Posted in Scooby Says on December 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
there were many websites i studied to learn as much as possible about Greenland and its people before going and what always hit me was that alot of times it said entering the east of Greenland was like stepping of the side of the earth,
IT IS,
i will never forget that flight we were not 20 [...]
Posted in Scooby Says on December 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s snowing here in NYC, and I expect wherever Scooby is as well. So, here’s a treat from the admin, real snow falling on the blog.
Posted in Scooby Says on December 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When i am of jumping around the arctic my beautiful daughter Samantha is back in the Colorado Rockies and is always worried about me, she also has the need to travel to amazing places, when i landed in the north i was on the phone checking in with her and in the distance i could see red [...]
Posted in Scooby Says on December 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I knew i could not trust the dam tourist company,i guess they don’t look at the same weather and space websites that i do but its OK i did not build up my hopes,anyway I’m back down south in Reykjavik and i can tell ye I’m feeling the pain,carrying a 60lb backpack around for 5 days [...]
Posted in Scooby Says on December 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I headed out of the village last night after a few hot whiskeys in the local bar,and walked of into another world,i have no idea how far i walked but it was for miles,on my left was the fjord, on my right was the arctic circle, i found a sheltered area which i discovered at [...]
Posted in Scooby Says on December 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in Scooby Says on December 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
got an email from our intrepid explorer at around noon today. He’s in northern Iceland, waiting to try again for Greenland.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akureyri
Well the day began with a quick check of the weather in Greenland and i knew the answer when the page opened,there is a big low moving in from Canada so i [...]
Posted in Scooby Says on December 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Things started to change rapidly as soon as the door opened at Reykjavik airport,i jumped on the bus into town over to the regional airport we were meant to depart at 10;30hrs then it went to 11;30 to 12;30 at 13;00 it was go go go,the plane was loaded there was 11 Inuit folk and [...]
Posted in Scooby Says on December 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »
GREENLAND
www.greenland.com
When i was at point barrow Alaska they were to far south of me,when i camped out on the island of grimsley above Iceland a blizzard moved in,this time i think i have them,i wont bore you with the details of space weather,the sun,the moon,where on earth you are,but i can tell ye [...]
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