |  |
78. I checked in to the Hotel Narsaq and tried both reindeer and muskox carpaccio at the in-house restaurant; beware the rooms all smell smoke-tainted, even the non-smoking room; picture shows portions of the town of Narsaq |  |
| 59. Day 9: Roundtrip boat ride to Uunartoq Hot Springs on Uunartoq Island; cliffs show distinctive curvilinear markings |  |
79. Day 12: Norse farm ruin in Narsaq |  |
| 60. Uunartoq natural hot springs, very shallow, water temperature about 88 F (31 C); a second hot pool is nearby but unused |  |
80. Icebergs near Narsaq as viewed from the Norse farm ruin |  |
