Tag Archives: Ittoqqortoormiit

COOL MEMORIES IN HOT TIMES ~ A Greenlandic Escape

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

UGH!      Looking for a moment of relief from current events and summer’s scorching heat? When our beaches, lakes, and pools are overflowing and the world at large is an inferno of WTF crazy, I take a moment and … Continue reading →

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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DAYDREAM

Posted on July 31, 2023 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

While temperatures continue to climb in the northern hemisphere, one way I try to keep cool is by imagining I am in Greenland again. I swipe my brow, close my eyes, and pretend the fan oscillating at my feet is … Continue reading →

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TIME FOR A SPIN

Posted on November 30, 2022 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

The moon is a waxing crescent tonight. It’s the kind of silver sliver that makes me want to lasso the tip, reel it in, swing my leg over it and… GIDDY-UP go for a ride. No rocket fuel necessary.   … Continue reading →

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KALAALLIT NUNAAT – Can’t Get You Outta’ My Head

Posted on March 27, 2019 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Extreme weather boots. Hat. Insulated gloves. Balaclava (baklava, optional) Back, neck, hand and foot heat packs Thermal socks…and…and…and. The list was long. About this time three years ago, I was packing for an arctic adventure. Thirty-six months ago, I had … Continue reading →

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KALAALLIT NUNAAT – Man In The Icicle

Posted on August 9, 2018 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

  Winter Dissolving crystalline crust decomposing evaporating

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KALAALLIT NUNAAT – The Sun Sets on a Different World

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Quimmer. Stranded. Separated from his pack. About as visible as a grain of sand stuck to the smooth side of a seashell, the dog stands on a slab of sea ice floating atop the placid waves of  Scorsbysund. Four days ago, … Continue reading →

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KALAALLIT NUNAAT – Through The Eyes Of A Potato

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

How long does it take for a potato to freeze? I wondered as the rotors whirred to life. It was April in the Arctic. We were on the last leg of our journey to spending eight days in a remote … Continue reading →

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KALAALLIT NUNAAT – Looking For A Fix

Posted on April 5, 2017 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

“Umimmar?” Taken aback by the sudden question, Christian, Uli, and I nodded. Clearly, the man had overheard our conversation. His dark eyes shifted from the front of the store to the back. Stepping closer, he first cleared his throat, then whispered, … Continue reading →

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KALAALLIT NUNAAT – Taking Care Of Business

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

It’s the question no one asked when they heard I’d be camping in the arctic in the summer of 2009. Last April, seven years later, the same topic lay fallow on the fringe of conversations concerning my dogsled trip in Ittoqqortoormiit, East Greenland. It was barely … Continue reading →

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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 →

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