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Coming into dock. What a great morning... but really cold and it is the first of July too.

Another photo of Tasiilaq. A different neighborhood.

Excited to be on top of the world almost literally in Greenland.

The ambulance is used for multiple purposes.

Walking into town I ran across a solemn site. The ambulance doubles as a hearse for a funeral in front of a small church..

We arrive at the Angmagssalik Museum, in the former red church we saw earlier in a photo, and are greeted with a replica of a kayak used hundreds of years ago by the locals to fish.

A photo of Tasiilaq in the winter with the bay frozen over.

Directions around the world.

A day earlier while walking around you saw a photo of the front of the Turf House built under ground. This is the inside of the old Turf House . A guide, from the museum, is telling us about life in Greenland hundreds of years ago.

Now you see the outside of the Turf house located below the museum and see what it was like to live 140 years ago.

The Tasiilaq Museum is housed in the old church built in 1908. It has a wonderful collection of exhibits on the history and culture of East Greenland, including the largest mask collection in the country, some stunning old photos, bead work, traditional costumes and carvings.

Mask Collection is the largest in Greenland

Where did the first settlers of Tasiilaq come from? Due to some incredible archeological discoveries and human remains, it is has been possible to identify that the first settlers of Tasiilaq were were from the Saqqaq culture, originating from Siberia 5,500 years ago.

A bad hair day on one of the masks.

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