Posts Tagged ‘Greenland’

  • Kapisillit, trying to make a name for itself on the world travel map Kapisillit, trying to make a name for itself on the world travel map
    The village of Kapisillit is known to be one of the extremely few hunting as well as fishing destination which is positioned inland. Kapisillit is marvelously positioned at an approximate distance of 75 kilometres as of Nuuk, deep within the powerful fjord arrangement of Nuuk. The exact meaning of Kapisillit is ‘the salmon’. As roughly all names of the various places in Greenland are having some special characteristic of the position. The name ‘Kapisillit’, refers to the information that the merely spawning-earth for salmon in the region of Greenland is actually a river sited close to the settlement. Kapisillit Hiking The Kapisillit region is just right for shorter, angling, as well as longer hikes. The mainly fashionable  [...]
    May 3rd, 2010
  • Ilulissat- you can try out dog-sledging if you are lucky Ilulissat- you can try out dog-sledging if you are lucky
    The metropolis, where the preponderance of the residents, are dogs. There are around 5000 dogs as well as 4500 people living in ilulissat city. The dogs are made use at some stage in the winter interlude as sled-dogs for tourists as well as for hunting. The city was established in the year 1741 by Jakob Severin as well as was named Jakobshavn, at the present ilulissat, which means icebergs. Well-known all through the world for its ice-fjords, which are sited some miles away from the metropolis. The ice-fjord boasts one of the mainly creative as well as fastest moving glaciers all across the world. Stirring at an amazing pace of 20-30 meter for each day as well as braking off within the fjord in an impressive sound and sight.  The ice-fjord  [...]
    April 28th, 2010