Our last port of call before disembarkation is Sisimiut (pop. 5,520 in 2022), a coastal town located on the Arctic circle, on the west-central coast of Greenland. The Danish settled here in 1764 and it has developed into a modern fishing port with shipyards and processing plants for fish and shrimp. We had a walking tour of the town and finished with a delicious seafood tasting at the local hotel.
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It is a busy port with lots of ships and harbour activities. This is the only place where we get to actually walk off the ship instead of landing on a zodiac. This is where the ship load up on supplies for the next leg of its journey after it dropped us off in Kangerlussach. For the last few days, supplies must have been really low as our green salads were made with shredded cabbage. That night for dinner, we finally got to taste real green salads again! |
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The old church from 1775 and below, the new church from 1926
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The port framed by the whale bone arch |
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Drawings on the rock face
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It's all about boats! |
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A lake at the top of the tour |
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More colourful houses - you can tell this is the biggest town on our route |
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Polar bear skin hung out to dry |
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| Shrimp and snow crab legs among other things at the hotel tasting which wrapped up our tour |
Coming up - the Last post: the awesome Kangerlussack Fjord and Northern Lights!!
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