Narsarsuaq, Greenland
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Narsarsuaq – the name means “The Great Plain” – was originally settled by the Vikings.
Legend has it that Erik the Red established the first settlements in Greenland: his son, Leif Eriksson later discovered North America 500 years before Columbus. There’s an impressive statue of Leif Eriksson across the bay from Narsarsuaq, next to recent excavations of ancient Norse houses.
Much of the town surrounds the airport, which grew out of a US air force base – Bluie West 1 – built during the early 1940s. Just outside the town is Signal Hill, from the top of which are panoramic views of the fjord on which icebergs can occasionally be seen floating past. Inland is the stunning Narsarsuaq Glacier which grows out of the icesheet of Greenland’s interior
- NARSARSUAQ SIGHTSEEING - TOUR E
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Narsarsuaq was founded by the American Air Force in 1941 when they built an air base in the region code named Bluie West One.
- ERIK THE RED'S VILLAGE - TOUR A
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Erik the Red was originally from Norway, but his father was banished and took the family to live in Iceland.
- QOROQ ICE FJORD
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Greenland’s inland icecap produces 250 million tonnes of icebergs every summer.
- HIKE ON THE RIDGE - TOUR C
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A minibus will take us the short distance from the pier to the end of the road, in the Hospital Valley.
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