Kangerlussuaq

Summit was cool both literally (brrr!) and figuratively, but Kangerlussuaq was amazing. Kangerlussuaq was where the C130s would stop for a day (or more) before flying on to their next destination, so i got to spend some time there.

	First of all - PUPPIES! These are sled dog puppies. You can see the sleds in the upper left picture. The puppies get to wander around because they don't go far from their mom, but the older dogs are tied up with long chains so they can walk around but can't attack each other. Apparently they are kind of fierce.
These are pictures looking west from Kangerlussuaq towards the coast. The coast is about 120 miles west so you can't actually see it, but you can see the water going from gray (because of silt mixed in with the melting glacier water) to blue. I'm not sure why it gets blue - maybe the water is deeper further west and the silt settles out.
	The National Science Foundation supports a lot of research in Greenland including research at Summit Camp, research near the glacier (apparently some scientists are studying lakes in Greenland because they could be an analog for lakes on Mars(!?!)), and at other remote field camps. Kangerlussuaq is where NSF has their base so they have a big dorm there for people working nearby as well as people going on to other locations. Happily for Betsy, they have bikes that can be borrowed so I got to ride around (big hills!) and see stuff on one of the days I was there.