Travel across the Greenland climate a (Photos)

"Welcome to the polar party," a veteranThailandPeople made his opening remarks at the recitation of food before long litany. As the master of ceremonies, the summer of four per week, he will be on time before the tourists. "Wish you a good appetite before, please allow me to introduce our dishes: the narwhal, beluga whale sushi stew, tablets, and the most important -- dry polar bear meat!"

The guests unable to hold oneself back in this very special menu to choose their "feast". In a sense, it is special, contains most of the Arctic species at present by the International Convention on the protection of the. "Just this once, just to taste fresh," one from Berlin to the middle-aged woman said, "but we still must protect the whale". We are Hvide Falk (white Falcon) the hotel restaurant, four establishments of the famous I Lulli Sutter.

Overlooking the distant floe to Ukraine manaker mountain drift

I Lulli Sutter is Greenland's most popularTraveling, and has been for years the tourism boom. "We are here not only to see the effects of global warming, but also to enjoy the iceberg. Ten years later, the ice will be gone." A visitor from Scotland said, while ladling mataq -- a roe sauce local, small as the dark grey dice, directly from the fin whale skin cut down, made of cubes, fresh taste, smell the unspeakable, dull, but there are some wildfowl breath, also not easy chew.

For tourists, this was a strange place. However, in recent years, the Arctic is consistent with the glacial melting speed gradually open to tourists. Under the trend of globalization, the world's largest island, is no longer just explorer and navigator paradise, is no longer the Inuit and 3 centuries ago is exclusive to the Danish invaders. Data is not surprising: in 2008 the number of visitors is about 50000 people, the recession makes the figure in this year and the drop. But compared with 2000, the number has doubled 4 times. That year, the Arctic as open to visitors.

"In the 80's of the last century the first time I came here, I was the only foreigner."ItalySilverio Scivoli said it was a be hardly worthy of belief journey. When he was a keyboardist, simple music performances on a cruise ship, the ship is one of the earliest to north of the boat.

Cruise in Iraq Lu Li Sutter dock, Silverio Scivoli immediately fell in love with it, and a local Inuit women. Since then, he has been living in greenland. "Ten years ago, I started my ownTravelingAgency, after a little, not too much. It was my income, more like my hobby. Now, this is a very prosperous business. Aircraft and cruise to bring more visitors to the island of Greenland, the summer work almost jumped!" His voice just fell, Norway cruise company's flagship "advance" docked at the port I Lulli Sutter. Hydraulic door on the starboard side opens,

Greenland's Uma Hill

The shuttle to the safety of tourists to the land. "The expedition leader" strictly set two hours, allowing visitors to glance over things hurriedly in a city. In the local people scorn eyes, they returned to the ship. In fact, the local people for those in uniform "Royal Blue windbreaker" have already become inured to the unusual.