Three local flights from southern Canada later, I arrived into the small northern Canada community of Pond Inlet. From here we boarded sleds pulled by snow mobiles and set off 45 miles along frozen ocean to the floe edge where the frozen channel were were traveling along meets up with the moving waters of the Atlantic. It is here where travelers have the best chance of encountering narwhal, feeding as they wait to enter the channel when the ice melts for the season. We camped on this floe edge for a week in search of whales, polar bears, and icebergs frozen into our icy wonderland.
Thanks to the last minute adjustments that had to be made to our itinerary to accommodate ice conditions, we end up with a free morning to head inland to the Greenland ice cap before boarding the plane home. This is the second largest ice sheet in the world and covers over 80% of the Greenland surface. More than 99% of the freshwater ice in the world is found in the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets.It is awe inspiring to walk across this ice sheet that is thousands of years old. Our guide said that it is predicted that the thinnest parts of the ice sheet will melt in our lifetime, breaking this massive sheet of ice into a separate northern and southern ice cap. Enroute to the ice sheet, we spot musk ox. What a fantastic farewell to this incredible Greenland voyage!Musk Ox (Mary Curry)
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