Hvalsey Church ruins

After an hour's sailing through the fjord with a view to the green hillsides 
are Hvalsø church ruins. The church is the best preserved building from 
the Norse period and dates back to the 1300s. Close by the church ruin is 
also a large farm with houses, stables and storehouses, and a report on 
a wedding here in 1408 is the last written record of Norsemen in Greenland.

Upernaviarsuk research station is the government of Greenland experimental 
farm and school for the agricultural industry. 
The station is located 7 km east of Qaqortoq, and all transportation to 
and from the farm is done by boat.

                               Fishing  

On the ride home from Upernaviarsuk to Qaqortoq we fish from the school's boat.

 

Less than 1 min. after the line was thrown into the water, there were bite.