Clare Fisher said: “It seemed an impossible challenge to get all of our gear into the kayak. By the time it was finished it was so full, it must have been a tardis. Setting off must have been one of the best experiences. It was nothing like kayaking at home. The water was so blue and there were icebergs everywhere. I find the icebergs absolutely amazing I can’t quite get over them.’
Rebecca Fong said: “As it was raining yesterday lots of water has got in the cracks in the icebergs, which meant they keep collapsing and huge chunks of ice dropped off. Constantly we could hear big rumbles like thunder and sounds of gunshot as the icebergs broke apart. Due to the fog we couldn’t see the icebergs or be sure of what direction the roars were coming from.”
Kaya Teare said: “We went to the local museum and four local girls showed us around and we gave them Manx badges and fudge. We learnt Greenlandic words for whale, polar bear, arctic fox, iceberg and hello. Some of us visited the youth club, although we were rather nervous at first. Today has been particularly memorable not because of the weather conditions, but because of the opportunity to speak to two age groups of the Greenlandic young people.”
Richard Corlett said: “Today was a mega paddle, a really long day kayaking a total of 46kms. By the end of the day people were both mentally and physically shattered, but it was one of my favourite days. Just as everyone was getting tired we hit the narrows and with a strong current against us we had to paddle hard to get through it. We had to ferry glide thus zig-zagging our way up. We went full steam ahead and crossed the moving water well. We had to cross again to get out of the strong tidal stream, but we got the angle wrong and got caught sideways nearly flipping us over. We just managed to keep upright and were in hysterics laughing and giggling through it all. By the time we had reached the end we were all so ready for food, but alas we had to do a large portage. We left our kayaks packed and it took 6 to 8 of us to lift each boat. An hour later we sat down to eat our welcome lunch of crackers and paste.”
Ends
Wednesday 22nd, September 2010 09:38pm.