Prince Christian Sound, Greenland

Aug 10 - Day at sea/ Prince Christian Sound

With clear blue skies we traveled along the 70-mile-long Prince Christian Sound which connects the Labrador and Irminger Seas. The force of Greenland's massive inland ice cap pushes glaciers towards the sea, where large chunks of ice break off and become floating icebergs.

icebergs as we sail along (not in the Sound yet)

After breakfast we had signed up for a visit of the Bridge. The Captain spoke for a long time and we were free to walk around and check everything out. He took questions and loved to tell stories.

After that we went to the lecture on Photography by Hermann. He wasn’t on our Iceland cruise and he was into all thing's photography including his Drone and GoPro. We saw him in Tassilaq laying down in front of the sled dogs trying to get the perfect shot.

That was followed by a lecture on Prince William Sound and a port talk on Qaqortoq. (pronounced something like “ha ha tak”) We jokingly were calling it warthog.

Lunch was followed by a lecture on the Settlement by Jens and free time before a lecture on Glaciers by Dieter.

We had the usual Tea Time & Cocktail hour followed by dinner. 

Our scenic passage of Prince Christian Sound was supposed to be between 5:30 and 11:30. Due to clear skies and great weather we were hours early, so we were through the Sound by dinner time. Everyone spent as much time as possible out on deck. The granite fjords and the glaciers and waterfalls were stunning. 

Zodiac being lowered so the guides could go out

they found a nice chunk of glacier ice 

they brought in on board

photographer & passenger sending out their drones

drone returning and he caught it

very hard to see, but this is a tiny village of about 50 people taken from the dinner table

Around 8:45 they had a sundowner with music and drinks. We were way out of the Sound by then and they served free flowing mulled wine and Bailey's with or without hot chocolate. OMG, I forgot how tasty Bailey's is and it was quite yummy in the hot chocolate. We went up on the top deck with it and watched for whales and quite a few Humpbacks delighted us with blows. People partied and danced below us.

There were also Late-Night Soups, but we didn’t go for that. (instead of their usual late-night snacks served inside the bar area.

Again, we said "they really went above and beyond". 

Prince Christian Sound https://photos.app.goo.gl/mRjtyRnfyPjzt97p8

Tomorrow, we visit Qaqortoq.