Greenland - Prinz Christian Sund Radio Station 60:03N 43:10W
Millybrown
Mark Hillmann
Tue 5 Aug 2008 14:11
 We arrived here on Saturday at the Radio Station in
Prins Christian Sund.
Note the cruise ship just coming through the
sound.
Next morning there was a small lump of ice also
parked in the dock.
 We walked up 250 wooden steps to the huts and
were met by a small meal.
We had arrived at Danish hospitality
and were provided with rooms for the night
with hot showers and clothes washing.
The station is supplied by
helicopter. The ropeway in the background is a hoist for
lifting items that come in by sea. There is no road or track even up
from the dock to the huts.
 We were shown around the extensive hutted
station, which used to have 16 staff and now
has four plus a wife.
It has aerials and helicopter pads on the hills,
with a wire suspension bridge across the ravine to the aerials where this
photo was taken. It had all been set
up as an American wartime base.
Dinner was more gastronomic delight with all
manner of fish and meat and accompanying delicacies by a chef used to
cooking at sea. The aircraft radio links apparently finance
all this comfortably.
We ended up staying a full day, so breakfast and
lunch continued in the same way, but then back out to the tough life at
sea.
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