We are still on the Vestmanneyjar and try to decide on a good window of opportunity for the crossing to Greenland.

Icecharts show the presence of a lot of ice around Cape Farewell. This means that we will give the area a wide berth in order to arrive safely on the west coast of Greenland.

The page of the Danish meteorological institute which issues information about the ice situation warns:

The waters around Cape Farewell are amongst the most dangerous in the world for navigation. This is due to the sometimes extremely harsh weather conditions combined with the existence of both icebergs and meter-thick ice floes.

That sounds truly promising, doesn’t it?