Day 15: Kayaking at Oqaatsut

Morning coffee with the icebergs again. It's a constantly changing tableaux, the big one just offshore last night is gone but now there's lots of little ones in its place. They get swept north, then out to the Baffin Strait, where currents then take them east towards Iceland and the Azores, or south as far as New York. 

Today's adventure had a German couple and myself taking a boat 45 mins north to the tiny village of Oqaatsut, aka Rodebay, which means red bay, so named for when they carve up their catch of whales the bay can run red with blood. 

             Oqaatsut- population 37

There we met 2 Americans who had hiked there the day before (16kms) and stayed overnight at a guesthouse, and our 2 Spanish guides who were going to take us kayaking amongst the icebergs for a couple of hours. They guys could not have been nicer - considerate, humorous, instructive, helpful. It was a fantastic day!

Coffee and cake when we arrived in their cute office/gear room

                    Getting our instructions

Amongst the icebergs - the trip included a free stick with all the photos they took of us during the day!

                                    Being silly

Lunch was included - the best fish soup I've ever had 

Tonight I'm going on the Midnight Sun boat cruise. Just a chance to get a bit closer to the big icebergs at the mouth of the icefjord and to see them in a nicer light. 10pm - 12:30am!

     Our guide explained the different types of ice

     And served us some blue ice with vermouth!