To Greenland

 This year the ice off the coast of east Greenland - the storis - mainly floes from the polar basin, plus the bergs calved off from the Greenland glaciers and running out to sea - is breaking up later than usual. In the past 10 days the storis made access for a small boat difficult or impossible to reach the coast from 66 degrees northwards. It is now opening up for the coast immediately south of the entrance to Scoresbysund which is at 71 degrees. We head out in the morning, to go there. The mouth of Scoresbysund currently remains congested with a band of 60% ice, though the Sound itself has cleared considerably. It is likely that this will change rapidly and very soon. In two days we hope to be in one of the many fjords nearby to the south of the entrance, and we will be well positioned to enter the Sound.


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