A couple of my favourites from 2012, both from Greenland.
Ice watching.
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Favourites of 2012 9 comments
Der Spiegel 18 comments
Hi all, I’m finally back in London, after what was suppose to be a 10 day rig move ended up taking 27 days, still it could of been worse, it could of been in the North Sea.
So first things first, my beard, no sorry my publication, some of you may remember that I had 6 photo’s published in Greenland Today Magazine, a great mag and well worth checking out and subscribing to, Its run by 2 people who put out a fantastic mag every month. One of my photo’s was spotted by Der Spiegel (“The Mirror”) it’s a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg. It is one of Europe’s largest publications of its kind, with a weekly circulation of more than one million.(quoted from Wikipedia), so Greenland Today Mag put Der Spiegel in touch with me and they asked for the photo, they paid there standard fee which was very nice.
I typed the caption into Google Translate and this is what i got.
Iceberg in tow
A special ship pulls into the iceberg of vin gronlandischen discounted books away in order to avoid the collision with a Olbohrplattform. From August to the solo Nordwestkuste the island again sought after oil.
Not sure its right but I think you get the idea.
PS I have also been contacted by another publisher who would like to use the same photo in a book and an exhibition, so watch this space.
Inuksuk 24 comments
An inuksuk is a stone landmark or cairn built by humans, used by the Inuit, Inupiat, Kalaallit, Yupik, and other peoples of the Arctic region. These structures are found from Greenland to Alaska. This region, above the Arctic Circle, is dominated by the tundra and has areas with few natural landmarks.
The inuksuk may have been used for navigation, as a point of reference, a marker for travel routes, fishing places, camps, hunting grounds, places of veneration, drift fences used in hunting or as a food cache. Varying in shape and size, the inuksuit (plural) have longtime roots in the Inuit culture.
As you can see this one is newish and made of wood, but the same applies, built on a hill top, viewable for miles, you can even see the pub from up here.
Have a great weekend.
Washed Up 9 comments
Back in Aasiaat which is located on an island in the outermost southern part of Disko Bay in a very beautiful archipelago area and it is often referred to as “the land of a thousand islands”. I only counted 984, but may have missed a couple.
I spotted this old fishing boat next to the rusty drums and liked the colours, I don’t know weather the boat is still used but did notice it’s still tied to a mooring, maybe thats just incase there is a very high tide.
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Like Ships Passing………… 11 comments
I was going to say “Like Ships Passing in the Night” but this is Greenland, in the middle of summer, so there was no night!
After spending a month on a boat towing icebergs you would think I would of had enough of ships/water anything to do with the sea, but no, I never will. I was brought up with the sea at my door step (well very close) and it was the first thing I would see when I woke, now I live in London and the only time I get to see the sea is when I’m working, thats why I love my job.
Meet the Locals 12 comments
In yesterdays post I mentioned the Inuit people, the locals, the people of Greenland. Friendly and charming folk who live in a very diverse climate, 6 months of hot dry windy summer and then 6 months of dark freezing windy winter takes the toll on them. Their tough bony hands and leathery tanned faces tell a story of these harsh conditions, illustrated by these teenagers waiting to catch a bus to their prom night.
Seal of Approval 10 comments
Well it looks like summer is finally here in London and this is my seal of approval. (sorry). I just thought it was a cool photo. (there I go again).
Back in Greenland again, while towing an iceberg on a long (24 hours) summers day this fellow drifted past us. Now we have onboard an environmentalist, he is a local, an Inuit and it’s our duty to report to him whenever we see any wildlife, so I called him, and up to the bridge he came, we stepped out onto the deck and I pointed out the iceberg with the seal on it, he then made some notes. Out of interest I asked him what type of Seal it was and his reply was “dunno but good eating“. I think he was joking, he knew what type of seal it was.
Ice Watching 11 comments
What an eventful day yesterday, there I was all suited up in my survival gear waiting for our chopper to arrive, then we heard it was delayed (which happens) then we heard why. A helicopter has gone down. Hearing that hits you right in the gut, memories of 2009 come back when 16 people lost there live’s going home on a chopper. Then the news came in it had ditched and all 14 onboard were in a life raft, our chopper was the first on the scene and keeping an eye on until help arrived. Phew! All 14 were back on dry land later that day, well done to all involved in the rescue.
So what has this got to do with todays photo I hear you say? Not a lot really, its just this is my all time favourite photo and wanted to share, their might come a day when I can’t post.
Ice Moves 8 comments
Back to Greenland today and on the hunt for those pesky icebergs. This was one of the icebergs we couldn’t move by towing due to the shape, the tow rope would just slip off the top. In this case what we do is slowly reverse up to the iceberg and when we get nice and close we put the boat on full power using all the 25,000 bhp and use the wash from the propeller to move it, slow going but great photo opportunities. Hope you enjoy, don’t forget to follow me using the box in the top right corner, and feel free to leave a comment or suggestion below.
Whale Tail 4 comments
Finally leaving Aasiaat and out to open water and I spot my first whale, Taken back by the beauty I forget about my camera (you can tell I’m not a pro) but just managed to catch the tail end. (so to speak). I was still very happy about the shot so e-mailed it to my wife, her reply, is that a bird?
