In Aug 2024 I was on a cruise to Greenland. After we left Narsarsuaq in Southern Greenland, we headed out through the fjord, passing the town of Narsaq.
Angakkok Cave was marked on my phone map -
I couldn't find anything about Angakkok Cave except "Angakkok Cave is a cave in Narsaq Municipality, Kujalleq. Angakkok Cave is situated close to the community centre Forsamlingshus and the town hall". Latitude 60.91403° or 60° 54' 51" N , Longitude 46.0367° or 46° 2' 12" W.
The Inuit angakkuq is an intellectual and spiritual figure in Inuit culture who corresponds to a medicine man.
The town of Narsaq is on the right of this photo -
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Gina Moseley, a British cave scientist and paleoclimatologist has been doing research in Northern Greenland caves. From Wired : "In Partnership with Rolex | Paleoclimatologist and Rolex Awards for Enterprise Laureate Gina Moseley is delving into remote caves in search of traces of earth’s atmosphere—in the hope to better understand the changes to come."
See also the Greenland Caves Project .
And my blog on Narsarsuaq in Southern Greenland.
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