Aug 27th, 2010 at 11:15AM:
In 2007, it was possible to board a flight in Baltimore and set foot fewer than five hours later in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland's largest commercial airport.
From Kangerlussuaq, it was a short hop to board Hurtigruten's (a Norwegian cruise company) Fram to cruise Greenland's dramatic coastline. But in 2008, Air Greenland ceased operations from North America, and today, a trip to Greenland is ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Cruising Greenland: An inconvenient, but worthwhile trip
Aug 27th, 2010 at 11:15AM:
In 2007, it was possible to board a flight in Baltimore and set foot fewer than five hours later in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland's largest commercial airport.
From Kangerlussuaq, it was a short hop to board Hurtigruten's (a Norwegian cruise company) Fram to cruise Greenland's dramatic coastline. But in 2008, Air Greenland ceased operations from North America, and today, a trip to Greenland is ...Could global warming solve Greenland's problems?
Nov 29th, 2009 at 8:00AM: Melting icecaps could turn Manhattan's streets and avenues into canals someday, but why focus on the negative? This could be a real perk for the 57,000 people who live in Greenland. For now, the Inuit are stuck hunting seals and freezing most of the year. As the permafrost recedes, though -- thoroughly screwing up their environment -- the locals are finding oil and mineral resources. So, the ...Cockpit Chronicles: Come along and enjoy the view
Nov 17th, 2009 at 4:30PM: "Descend to 1-3-0."
"Descend to 1-2-0."
I found myself listening to London Control while admiring one of the all-time greatest views I've ever seen.
"Slow to 220 knots. Fly heading 1-7-0."
As we banked to the right, I looked over my right shoulder at the London eye, a blue ferris wheel that stands out among the amber lights struggling for relevance against the sunrise.
digg_url = ...Last Chance to Get to Greenland on the Cheap
Aug 29th, 2009 at 4:00PM: Okay, it's not at the top of many people's travel lists. Who thinks about Greeland? Well, I do, and I've wanted to go for a while. Hurtigruten is pretty sympathetic to this fact and has a new deal that makes it pretty easy to get it to one of the most remote destinations in the world ... but, you have to act fast. This deal expires on August 31, 2009, and space is limited.
Hurtigruten's new ...Golfing in Greenland and other crazy courses
Mar 3rd, 2008 at 7:45PM: Could you imagine going to Greenland to Golf. Wait, scratch that. Can you imagine going to Greenland for any reason? Ok, that was mean of me, but what can I say -- being a Canadian and subject to 10 months of winter, I tend to favour warm-weather destinations. But I digress. Forbes Traveler recently listed their picks for the top 10 craziest golf courses, and, not surprisingly, Greenland's World ...Greenland's newest tourist attraction: Water!
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Dec 30th, 2007 at 10:00AM: It's not so often that a radio station showcases a photo gallery. But times are changing and NPR is stepping up its already stellar website with some cool video and slide shows. I point this out because of a recent story that NPR did on the melting of Greenland. "So what," you might say, "ice melts. But when ice melts in Greenland, the rest of the world needs to be concerned. According to the ..."Catastrophe tourism" on the rise in Greenland
Dec 11th, 2007 at 12:30PM: Greenland says it doesn't like to be seen as the global warming poster child, according to an article in Sunday's NY Times entitled "As Ice Recedes, Interest Surges." They have witnessed a spike in "catastrophe tourism," or "Come see if before it's too late" kind of tourism, lately. Apparently it is human nature to enjoy watching things--Greenland, in this case--die.
If morbid curiosity is what ...Climate-change Tourism: Warming Planet Unveils New Tourist Destinations
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Oct 3rd, 2007 at 7:45AM: "Climate-change tourism" is something we're going to be hearing a lot more about in the near future. In fact, it's already here in some parts of the world. What is climate-change tourism exactly? That's when a traditionally frozen arctic wasteland like Greenland suddenly starts to warm up, shed its ice, and become hospitable. As a result, tourists who used to shun such frigid environs are now ...Dr. Warmlove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Climate Change
Jun 7th, 2007 at 11:38AM: The panic and mayhem that seems to surround global warming sometimes gets so shrill you'd think the world was going to end. And maybe it will. For some people. But for others, global warming could be a boon. Once icy climes could turn positively cozy, and just imagine what that will do for real estate values. So you see, there is a bright side. And perhaps no one sees that bright side more than ...Greenland's World Ice Golf Championship
Feb 26th, 2007 at 2:26PM: I don't usually think of golf as an "extreme" sport, but when you play it 370 miles north of the Arctic Circle, it suddenly becomes an adventure. Held in Uummannaq, Greenland every year since 1997 -- though it has roots stretching back to the 17th Century -- the World Ice Golf Championship is set among freezing glaciers and huge icebergs in temperatures that can dip below -50º F! The ...Word for the Travel Wise (08/05/06)
Aug 5th, 2006 at 8:00PM: Today I'm just taking the easy route. Relaxing and catching up on some of the things I never really got around to doing. Small reads and projects here and there, including populating some of the categories here on Gadling that are a little light. Then I noticed we don't even have one for Greenland. Huh? How can this be? This shall be fixed soon I say. In the meantime I did a quick search on ...Word for the Travel Wise (06/28/06)
Jun 28th, 2006 at 8:00PM: The last time I hit you with a phrase from the Inukitut lang it was more than a mouth full and enough to scare any potential student away from ever attempting to spew out any sound related to this particular tongue. I myself tried shaking the crazy combination of vowels and consonants out from my mind, but only the brave and bold continue to go where many men choose not to and that place is one of ...
