Prince Christian Sound – A Surprise bonus

Before we start I would like to apologise for the tardiness of this blog..... but that's life for you.. this post in particular, as I just had so many photos to go through and cull... many passes had to be made...

 Many are the first to start jumping up and down when for some unforeseen circumstance we miss a port.  People ranting and raving on social media about how they feel they have been robbed and are entitled to a refund.  But there never seems to be as much hoo-haa when something good happens.

With the missed port of Lerwick still fresh in our minds and Captain Pears wanting to make sure that we got our money's worth from our Danish pilots onboard,  he informed us that as long as the conditions permit,  we were going to make a slight detour on our way to Nanortalik, he would take us through the breathtakingly beautiful passage of Prince Christian Sound.

And beautiful it was! Memories of our wonderful cruise to Antarctica came flooding back as transited through the fjord, passing glaciers and amazingly large bergy bits….  Well actually, chunks not bits. 

 Seeing these large bergs was amazing, but a reminder that as the globe warms these particularly large sheets of ice are breaking off increasingly as each year passes.

Now I know there will be too many photos but it is just too hard to choose....

The entrance was clear, so in we went....  

We spent the entire day out in the cold, but it was well worth it.... No blue skies, but the clouds, fog and mist made everything hauntingly beautiful. 

Captain Pears let his 2 IC steer the ship while he had a warm birds eye view of the fjord.

But alas we endured the cold

Unlike Antarctica this was the only wild life we saw all day

Mother Natures beautiful Sculptures

The only village along the sound, Aappilattoq

The drag marks you see along the berg are formed when the compressed air within the iceberg escapes below the waterline, creating these bubble tracks as they rise in straight lines to the surface.