Kulusuk Photos

Kulusuk is a village of 300 people on the east coast of Greenland. I took these pictures while visiting Kulusuk in July, 2008.

[Photo of the road into the village] [Photo of the cemetery] [Photo of the cemetery] [Photo of the road into the village] [Photo of Kulusuk] [Photo of Kulusuk] [Photo of Kulusuk] [Photo of the old cemetery] [Photo of the old cemetery] [Photo of the old cemetery] [Photo of the old cemetery] [Photo of oil drums] [Photo of Kulusuk] [Photo of Kulusuk] [Photo of Kulusuk] [Photo of Kulusuk] [Photo of Kulusuk] [Photo of Kulusuk] [Photo of Kulusuk's church] [Photo of Kulusuk's church] [Photo of Kulusuk's church] [Photo of Kulusuk's church] [Photo of Kulusuk] [Photo of Kulusuk] [Photo of Kulusuk] [Photo of Kulusuk] [Photo of Kulusuk] [Photo of Kulusuk] [Photo of Kulusuk's post office] [Photo of Kulusuk] [Photo of Kulusuk] [Photo of snow]

I arrived at Kulusuk Airport on an Air Iceland flight from Reykjavík. My first time landing on an unpaved runway!

[Photo of an Air Iceland plane at Kulusuk Airport] [Photo of mountains from Kulusuk Airport] [Photo of Kulusuk Airport terminal] [Photo of Kulusuk Airport polar bear] [Photo of Kulusuk Airport door] [Photo of Kulusuk Airport]

I got distracted taking photos at the airport, and I missed the van taking passengers to the hotel. The walk to the hotel wasn't very far, although I wasn't expecting the road to be covered by snow in July.

[Photo of landscape] [Photo of mountains] [Photo of snow covered road]

I stayed at Hotel Kulusuk, a short walk from the village of Kulusuk, and with fantastic views of Ikaasaartik inlet:

[Photo of Hotel Kulusuk] [Photo of Hotel Kulusuk] [The view from my hotel room] [The view from my hotel room] [Photo of hotel room carpet] [Photo of hotel polar bear] [Photo of hotel polar bear] [The view near Hotel Kulusuk] [The view near Hotel Kulusuk] [The view near Hotel Kulusuk] [The view near Hotel Kulusuk] [Photo of a Land Cruiser behind Hotel Kulusuk]

I travelled by helicopter from Kulusuk to Tasiilaq, taking a few parting shots of Kulusuk from the air:

[Photo of Air Greenland helicopter at Kulusuk Airport] [Photo of Kulusuk from the air] [Photo of Kulusuk from the air] [Photo of Kulusuk from the air]