August 14th – Today we caught our first glimpse of Greenland!

We woke up to a beautiful sunrise, with icebergs and mountains surrounding the ship. The chef had prepared eggs and sausages for breakfast and morale was high! We had reached the mouth of Kangerlussuaq Fjord, home to one of the largest and fastest moving glaciers in Greenland.

The day was spent taking measurements of ocean properties across the mouth of the fjord, to help us understand how much warm water from the Atlantic is flowing into the fjords. A humpback whale also came to say hello, to everyone’s excitement!

Julia Muchowski, ECS-program Coordinator