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On giving birth in Greenland

We made a little Greenlandic baby!

May 29, 2016 in Culture / Food in Greenland, Parenthood and baby.

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I love to take the rocky, windy path home when I can. It's so much more fun hopping over streams than walking on paved paths. And I saw two whales in my very own bay yesterday! This gorgeous barren land. #cirkussoen #colourfulnuuk Happy National Day from Greenland! Here's a platter of salted whale blubber, dried pilot whale from the Faroe Islands and potato to soften up the taste :) #greenland #greenlandpioneer Just a few more hours before these two lovelies come back to me again! It's been an ten interesting days to myself without them, but that's long enough. The fog in Nuuk is a phenomenon you only see in the summer. It swooshes in and swishes out like a ghost. This is the strangest fog I've seen in awhile - it probably looks more eerie in person. #colourfulnuuk #vntm17 My sauna of a home is rather quiet and empty right now. I have the apartment all to myself for nine days. Feels rather strange but not in a bad way. Just different. Day six and counting... PS This was 11pm in the living room... The ice on the lake is beginning to crack; it almost looks like sea ice 🤔This is cirkussoen, or the Drinking Water lake that Qinngorput residents draw their water from. The freshest water in the world. ❄️💧💦 I'm about to fall asleep to this beautiful night sky. It's only past midnight at 00.40 hours! #thatview #colourfulnuuk #sunset 10pm walk: When the sun melts snow and nature shows its many colours. So this beautiful piece of wood popped up in the office today. The lady in the pic isn't too bad either. All in prep for #vntm17 :) #vestnorden #greenlandpioneer #visitgreenland #asarnsu Seriously, the most normal sounding jobs become mind-blowing in Greenland. You can see Hartvig sitting patiently on this 1600m high mountain top. He's waiting for the helicopter to come with more cargo so he can continue his work of fuelling. Qingaaq is one of the main sites which power telecommunications in Greenland and the only way to arrive, work and depart from here is by helicopter. All in a day's work at @telepostgl. On the top of a narrow mountain peak in a strategically placed location in Nuuk fjord, these guys from @telepostgl and @air_greenland_official are working to keep Greenland's telecommunications connected. It's just one piece in the huge logistical puzzle. What a day job! I had the opportunity to shadow these guys for a day - a story is coming up soon on @ilovegreenland's greenland.com! #greenlandpioneer A big world for a little girl. #boatlife #sailing #colourfulnuuk For her baby baptism, where Pippa was officially 'named', she received a baby ulu from her Greenlandic family! This women's knife is a miniature version of the real thing. It is, however, not a toy and sharp enough to use for cutting. The #appletv #remote gives perspective. #greenland #ulu #colourfulnuuk Today the stars aligned. I've been feeling bad for a week but the medicines finally kicked in. Our friends invited us to go sailing. And the handyman who was supposed to come by did so early, so we were able to go for a relaxed alfresco lunch, fish and hike south of the Ameralik fjord! Happy birthday to my baby Greenlander who turned one yesterday! We love you so much. This knitted outfit is a copy of the national costume of Greenland. A real one would be made of seal fur, leather and beads and it takes many hours of fine sewing work to be created. #greenland #colourfulnuuk #greenlandpioneer #latergram #birthday #babygirl These guys were having a picnic one fine summer day. That embarrassing moment when you realise you colour coordinated your outfit with the furniture. Who doesn't like port wine? 🍇🍷🍾#life #latergram 4.5 years ago I dubbed this place the 'End of the World', or 'Verdens Ende' in Danish. There were no paved road or street lights to get there back then. I think I called it this so many times to different people that the name has almost become official among the 'locals' of Qinngorput Waters (aka Igimaq) and Qinngorput Heights (aka Suloraq). Just random names my friend and I played with one day when we were imagining what these areas would be called if it had English name equivalents. Anyway, the End of the World will always have a place in my heart ❤️ #verdensende 😍 When the icebergs land, it's time to go to the beach to play. #blue #ice #iceberg

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