{"id":84344,"date":"2022-09-27T17:16:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T00:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/?p=84344"},"modified":"2022-10-06T04:22:35","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T11:22:35","slug":"icebergs-of-arctic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/?p=84344","title":{"rendered":"Icebergs of Arctic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"frame-outer  size-thumbnail wp-image-84396 alignleft\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_4878-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-84396 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_4878-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/?p=83900\">Ilulissat<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/?p=84321\">Greenland<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This area is a newly designated unesco site. We got on the boardwalk to the end after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/?p=84150\">museum<\/a>. The walk is rather long but easy. The view is good.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Given <a href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/documents\/115313\">UNESCO<\/a> World Heritage Site status, the Ilulissat Icefjord is a popular tourist destination, and thanks to <\/em><em style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">the productive Sermeq Kujalleq glacier, thousands of gargantuan icebergs calve from the Greenland ice cap into the sea.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Just a thought: when the ice is melted, there won&#8217;t be <em>a site<\/em>, would it?<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-84701\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_4726-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-84701\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_4726-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <span class=\"frame-outer  alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-84703\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_4729-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-84703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_4729-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"frame-outer  alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-84707\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_4737-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-84707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_4737-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <span class=\"frame-outer  alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-84714\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_4759-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-84714\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_4759-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, after the walk, we got on the Zodiac and circled back to the unesco site from the water, and saw many beautiful icebergs.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-84695\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_4901-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-84695\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_4901-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <span class=\"frame-outer  alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-84696\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_4863-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-84696\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_4863-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <span class=\"frame-outer  alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-84697\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_4858-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-84697\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_4858-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <span class=\"frame-outer  alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-84698\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_4840-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-84698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_4840-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <span class=\"frame-outer  alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-84699\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_4827-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-84699\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_4827-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <span class=\"frame-outer  alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-84700\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_4810-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-84700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_4810-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As we were heading back to the ship, I saw two Zodiacs near by, and joked, &#8220;are they smugglers?&#8221; Then we all saw the Swan flags and the next thing we knew, they&#8217;re there to bring us some much needed champagne. Oh &#8230; thank you so muuuuchy! That&#8217;s thoughtful and sweet.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-84396\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_4878-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-84396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_4878-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.ireneeng.com\/?p=44874\">Sarah Scriver<\/a> fished out a big piece of ice, or small iceberg, to take back to the ship, for making drinks tonight: Whisky Sour and a White Russian.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-84347\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_4884-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-84347\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_4884-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <span class=\"frame-outer  alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-84350\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_4991-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-84350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_4991-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <span class=\"frame-outer  alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-84358\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_5002-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-84358\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_5002-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <span class=\"frame-outer  alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-84348\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_5004-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-84348\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_5004-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ilulissat, Greenland This area is a newly designated unesco site. We got on the boardwalk to the end after the museum. The walk is rather long but easy. The view is good. Given UNESCO World Heritage Site status, the Ilulissat Icefjord is a popular tourist destination, and thanks to the productive Sermeq Kujalleq glacier, thousands [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30618,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/30618"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84344"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84837,"href":"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84344\/revisions\/84837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bonvoyage.ireneeng.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}