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Saturday, March 12, 2011

TSS2010 blog entries by date

The Seven Settlements  Kayak Expedition 2010

26th June - 19th July 2010 (24 days, alone on the water)


Here is the list and links to entries from the expedition:
  • Day One - a sacrificial start
  • Day Two - the hot arctic
  • Day Three - Ikerasak
  • Day Four - foggy excuses
  • Day Five - some trouble brewin'
  • Day Six - can't stop the signal
  • Day Seven - Saattut
  • Day Eight - uncharted waters
  • Day Nine - blissed out!  Part I
  • Day Nine - blissed out and gunned up! Part II
  • Day Ten - the first taste of fog
  • Day Eleven - the turning point
  • Day Twelve - trapped inside my head: lonely musings
  • Day Thirteen - numb nuts, teeth and bergs: a spontaneous paddlathon! Part I
  • Day Fourteen - numb nuts, teeth and bergs: a spontaneous paddlathon!  Part II
  • Day Fifteen - a shower, a chat and an evening meal!
  • Day Sixteen - a pause for thought
  • Day Seventeen - windbound!
  • Day Eighteen - sailing in the light of Sermitsiaq. Part I
  • Day Eighteen - sailing in the light of Sermitsiaq. Part II
  • Day Nineteen - video diaries
  • Day Twenty - sleeping beside spirits
  • Day Twenty One - fragile earth and Greenlandic chicken
  • Day Twenty Two - sun, blood and sand
  • Day Twenty Three - glorious ghost town
  • Day Twenty Four - the only way out is through
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The Seven Settlements Solo Kayak Expedition sponsored by Folbot

In July 2010, I propose to paddle a folding kayak on a 450 km journey in the Uummannaq fjord area of North West Greenland (pop. 2784), 650 km north of the Arctic Circle. It is my intention to paddle solo, starting at the town of Uummannaq (pop. 1200) and travelling to each of the seven Inuit settlements (pop. app. 50-500) before returning to Uummannaq.

The expedition will focus on Greenlandic culture and nature as I explore the area I have grown to love and meet the people I have learned to respect, descendants of the first kayakers, whose craft is still held in high national regard.

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  • ▼  2011 (7)
    • ▼  March (3)
      • TSS2010 blog entries by date
      • Day 24 - the only way out is through
      • Day 23 - glorious ghost town
    • ►  February (1)
      • Day 22 - sun, blood and sand
    • ►  January (3)
      • Day 21 - fragile earth and Greenlandic chicken
      • Day 20 - sleeping beside spirits
      • Day 19 - video diaries
  • ►  2010 (71)
    • ►  December (2)
      • Day 18 - sailing in the light of Sermitsiaq. Part...
      • Day 18 - sailing in the light of Sermitsiaq. Part...
    • ►  November (6)
      • Day 17 - windbound!
      • Anonymous wrote ...
      • Day 16 - a pause for thought
      • Day 15 - a shower, a chat and an evening meal!
      • Day 14 - numb nuts, teeth and bergs: a spontaneous...
      • Day 13 - numb nuts, teeth and bergs: a spontaneous...
    • ►  October (2)
      • Day 12 - trapped inside my head: lonely musings
      • Day 11 - the turning point
    • ►  September (2)
      • Day 10 - the first taste of fog
      • Day 9 - blissed out and gunned up! Part II
    • ►  August (9)
      • Day 9 - blissed out! Part I
      • Day 8 - uncharted waters
      • Day 7 - Saattut
      • Day 6 - can't stop the signal
      • Day 5 - some trouble brewin'
      • Day 4 - foggy excuses
      • Day 3 - Ikerasak
      • Day 2 - the hot arctic
      • Day 1 - a sacrificial start
    • ►  July (23)
      • TSS2010 Teaser Video
      • Back Home!!
      • Welcome Home!
      • The journey's end!
      • Fog
      • Heading for Qaarsut
      • Leaving Niaqornat
      • Rain!
      • Niaqornat
      • Boat to Niaqornat
      • Last leg!
      • In Sermitsiaq's online news service
      • The story so far ...
      • 12 hours paddle!
      • Going for it!
      • Heading for Uummannaq before paddling on to Qaars...
      • Ukkusissat
      • Decision time
      • Paddled through fog
      • Continuing the trip!
      • Shower
      • Saattut
    • ►  June (12)
    • ►  May (1)
    • ►  April (4)
    • ►  March (3)
    • ►  February (5)
    • ►  January (2)
  • ►  2009 (35)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  November (1)
    • ►  October (1)
    • ►  September (2)
    • ►  August (6)
    • ►  July (5)
    • ►  June (3)
    • ►  May (3)
    • ►  April (3)
    • ►  March (6)
    • ►  February (3)
    • ►  January (1)
  • ►  2008 (3)
    • ►  October (1)
    • ►  August (2)

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