Iceland/Greenland cruise

[Passepartout]

A few pictures

Northern Iceland sod houses.
Inside of the sod/lava house above:

Prinz Christian Sound, Greenland

Lots of iceburgs in late August 2024

 

[Passepartout]

Here's an Iceland waterfall

 

[SteveinHNL]

How beautiful! Which cruise line and cruise did you do?

 

[WinniWoman]

Love it! Beautiful!

 

[Passepartout]

How beautiful! Which cruise line and cruise did you do?

Celebrity Eclipse Reykjavik, Iceland to Boston. They only do it once each year each direction. Then after Boston it will continue to Montreal.

 

[SteveinHNL]

Celebrity Eclipse Reykjavik, Iceland to Boston. They only do it once each year each direction. Then after Boston it will continue to Montreal.

How nice. So you have to fly into Iceland to board?

 

[Glynda]

Here's an Iceland waterfall
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I climbed a good part of Dynjandi in July 2023! ! We reached shore by zodiac from our ship anchored in the fjord. It's so beautiful there!

 

[Passepartout]

How nice. So you have to fly into Iceland to board?

Yes. We flew Icelandair from Seattle and upgraded to First using Alaska miles. We went like 3 days early to acclimate to the time and explore Reykjavik. Nice clean city.

 

[Passepartout]

I climbed a good part of Dynjandi in July 2023! ! We reached shore by zodiac from our ship anchored in the fjord. It's so beautiful there!View attachment 98237

Yes, there was a Seaborne in the fjord doing wet landings while we were there. In my pic, you can see them all in their orange slickers wandering the place.
We went by road in Mercedes vehicles like this:

 

[beejaybee]

Thanks so much for the photos Jim! We'd have been sailing with you except that the Newfoundland stop was cancelled

 

[Passepartout]

Thanks so much for the photos Jim! We'd have been sailing with you except that the Newfoundland stop was cancelled

We had absolutely stunning, perfect weather for cruising the Prinz Christian Sund passage through Greenland yesterday. The previous (eastbound) cruise had to pass due to iceburgs. We missed you, Newfies or not.

The blue tint is from the windows in the Sky Lounge.

 

[Glynda]

Yes, there was a Seaborne in the fjord doing wet landings while we were there. In my pic, you can see them all in their orange slickers wandering the place.
We went by road in Mercedes vehicles like this:
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That's cool! I saw that road winding around the coast. That must have been a beautiful ride! We were on Lindblad National Geographic Expeditions Resolution. My first trip to Iceland was aboard Celebrity.

 

[Dori]

Thanks for sharing these beautiful photos!
Dori

 

[GrayFal]

Princess does this one -

15-Day Iceland & British Isles Explorer​

Southampton (for London), England to Boston, Massachusetts

https://www.princess.com/cruise-search/details/?voyageCode=8519

and this one -

18-Day Greenland & Canada​

Roundtrip from New York City (Manhattan or Brooklyn), New York

https://www.princess.com/cruise-search/details/?voyageCode=2514

Both look nice but you don’t get to arrive early in Iceland or Greenland

 

[Patri]

Storybook pictures!

 

[dioxide45]

Why isn’t this in the TUGBoats cruise forum?

[It is now, having been seconded by Passepartout, the thread's originator. - mg]

 

[Passepartout]

Welp. We missed the latest new volcanic eruption in Iceland by a couple of days. The fissure began opening and flowing lava near Grindavik (now evacuated and abandoned) at 9:30 last night. (Aug 22, 2024) Glowing fountains and flows are visible from Reykjavik, about 30 km distant.

We had a beautiful port day yesterday in Qaqortoq, Greenland.

Now for a couple of relaxing sea days in our floating resort on the way to Halifax, Nova Scotia.

 

[Krteczech]

Thanks for sharing. We are booked for Iceland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway 2025 early September. Can’t wait!

 

[kupool]

James, thanks for sharing these pictures. Very inspiring.