That was nerve wracking.
You lose your engine
you're gonna probably lose your boat.
The biggest glacier that I have seen.
So that is the weather station.
There's a rock that he's strongly advising we watch out for.
Hey, take this one.
Okay.
My god guys, I’m so glad to see you.
Goodbye
Safe winds
Bye bye, have a great sail.
Have a great, safe sail.
Same to you.
Thank you.
Thank you, we'll see you again.
Ireland!
See you in Norway.
See you in Norway next summer!
Take care.
Say hi to the others.
I will, I will.
Good luck with the interview.
Thank you!
Have a wonderful sail guys.
We’ll see you in Norway.
Or Sweden.
Sailing vessel Relax.
Have a great sail.
Thank you.
Sailing vessel Relax
departing from the weather station
at the eastern end of Prince Christian Sound.
They have a weather window to sail
about 700 nautical miles
to
Iceland.
The weather station
located at the eastern end of Prince Christian Sound
was originally built by the U.S. military
during World War II
under the name Bluie East One.
The task of the weather station
was to ensure
that the shipping industry had reliable data
on the waters surrounding
the southern tip of Greenland.
Today,
the weather station is run
by the International Civil Aviation Organization
together with a telecommunications company in Greenland
called Tele Greenland.
A wooden stairway with 287 steps
leads from the harbour pier up to the station
with community buildings, power plant,
residential barracks,
and radio aerial plants.
* dogs barking *
Hey puppy.
Hi puppy.
I see you barking.
Awww, don't be a scaredy cat.
*laughs*
Puppy…hello!
Hi!
I think they probably know we're here.
Hi puppy.
It's just the most incredible, breathtaking view
from the top
of the hill
here at the weather station
in Prins Christian Sund.
Wow.
Lars: But if you want a short description
of the equipment
Yes, please.
This is our main building
with the kitchen, dining hall,
my office,
my private quarters.
The building over there
is a personal quarters.
The apartments?
Yes.
We have four apartments there
and we have a common room
where we grow tomatoes, cucumbers, and peppers.
Do you grow them all year round?
Yes.
Wow, so it’s heated
Yes.
and there’s enough sunlight.
This is our workshop.
That was the building where
the radio telegraph was sitting before.
The radio telegraph.
Ya.
The first red building up there
Yes.
This is our water tower.
Behind there we have a
sea of melting water.
Really?!
That’s where we get our water supply from.
Your fresh water comes from…?
Melted water.
Melted water.
Do you treat the water or filter it?
We have filters on it.
Wow.
The big antenna up there
is the receiver for the
maritime coastal radio
medium frequency.
This satellite dish is pure
entertainment.
*Drake laughs*
Really? That's satellite t.v.?
Yes.
Wow, it’s a big dish.
Yea, but you are almost on top of the world.
Wow.
This is our guest building,
and our storage.
We have freezers and storage facilities.
I see.
The building up there.
Yes.
That is our main communication hub.
That's some small dishes...
internet, telephone, everything comes
via radio link.
All of your internet
comes through that
Yes.
radio link.
To see the other equipment
we need to go over here.
Okay
The big antenna out there.
Yes?
That’s aviation beacon.
The house just at the foot of the antenna
Yes?
Is for the antenna tuner.
The antenna tuner’s in that room.
The beacon is installed
in the big red house over there.
The same house have transmitters
for the medium frequency coastal radio.
Medium frequency coastal radio.
Yea, and the antenna for this
is the red and white antenna out there.
Aye.
And all the wooden poles out there
Mmmhmm.
is holding up
our ground plane.
as you cannot get a good ground
on Greenland.
No, it's all rock.
You can’t get a good ground on it.
No.
We are building a mass
of wires.
assimilating a ground.
Wow! A big web of wires
Yes.
on those wooden posts
for a ground.
Amazing.
And what is...?
That’s our sewer line.
Sewer line.
Ya.
Then you have the view for our harbour.
The small building
is our wood depot.
Wood depot.
Yea.
And the big is our storage house
at the harbour.
I see.
And then the little dock
where Paragon is right now.
Yea.
Where is the power plant?
The power plant is behind this rock there.
So two buildings there.
In each building
there’s two 150 kilowatt generators.
And one generator can maintain
the need we have on the station.
And the other is sort of
an emergency backup
Yea.
We run one generator 500 hours
switch to the next generator.
Then we prepare
the first generator.
I see.
At all time need a backup to switch.
Yep.
So if we only had two
while we’re maintaining the one
we wouldn’t have a backup.
Wow.
So you can't afford to lose power here.
No.
We lose power
there’s no power on the radios.
How far out does the facility reach?
I think to 1.5 kilometres out there
Yup.
All the island
that you see over there.
And down to the harbour.
This is our area.
And...
do you get a lot of mosquitos here?
*laughs* Yes.
They have a name for it up here.
Oh yea?
The Greenlandic Airforce.
The Greenlandic Airforce!
*Drake laughs*
Are they here year round?
No.
Or just in the summertime.
Just in summertime.
Aye,
And right now they are very aggressive.
Yea, yea.
It's just amazing.
So remote and so beautiful.
It's just incredible.
How many more months do you have left
in this tour?
I am going home in February.
In February, wow.
So...
I'm not busy packing my suitcase right now.
No, you have months to go.
Listen, have a good interview now,
and we’ll talk to you in a little bit.
See you later.
Okay.
Thanks guys!
When did the weather station start?
When did it become a weather station as it’s operating now?
*indistinct talking*
These are warning dogs
for bears,
and
strange creatures
like Canadians,
Irishman,
and American.
*laughs*
So handsome now.
Hi you.
The doghouse.
Wow.
Got my head net on.
and I am walking across this bridge
which looks really interesting.
The bridge is a little bouncy.
Wow.
This whole place is connected by stairs.
There are actually
287 stairs to get from
where Paragon is tied up in the little harbour
to the top of the weather station.
And that's just the top of the buildings of the weather station
This goes up even further.
Okay, so...
that's the cluster of buildings over there.
And there's just a little more to go.
They've got a line here
to have something to grab ahold of
as you're climbing.
It's also pretty
pretty loose rock.
Those are the stairs leading down
from the top all the way
to the harbour.
It keeps going.
There are
a ton of flies and mosquitoes.
today.
It is just crazy.
I wish I’d actually brought a
a brimmed hat
so it would be easier to keep them off of me, but
I'm really glad I brought this net.
So...
got the last bits of
Prins Christian Sund.
More of the weather station.
And then we've got...
some rock and a nice line to hold on to.
I don't know if you can see how many mosquitoes there are
but,
apparently this is the
Greenlandic Airforce.
And there are a lot of them today.
Really glad I brought my head net.
*whistling to the dogs*
They're bad today, eh?
Soon as there no wind, a lot of flies.
Are you burying your stone?
Buried.
For safe keeping.
There. Are a lot. Of bugs.
I think I'm gonna go inside after this and
and just chill out
in a bug free environment for a moment.
They're covering my hands.
They're trying to crawl up my sleeves.
*shudders*
Oh my gosh.
