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yidnaMU: Passing into Davis Strait and Iceland-bound
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yidnaMU: Ablating glacier, West Greenland ice sheet
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yidnaMU: Approaching the edge of the ice cap! Wow! We had a clear day and were flying (relatively) low. Awesome sight.
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yidnaMU: Breakfast on the plane: cold chicken, potato salad, and pickles
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yidnaMU: Calving glacier, West Greenland ice sheet
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yidnaMU: Ice-choked fjord in West Greenland
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yidnaMU: Fjords of West Greenland with a fresh dusting of snow.
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yidnaMU: Airbourne over West Greenland! It had snowed overnight, which made for beautiful mountains.
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yidnaMU: Our air chariot! Is this a Dash 8?
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yidnaMU: No smoking...
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yidnaMU: Posted @ the airport. The company *chartered a plane to get us to Reykjavik.
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yidnaMU: Eva & Andy
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yidnaMU: Gerardo & Andy
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yidnaMU: Eva & Andy
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yidnaMU: The local brew. Later in the evening we paid US$17 for 0.6L of beer!
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yidnaMU: Nuuk, aka Godthab, Greenland (capitol & largest city!)
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yidnaMU: Tidy (tiny!) galley
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yidnaMU: Bar deconstructed
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yidnaMU: Reception, Akademik Ioffe
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yidnaMU: CCGS Sir Wilfred Laurier beneath a fogbow!
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yidnaMU: Visit to Holman, Northwest Territories
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yidnaMU: Buffet set up, Ioffe dining room
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yidnaMU: Buffet set up, Ioffe dining room
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yidnaMU: Buffet setup, Ioffe dining room
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yidnaMU: CCGS Sir Wilfred Laurier in the ice
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yidnaMU: Masts, antennas, flags & funnel, CCGS Sir Wilfred Laurier
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yidnaMU: Cloud bank bringing a change in weather
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yidnaMU: CCGS Sir Wilfred Laurier clearing the way through the ice
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yidnaMU: Our tour guide
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yidnaMU: Bow rigging, CCGS Sir Wilfred Laurier