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234 viewsThe sun sets over the northernmost football field, set up on the sea ice.
Image courtesy Andy Mahoney
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230 viewsThe flag of Pilersuisoq marks the general store in Qaanaaq.
Image courtesy Andy Mahoney.
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230 viewsOpen water is visible at the mouth of Inglefield Fjord.
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226 viewsOpen water and thin ice are hard to see in the flat light and poor visibility.
Image courtesy Andy Mahoney
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225 viewsA gibbous moon glows over the ice.
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225 viewsTide cracks in the sea ice around grounded icebergs; the trail made by the front loader used to collect glacier ice for melting runs through the middle.
Image courtesy Andy Mahoney
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218 viewsJoelie performs string art.
Image courtesy Andy Mahoney.
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218 viewsThe sun gets lower on the journey back to Qaanaaq.
Image courtesy Andy Mahoney
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216 viewsIlkoo tries to teach me some string art.
Image courtesy Andy Mahoney.
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216 viewsThis thin sea ice has buckled
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215 viewsA stone inukshuk on the hillside above Qaanaaq is still in the shade as the first light of dawn catches the icebergs in the frozen fjord.
Image courtesy Andy Mahoney.
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214 viewsWe are forced to travel on the ice-foot at the edge of the land due to the thin ice.
Image courtesy Andy Mahoney
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