July in Grise Fiord

Here are some photos from July in Grise Fiord.

These are from a walk on July 20, upstream along the river that flows through town.

The next two are from July 21, from a walk along the beach west of town:

These three are from along the same beach, but 3 days later on July 23, when it snowed on and off much of the day.  Some of the snow accumulated along the shoreline.  It was foggy too when I went out walking.

The next one is from much better weather on July 26, walking east of town:

Next is the arctic sailing ship "Vagabond", owned and sailed by a crew from France.  They were stopping briefly in Grise to visit, before heading off on this year's scientific expedition.  (They spent two winters in Grise Fiord doing ice research, around 20111-2013.)

Just a nice picture of the shoreline in town on July 28, taken from the east:

Some interesting clouds from July 29:

On my walk on July 30, fog moved into town while I was still walking to the east, here is a photo of it, I ended up walking into it as I returned to the health centre:

And that's it for the photos from July.  I'll be back soon with a few from August.

Flight to Grise Fiord

Here are a few photos from my flight from Resolute to Grise Fiord, on July 19.  It was raining and we were flying in and above cloud for most of the trip, but I got a few good photos at the end, as we approached the town.

These last two are from the walk I took that evening:

Flight from Iqaluit to Resolute, July 17, 2019

I did another work trip to Grise Fiord from July 17 to August 10.  I got some good photos on the flights, so I thought I should update my sadly neglected blog.

The first couple are of the airport in Iqaluit on takeoff:

River just north of Iqaluit:

I loved the pattern of these clouds over Baffin Island, around halfway between Iqaluit and Pond Inlet:

A river canyon as we approach Pond Inlet:

River near Pond Inlet:

Our plane on the ground in Pond Inlet:

Got some views of the glaciers in Sirmilik National Park as we flew out of Pond Inlet:

These photos are as we approach Arctic Bay (the flight was a bit of a milk run, which is good for sightseeing):

There is a waterfall in this photo, but it seems to go underground as it's not visible going over the cliffs:

I took this from the front steps of the airport terminal in Arctic Bay:

Next four photos are of the Uluksan Peninsula, flying out of Arctic Bay:

The St. George Society Cliffs:

Crossing a last lobe of Baffin Island before we head over the arctic ocean to Resolute:

Some broken up ice:

This is from my evening walk in Resolute, from the top of the hill behind town, looking southwest:

There is not a lot of vegetation around Resolute, but here are some tiny flowers on the hill:

View of Resolute from the hill:

I'll be back soon with some photos from my flight on July 19 to Grise Fiord.