Most of the night had been spent on bringing us
to the next spot, near Sydkap, where it would be possible to come out and have
a walk. They promised (or threatened, depending on preference) that this would
be the longest walk but the environment would also be significantly flatter
than the previous ones, thus making it easier and potentially more relaxing.
The walk, which ended up being close to 6km,
went through an area parallel with the shore line which was absolutely stunning
with warm red and yellow colours covering the ground. Due to the vegetation
when walking it felt almost bog-like with your feet softly sinking down for
each step you took. We started off by ascending quite steeply but following
that the rest of the walk was slowly descending back down to sea level. The
soft conditions made the walk much less of a strain than the usual rocky gravel
that we had gotten used to. During the walk we did get quite a bit of rain but
with a view over the water with numerous icebergs and the nature around you it
was easy to ignore the increasing wetness.
In the afternoon we sailed further into the
fjord with the goal of getting as far in as the concentration of icebergs would
allow us, and approximately an hour before dinner we arrived at our destination
for the day, Rypefjord. On the way there we sailed through amazing views of
2000m rocks on both our sides and large and oddly-shaped icebergs floating by.
As the cloud layer was at around 1500m we never really got a chance to see the
peaks along the way, though. Rain and visibility (or lack thereof) marred the
enjoyment a bit but it was definitely doable sitting inside seeing life drift
by, occasionally running out into the cold, shooting a bunch of photos before
hurrying inside again before any body parts froze off.
Anchor point.
The place we anchored is in a small corner
sheltered form the elements and with a view to some seemingly lush hillsides
going down to the beaches. A few musk oxen were lurking about on a ridgeline
but disappeared when we approached.
After dinner we had an arctic quiz. We ended up
with 29/44 which put us in second place – unfortunately first place was taken
by three different teams each having 30/44 points.
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