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The Prince Christian Sound (Greenlandic: Ikerasassuaq; Danish: Prins Christian Sund) is a fiord in Southern Greenland. It separates the mainland from Sammisoq (Christian IV Island) and other islands of the Cape Farewell Archipelago near the southernmost tip of Greenland. The name was given in honor of the prince, later King Christian VIII of Denmark.
The Prince Christian Sound (Greenlandic: Ikerasassuaq; Danish: Prins Christian Sund) is a fiord in Southern Greenland. It separates the mainland from Sammisoq (Christian IV Island) and other islands of the Cape Farewell Archipelago near the southernmost tip of Greenland. The name was given in honor of the prince, later King Christian VIII of Denmark.
The long fjord system is mostly surrounded by steep mountains reaching over 1200 m height. Many glaciers going straight into its waters calving icebergs. There are often strong tidal currents limiting the formation of ice. It has many offshoots, such as Kangerluk Fjord to the north midway through the fjord, Ikeq Fjord in the south, and in the west Ilua Fjord, Ikerasaq Fjord (Akuliarutsip Imaa), Utoqqarmiut Fjord (Pamialluup Kujatinngua) and the Torsukattak Fjord.
Prince Christian Sound has a maritime polar climate with low annual temperature swings for its latitude. Summers are way below the tree line requirements, whereas the long winters are comparatively mild for its high latitude.
The Prince Christian Sound offers beautiful scenery and several times every summer cruise ships go through this sound, sometimes as large as the Eurodam.
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May 27, 2022
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This is the first day . We are entering the Prince Christian Sound . The weather station sheltered at the entrance to the sound. They say, it is the most important one in the north in tracking the movement of icebergs. And here is the sound. Here is the tongue of the glacier,... |
"We reached the shores of Greenland, we are going through the
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Weather changes hundreds of times during an hour - now there's the rain, then there's the sun, now - the cloud, then - the fog, but it's always cold - only 2 degrees Celsius. I bought the last... |