Inussuk

We have successfully avoided all the stormy weather that prevented us from stopping at Qaqortoq, and now find ourselves in the sunny but chilly harbour of Nuuk -- the capital of Greenland.

This is a picture of a sculpture overlooking the harbour.  It was created by Niels Motzfeldt,, and is called Inussuk, a Greenlandic word that means "cairn" or "something that looks like human beings".  The three columns are twisting and leaning against each other, united at the top.  The columns symbolize the people of Greenland in the North, East, and West – joining and supporting each other.  The sculpture is made of stone, copper, and concrete.  The stones in the sculpture are from all over Greenland.

Would that we were all "leaning against each other, united at the top."  There was an unfortunate scuffle onshore this afternoon between a (very unpleasant) fellow passenger who is an ardent Trump supporter, and who has consistently flaunted his MAGA hats and T-shirts everywhere, and two British tourists (not ship passengers).  They punched the MAGA supporter in the face, and the police had to bring him back to the ship.  I'm very sorry to hear that such brutish behaviour erupted, but I must say I think if you decide to air your political opinions in a provocative kind of way, you should probably expect confrontation of some sort.