{"id":7587,"date":"2019-05-17T22:29:40","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T22:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/?p=7587"},"modified":"2023-04-06T15:30:46","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T15:30:46","slug":"round-the-world-atlantic-day-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/05\/17\/round-the-world-atlantic-day-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Round the World &#8211; Atlantic Day 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Narsarsuaq, Greenland to Kulusuk, Greenland<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You know the drill by now; wake up, check weather. Things were looking rather less positive than forecast the night before. There was a localised bubble of high ceilings (6,000ft) around Narsarsuaq. The ice cap to the east rose to much higher elevations than this, and to the west the cloud dropped down to sea level just a few miles away. With wires crossing the fiords at various heights downstream, punching along fiords low level in the clouds seemed like a poor choice. This turn of events was doubtless caused by our hubris in making a non-refundable hotel reservation!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"rl-gallery-container rl-loading\" id=\"rl-gallery-container-1\" data-gallery_id=\"7628\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery rl-basicgrid-gallery rl-hover-effect-2 rl-hover-icon-2\" id=\"rl-gallery-1\" data-gallery_no=\"1\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-10.24.44.jpg\" title=\"Statue in Narsarsuaq\" data-rl_title=\"Statue in Narsarsuaq\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-10.24.44-500x300.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"220\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Statue in Narsarsuaq<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-10.25.17.jpg\" title=\"Looking down to Narsarsuaq village\" data-rl_title=\"Looking down to Narsarsuaq village\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-10.25.17-500x300.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"220\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Looking down to Narsarsuaq village<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-10.25.37.jpg\" title=\"Old airplane parts near the airport\" data-rl_title=\"Old airplane parts near the airport\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-10.25.37-500x300.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"220\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Old airplane parts near the airport<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1074\" height=\"617\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/rtw_day5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/rtw_day5.jpg 1074w, https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/rtw_day5-1024x588.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/rtw_day5-768x441.jpg 768w, https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/rtw_day5-470x270.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1074px) 100vw, 1074px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> Up the east coast of Greenland to Kulusuk <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We elected to take off and see how things looked. The hotel provided a great breakfast, and at the now fully-staffed airport we got some great advice on suggested routes, likely weather conditions, and things not to do (such as fly into the wires). We launched downhill, towards the fiord, and circled west of the airport as we gained height, climbing through large gaps in the overcast layers. At 12,000ft our luck ran out and the only way up was through the cloud. The outside temperature by now was -18c, at the lower limit of where icing is usually found, so we elected to test the waters and found that we didn&#8217;t pick up any appreciable ice on the climb to 14,500ft, and clear air.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"rl-gallery-container rl-loading\" id=\"rl-gallery-container-2\" data-gallery_id=\"7639\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery rl-basicgrid-gallery rl-hover-effect-2 rl-hover-icon-2\" id=\"rl-gallery-2\" data-gallery_no=\"2\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-11.44.39.jpg\" title=\"Narsarsuaq on departure\" data-rl_title=\"Narsarsuaq on departure\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-11.44.39-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Narsarsuaq on departure<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-11.48.19.jpg\" title=\"Ice in the fiord\" data-rl_title=\"Ice in the fiord\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-11.48.19-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Ice in the fiord<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-11.50.53.jpg\" title=\"Climbing west of Narsarsuaq\" data-rl_title=\"Climbing west of Narsarsuaq\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-11.50.53-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Climbing west of Narsarsuaq<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-11.57.52.jpg\" title=\"Scattered cloud layers near Narsarsuaq as we climb\" data-rl_title=\"Scattered cloud layers near Narsarsuaq as we climb\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-11.57.52-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Scattered cloud layers near Narsarsuaq as we climb<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having made it through to the top, things looked good for getting to Kulusuk. We turned east across the ice cap, and as we flew breaks in the cloud layer started to appear and offer tantalising glimpses of the glaciers and mountains below. As we approached the east coast and turned to the north, the clouds almost entirely disappeared, and we enjoyed the spectacular views of the icy landscape with the ice cap spilling down through the mountains to the sea, and significant sea ice remaining along the shore.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"rl-gallery-container rl-loading\" id=\"rl-gallery-container-3\" data-gallery_id=\"7641\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery rl-basicgrid-gallery rl-hover-effect-2 rl-hover-icon-2\" id=\"rl-gallery-3\" data-gallery_no=\"3\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-12.20.55.jpg\" title=\"On top of the cloud layer, at 14,500ft\" data-rl_title=\"On top of the cloud layer, at 14,500ft\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-12.20.55-500x300.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"220\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">On top of the cloud layer, at 14,500ft<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-12.42.17.jpg\" title=\"The overcast starts to break up\" data-rl_title=\"The overcast starts to break up\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-12.42.17-500x300.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"220\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">The overcast starts to break up<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-12.42.29.jpg\" title=\"Glimpses of the ice cap\" data-rl_title=\"Glimpses of the ice cap\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-12.42.29-500x300.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"220\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Glimpses of the ice cap<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-12.43.40.jpg\" title=\"The east coast of Greenland\" data-rl_title=\"The east coast of Greenland\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-12.43.40-500x300.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"220\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">The east coast of Greenland<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-12.47.04.jpg\" title=\"The east coast of Greenland\" data-rl_title=\"The east coast of Greenland\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-12.47.04-500x300.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"220\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">The east coast of Greenland<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-12.48.22.jpg\" title=\"The east coast of Greenland\" data-rl_title=\"The east coast of Greenland\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-12.48.22-500x300.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"220\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">The east coast of Greenland<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-13.01.53.jpg\" title=\"The east coast of Greenland\" data-rl_title=\"The east coast of Greenland\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-13.01.53-500x300.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"220\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">The east coast of Greenland<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-13.02.51.jpg\" title=\"Ice breaking up in some of the fiords\" data-rl_title=\"Ice breaking up in some of the fiords\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-13.02.51-500x300.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"220\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Ice breaking up in some of the fiords<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-13.15.54.jpg\" title=\"The smooth ice cap, above the coastal mountains\" data-rl_title=\"The smooth ice cap, above the coastal mountains\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-13.15.54-500x300.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"220\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">The smooth ice cap, above the coastal mountains<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-13.37.47.jpg\" title=\"Sea ice in the fiords\" data-rl_title=\"Sea ice in the fiords\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-13.37.47-500x300.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"220\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Sea ice in the fiords<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-13.51.40.jpg\" title=\"The Greenland sea ice\" data-rl_title=\"The Greenland sea ice\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-13.51.40-500x300.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"220\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">The Greenland sea ice<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-14.11.55.jpg\" title=\"Fiords beginning to clear\" data-rl_title=\"Fiords beginning to clear\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-14.11.55-500x300.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"220\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Fiords beginning to clear<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We descended towards Kulusuk from the west, ducking under a few low lying clouds. The approach to the gravel runway brought us north of the large hills on the island, with a great look over the small village of Kulusuk (population approximately 267). We parked up next to a German-registered Beechcraft Bonanza, which had apparently flown in the day before on a trip from Austria to tour Greenland. As we unloaded, the hotel owner arrived in his van, pulling right up to the aircraft and then running us directly to the hotel. It was mostly full of heli-skiers, who were finding challenges getting to and from the slopes as the sea ice had broken up much earlier than usual.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"rl-gallery-container rl-loading\" id=\"rl-gallery-container-4\" data-gallery_id=\"7643\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery rl-basicgrid-gallery rl-hover-effect-2 rl-hover-icon-2\" id=\"rl-gallery-4\" data-gallery_no=\"4\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-14.29.30.jpg\" title=\"Descending towards Kulusuk\" data-rl_title=\"Descending towards Kulusuk\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-14.29.30-500x300.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"220\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Descending towards Kulusuk<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-15.26.49.jpg\" title=\"Descending towards Kulusuk\" data-rl_title=\"Descending towards Kulusuk\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-15.26.49-500x300.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"220\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Descending towards Kulusuk<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-15.29.23.jpg\" title=\"Descending towards Kulusuk\" data-rl_title=\"Descending towards Kulusuk\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-15.29.23-500x300.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"220\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Descending towards Kulusuk<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-15.30.33.jpg\" title=\"Descending towards Kulusuk\" data-rl_title=\"Descending towards Kulusuk\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-15.30.33-500x300.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"220\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Descending towards Kulusuk<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-15.32.11.jpg\" title=\"Descending towards Kulusuk\" data-rl_title=\"Descending towards Kulusuk\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-15.32.11-500x300.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"220\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Descending towards Kulusuk<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-15.33.25.jpg\" title=\"Final approach to Kulusuk&apos;s island\" data-rl_title=\"Final approach to Kulusuk&apos;s island\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-15.33.25-500x300.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"220\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Final approach to Kulusuk&#039;s island<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-15.34.11.jpg\" title=\"Final approach past Kulusuk village\" data-rl_title=\"Final approach past Kulusuk village\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-15.34.11-500x300.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"220\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Final approach past Kulusuk village<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-15.47.44.jpg\" title=\"Successful arrival!\" data-rl_title=\"Successful arrival!\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-15.47.44-500x300.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"220\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Successful arrival!<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-16.24.10.jpg\" title=\"The heli-skiing helicopter parked at the hotel\" data-rl_title=\"The heli-skiing helicopter parked at the hotel\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-16.24.10-500x300.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"220\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">The heli-skiing helicopter parked at the hotel<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before dinner we took a walk into Kulusuk village, and met the two pilots of the Bonanza at the airport. They were from Austria, and took at least one long flight a year to explore Europe and beyond. They had flown through the UK, Iceland, and now to Greenland; all VFR! Their plan was to cross to the west coast of Greenland, although the weather wasn&#8217;t looking promising. They&#8217;d intended to fly to Narsarsuaq that day but hadn&#8217;t liked the look of the weather we&#8217;d found our way out of; a good call when flying VFR.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"rl-gallery-container rl-loading\" id=\"rl-gallery-container-5\" data-gallery_id=\"7645\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery rl-basicgrid-gallery rl-hover-effect-2 rl-hover-icon-2\" id=\"rl-gallery-5\" data-gallery_no=\"5\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-16.44.49-e1558131953117.jpg\" title=\"Meeting the Austrian Bonanza pilots\" data-rl_title=\"Meeting the Austrian Bonanza pilots\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-16.44.49-e1558131953117-500x300.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"220\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Meeting the Austrian Bonanza pilots<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-16.47.53.jpg\" title=\"Views over the Kulusuk hotel\" data-rl_title=\"Views over the Kulusuk hotel\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-16.47.53-500x300.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"220\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Views over the Kulusuk hotel<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-17.00.13.jpg\" title=\"Apparently the snow was melting very early this year\" data-rl_title=\"Apparently the snow was melting very early this year\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-17.00.13-500x300.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"220\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Apparently the snow was melting very early this year<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-17.02.47.jpg\" title=\"Kulusuk village\" data-rl_title=\"Kulusuk village\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-17.02.47-500x300.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"220\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Kulusuk village<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-17.03.00.jpg\" title=\"Sled dogs enjoying the snow\" data-rl_title=\"Sled dogs enjoying the snow\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-17.03.00-500x300.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"220\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Sled dogs enjoying the snow<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-17.08.10.jpg\" title=\"Kulusuk cemetery\" data-rl_title=\"Kulusuk cemetery\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-17.08.10-500x300.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"220\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Kulusuk cemetery<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-17.10.33.jpg\" title=\"Kulusuk harbour, closed in by sea ice\" data-rl_title=\"Kulusuk harbour, closed in by sea ice\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-17.10.33-500x300.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"220\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Kulusuk harbour, closed in by sea ice<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-17.30.04.jpg\" title=\"Looking over Kulusuk\" data-rl_title=\"Looking over Kulusuk\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-17.30.04-500x300.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"220\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Looking over Kulusuk<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rl-gallery-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-20.33.46.jpg\" title=\"Kulusuk sunset\" data-rl_title=\"Kulusuk sunset\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-10-20.33.46-500x300.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"220\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-title\">Kulusuk sunset<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That evening we spent a while planning the flight to Iceland the next day, with conditions looking ideal. Mike spent a long time on the phone with British Airways, trying to use his points to book our hotel; however, they apparently had a policy that they need at least 72 hours notice to make a booking. A rather pointless restriction, seemingly only there to make it harder to redeem the points and save BA money. We gave up on them, and finished off the bookings ourselves before turning in. Outside, the sun still shone, with precious few hours of darkness this far north.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/05\/18\/round-the-world-atlantic-day-6\/\">Click here<\/a><\/strong> to read the next part of the story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Narsarsuaq, Greenland to Kulusuk, Greenland You know the drill by now; wake up, check weather. Things were looking rather less positive than forecast the night before. There was a localised bubble of high ceilings (6,000ft) around Narsarsuaq. The ice cap to the east rose to much higher elevations than this, and to the west the cloud dropped down to sea level just a few miles away. With wires crossing the fiords at various heights downstream, punching along fiords low level&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/05\/17\/round-the-world-atlantic-day-5\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-round-the-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7587"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22717,"href":"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7587\/revisions\/22717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katamarino.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}