The aspect of my voyage around the Greenland coast that excited me the most was the icebergs. A few of them calved off glaciers in the many fjords but most of them originated from the ice fjord at Ilulissat which is 250 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
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2 - Greenland Settlements
There are many small settlements on the coast and they are truly fascinating as they are completely different to what we know in the UK. Or anywhere really! The towns vary in size from 30 to a few thousand and even the capital city, Nuuk, has a population of less than 20,000. It isn’t possible to drive from town to town so boats or Greenland Air planes/helicopters provide transport over and round the ice sheet.