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Day 7 of 4 in Ilulissat started with snow. Snow had started falling overnight, with a light snow still happening through the morning. “Nothing is guaranteed.” Familiar words? That it how our blog ended yesterday, and keep those words in mind as you read today’s blog. Or, in Inuit, Immaqa...

Same song, second verse……. We’re now on our 6th of 4 days in Ilulissat, Greenland. Yes, you’re reading the numbers correctly. Similar to yesterday we were up at 5:45 am, leaving for the airport at 7:20 am. Which turned into 7:50 am as the flight coming in from Nuuk would be late. Our...

Ilulissat, Day 5 of 4. Let’s once again talk about today’s flight to Nuuk, that was moved up as of last night due to bad weather in Nuuk. We were up at 5:45 am with a 7:20 am departure time to the airport. The shuttle was late, which wasn’t an issue as we were about 5 minutes away from...

Monday? We’ve been gone for seven days already?! We were up numerous times during the night hoping to see the Northern Lights, but to no avail. Thankfully this was our ‘late day’ so sleeping in was an option. Our first scheduled event wasn’t until 1:45 pm so we slept in and ate breakfast...

Our day started at 12:19 am when those five magical words were uttered – “The Northern Lights are visible!”. In 11 minutes, we threw on our outdoor clothes, gathered camera equipment, and found a spot away from light to take pics and enjoy the show. Take note that “outdoor clothes”...

WHAT. A. DAY. (So this will likely be a long post.). Noteworthy is that we saw zero Northern Lights overnight. It was cloudy when we turned in, there were a few visible stars around midnight, and the Big Dipper was visible around 5 am. A couple travel mates were up at 2 am and were lucky...