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September 18, 2005
Summer in Greenland
Thanks to recently re-connecting with a couple friends from my Greenland adventure, I'm once again motivated to hunt through my archives for cool arctic images. (Pun intended.)
That's thedude on the left in the summer of 1986 at J-Site - about 13 miles north of Thule. You can't tell from the image, but the cliff he's standing on drops off straight down for a good 500 feet. On the right is a friend cooling off after a long hike - proof that the human body can easily adjust to extremely cold climates. It was no more than 45 degrees in either of these shots.
I sure am glad that I have these pictures. I'm not likely to have an opportunity to see sites quite like these again!
UPDATE: I just located Thule on the incredibly cool Google Earth. (Sorry - Windows only.) If you have Google Earth installed, (it's free!) you can fly there now by clicking here.
Posted by thedude at September 18, 2005 12:16 PM
