Ice Ice Baby

Hellloooo, we are working our way up the Greenland coast and right now we are near Disko Island. Last night we anchored in the lee of Unarrat Island. For those of you who haven't looked a map of Greenland the names of all the islands are ridiculous and most of them are impossible to say. Some such as this one also have funny translations into Spanish…we did not find the one rat on the island unfortunately. Rob, Franco and I did go ashore around midnight and climbed up to the rocky peak and had a great view of a massive iceberg on the other side of the island. There was an overcast sky and it honestly could have been any time of day. My internal clock is so screwed up it's not even funny. The islands and the coastline are basically just rock with a thick spongy moss and occasional grass that finds a way to hold on. We discovered that Unarrat had a little freshwater pond in the middle of the rocky hills and it trickled down to the ocean through a heavy bog of moss which was literally like walking on pillows. Oddly enough there is also cotton growing on the islands. Just small little patches, but cotton nonetheless. We are also near the biggest iceberg factory in the world. The Jakobshavns Isfjord Glacier has 4-5 miles of abutting coastline and kicks off icebergs like it's nobody's business and we've been seein em. We are cruising through fields of huge icebergs and have gotten some amazing pictures. Right now we are on our way over to the glacier to hopefully get a look, but the visibility is really poor and we're not sure how close we are going to be able to get because of the aforementioned icebergs. It's been smooth sailing since we left Nuuk, well mainly smooth motoring because there's barely been any wind. Regardless the calm is nice and makes it a little big warmer. ALSOOOOO we crossed 66033' a day or so ago so we are officially in the Arctic!