28 February 2013

A Quarrelsome Lot...

by Eve Fisher


Nuuk, Greenland

Nuuk, with Whale

Prince Christian Sound, Greenland

Gullfoss, Iceland

Thingfeller (but it really doesn't do it justice)






  1. You make me want to call the travel agent!
    I hope your move is going smoothly.

  2. Nice blog, Eve, and great photos. The Icelanders may be quarrelsome, but they have the world's longest-running Parliament (it's either from 900 AD or 900 years uninterrupted, I forget which). I visited Iceland in 1969 and even stayed with Icelandic friends in Reykjavik. You didn't happen to taste pickled whale blubber, did you? It's at the top of my worst-foods-ever list. ;)

  3. I loved Iceland, even through I visited during the worst blizzard in recorded history. Fortunately, I still had my Minnesota acclimatization so I happily visited geysers, waterfalls, ponds, and stunningly beautiful pools that could be reached through all the snow.

    I'm not a super-fan of caviar, but black caviar was cheaper than hamburger! And no to Elizabeth's question: Fortunately for the whales and us, I'm not sure whale blubber is still available.

    A note: One of my Glenn Beck friends believes it's not possible for man to wreck the environment. Once upon a time, Iceland, Greenland, and even Scotland were covered with forest. Yes, Scotland's famed heather is not the natural cover for that land. In centuries past, men with primitive tools stripped the lands of forest to build boats and barns without bothering to replant, not that trees grow well close to the Arctic Circle. If primitive man could turn such islands barren, think what current man does with our modern machinery.

    'nother note: The South African term for a hot water heater is (ta da!) geyser, which they pronounce 'geezer'. Who knew?

  4. Wonderful! Thanks for the pictures! If you ever see the cartoon "Avatar The Last Airbender" the landscape of the Fire Nation was based on that of Iceland!

  5. Back on-line, move complete, we're both sick as dogs (that's what happens when you move in 20 degree weather and the doors are open for 2 days straight). But we're in, and the apartment is great.

    Re this article (1) I can't take credit for the pictures - they're from Wikipedia; (2) If anyone got Leigh's message about using Word, I am the guilty party and I repent, repent, repent; (3) I would go back to Greenland and Iceland in a heartbeat; (4) I hope never to eat pickled whale blubber; (5) the whole world is an example of what man can do to environment - there used to be old growth forests all over Europe and there's only one left; the book "1491" and much archaeological research prove that most of the edible plants, trees, etc. in the Amazon rainforest were planted by human beings; etc.

  6. Known by the natural individuals of Greenland capital as Kalaallit Nunaat or "land of the people" in their local Inuit (Eskimo) terminology, Greenland is the biggest isle on the globe with only 57,000 in inhabitants. This independent aspect of the Empire of Denmark can be found between the Arctic and Ocean Sea, eastern of the Canada Arctic Islands, with most aspect of the isle northern of the Arctic Group.


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