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Nanortalik Tourism Service helps you plan
tours and school trips, make hotel and ticket reservations, and purchase
supplies for trekking and mountain climbing. We can also arrange charter boat
trips with M/B Ketil, a vessel certified for up to 12 passengers. Other services
include kayak rentals and bookings for hotels and youth hostels.
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Nanortalik |
Nanortalik,
Greenland's
southernmost city, means "the place where the polar bears go".
The surrounding district extends from the island of Qeqertarsuaq near Alluitsup
Paa down to Cape Farewell and the 60-km long Lindenow Fjord on the east coast.
The district covers a total of 15,000 sq. kilometers (5,800 sq. miles).
Crab fishing, hunting for hooded seals, and fishing from small boats are the
main sources of income for the area's inhabitants. Over the past few years, a
goldmine in Kirkespir Valley (Kirkespirdalen), 30 km north Nanortalik has proven
highly successful, and this is likely to change the structure of the town's
economy.
Nanortalik is most well known for
its towering mountain peaks and vertical walls in Tasermiut Fjord. Names like
Ketil Mountain (1500 m) and Ulamertorsuaq are familiar to mountain climbers from
around the world. The mountains in the region can easily be compared with the
toughest routes in the Alps, and challenging ascents should only be attempted by
experienced climbers.
During the
spring, many Greenlanders hunt hooded seals among the outer islands, where the
pack ice drifts up from the east coast on its way north. The age-old culture of
the Inuit lives on in this annual hunting tradition.
In addition
to seals, the pack ice also brings polar bears from the east coast – hence the
name Nanortalik. Every year a number of bears are sighted in the area, but they
rarely present a threat to people.
During the
spring and late summer, there are many whales in the waters around the town,
with minke whales being the most common visitors.
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