Friday in Nanortalik ??

The Rowdies, A little too Close, As far as we go in the Quanoc Fiord, Beautiful Fiord, Entering the Fiord, Leaving Nanortalik.

After a quiet night sailing from Nuuk we awoke as we approached Nanortalik, Greenland. We went up to Sabatini’s for breakfast and to watch our final approach into the harbor. The Captain wanted to drop anchor, but an iceberg refused to move from that spot. The Captain then decided since the iceberg would not cooperate, we would just use the thruster to maintain position and launch the tenders into town. The wind and swells did not want to cooperate either, so we ended up leaving. Another port missed. That is the bad news.
The good news is the Captain decided to cruise the Quanoc Fiord. This turned out to be better than going into Nanortalik. There were many beautiful icebergs in the fiord and the mountains and rugged cliffs were breathtaking. We saw one, lonely seal sitting on one of the icebergs. There were so many icebergs, that we would see one which ever direction we turned. They came in all sizes and shapes and some were white, some were white with that beautiful blue ice imbedded in them. The Captain had some difficulty navigating out of the Nanortalik harbor and maneuvering in the Quanoc fiord. As we were leaving the fiord the Captain announced that this was the first time a cruise ship, especially one our size, had ever sailed the fiord. They should make it part of a cruise as the scenery was breath taking.

Inside the fiord is an abandoned graphite mine that was closed after they invented the ball point pen. There is a working gold mind a good distance up the fiord. This is where we turned around as the captain said the waters were not charted past the mine. A supply ship calls once a month to pick up ore and to deliver supplies.
As we were leaving the fiord, we invited some of our friends that we have run around with for the whole cruise to our cabin to have pizza and beer. We spent a lot of the time out on the deck enjoying the view. They were here for about 2 hours and we had a great time. Judi and I will be sad to say good bye to them.
We just took it easy the rest of the day and were still full when dinner time rolled around and passed on dinner tonight.
The weather is cloudy and cold, about 36 degrees with a wind of 15 knots. The sea has just some slight swells right now but they have to be very careful as this area on the way to St. John’s has a lot of icebergs.