My life while in Greenland
Written: Feb 05 '00 (Updated Jul 23 '00)
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Pros: Unique adventure few ever have
Cons: Ask my wife
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| cbrown2466's Full Review: Greenland |
For those who read my sagas, I never would have named the place Greenland. I do know the history of Greenland and they just got it wrong.
I lived in northern Greenland in a place called Thule. In fact, even today I call places that are out of the way, the Thules. The year I spent in Thule was like no other that I've ever spent. The warmest temperature that year was 32 degrees at Midnight in late July. I played softball that night (actually bright sunlight). I was in the U.S. Air Force and trying to protect the USA from the Chosen Frozen part of the world. I managed the dining halls, living quarters, the fuel depot, the port (yes there was unfrozen water), and the photography/graphics office.
Believe it or not, we played soccer and softball and as long as we keep moving we never got cold. The beer helped!
The tourist part of me was forever hiking to wonderful isolated sites. (Summer 24 hours of excellent light, YES!). There were caves that you could explore that had large ice crystals that would produce musical sounds when lightly tapped. There was an abandoned Army area that would remind you of a well preserved ghost town in the west. There was Mount Dundas that overlooked the Bay that Thule was in. It was a fun climb too!
There were the Eskimos who we could watch but could not socialize with due to a high TB rate. There were the huge Polar Bears, seals, large Ravens, small white Arctic Foxes and Large white Arctic Hare. There were whale and Orca swimming by and ship rides on Coast Guard cutters (being the port officer helped me get that ride).
There were Copter rides to small islands in the bay, and a two frightful flights to the Canadian Station Alert (weather station) even further north and desolate than Thule.
We could go for Boat rides in Baffin bay to see Icebergs being born from glaciers. In the winter we could drive on that same bay and touch the large Icebergs that were stuck in the salt ice. We chopped the Iceberg ice to add to our drinks. It snapped, crackled and popped.
Yes, there is and was plenty to do in Thule otherwise you'd probably go stir crazy.
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Retired U.S. Government employee. Actively involved in genealogy and travel.
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