Greenland - Ittoqqoortoormiit - Hurry Inlet
I landed in Ittoqqoortoormiit, while making an expedition cruise on board of the Aleksey Marishev, from Spitsbergen to Greenland and continuing to Iceland.
One of the rare occasions we saw human beings was in the inuiit village of Ittoqqoortoormiit. We could experience the hard life these people are living in.
Ittoqqoortoormiit occupies one of the finest districts for local hunters in the country and muskoxen, seals and polar bears are plentiful. It sits at the mouth of Kangertittivaq, or Scoresbysund, which is by far the world’s longest and widest fjord system.
The Danish name honours Captain William Scoresby, a Scottish whaler who arrived in 1822. As far as anyone knows, he was the first European to set foot in North-East Greenland.
The current residents of Ittoqqoortoormiit are mostly descended from Ammassalik emigrants who sailed north in September 1925 on the vessel Gustav Holm. The town of 480 residents is today a logical launch point for wilderness expeditions, and the nearby Stauning Alps attract an increasing number of climbers seeking challenging new terrain.
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