Category Archives: ARCTIC WONDER

KALAALLIT NUNAAT – Pure Perfection

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

A blank page waves from a single flag pole propped in the vast subcortical network of my mental workspace. When I zero in on it, a hint of color leaches through, teasing me with thoughts of surrendering to the barrage of images suddenly cascading from above. But I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, ARCTIC WONDER, AWESOME PEOPLE, ROAD TRIP, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes | Tagged adventure, dogsledding, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, dp_photo_challenge/pure, Greenland, Ittoqqortoormiit, Kap Swainson, Nanu Travel | 23 Comments

KALAALLIT NUNAAT – Sound of Silence

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Nature will do it every time – fill me with a sense of awe that is jaw-dropping. And she did not disappoint as our helicopter rushed over the spare landscape toward Ittoqqortoormiit. In summer, the remote village in East Greenland hugs the rocky shore of … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, ARCTIC WONDER, ROAD TRIP, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes, WRITING CHALLENGES | Tagged adventure, arctic travels, author, blog, dog sledding Greenland, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, dp_discover_challenges/adventure, dp_photo-challenges/silence-2/, dp_photo_challenge/spare, Ittoqqortoormiit | 21 Comments

KALAALLIT NUNAAT – A Dream Realized

Posted on May 5, 2016 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

At age seven, when the only thing on my bucket-list was a red plastic beach pail, the Encyclopedia Britannica introduced me to a boy whose life was literally the polar opposite of mine. I was captivated from the moment I … Continue reading →