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Sailing Through Prince Christian Sound - The Most Majestic Fjord in Greenland, S05E61
10 de maio de 2020 · 24 min · 14K visualizações · Prince Christian Sound
O que este vídeo aborda
The crew of the sailboat Paragon transits Prince Christian Sound, a narrow, glacier-fed fjord at the southern tip of Greenland.4:14 Navigating the passage requires constant radar monitoring to avoid icebergs and bergy bits, which frequently obstruct the channel and pose significant collision risks.5:00 The fjord, also known as Ikeresaswak, remains iced in for most of the year and is navigable for only two to three months during the summer.16:18 Mountains rising between 3,000 and 5,500 feet line the route, which features glaciers and waterfalls.4:53 The crew departs from the area near Nenorchalic and passes the town of Frederiksthal before entering the sound.3:55 While transiting, the crew debates their next destination, weighing the merits of sailing to Iceland to view the Northern Lights against a direct passage to Ireland to explore the west coast, including Galway, the Aran Islands, and Baltimore.5:23 The passage through the sound serves as a final waypoint before the vessel departs Greenland for the North Atlantic.23:39
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