Splanky in Greenland
travel, settlement, writing

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18
Jan
Hvalsey Church, Greenland

Hvalsey

If you want to travel to the edge of the world, you can. The edge of the world is in
8 min read
01
Jan
Chair

The Last Great Travel Writer

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30
Nov
Balancing Rock, Tiverton, Nova Scotia

Settlement patterns

On the north-west coast of Nova Scotia, on one of the islands just off the peninsula of Digby Neck on
6 min read
16
Nov
The Beach at Aldeburgh, Sunday morning

Sunday Morning at Aldeburgh

It is Sunday morning in Aldeburgh on the Suffolk coast. A clear sunny morning, cold, mid-Autumn. People are out on
6 min read
02
Nov
Driftwood

Driftwood

Iceland is a land of no trees. But along the northern coast of the extreme north-west of the island, the
6 min read
12
Oct
Ragna Róbertsdóttir, Katla, 1999, detail

Sorting

5 min read
21
Sep
fishing boats, Ísafjörður, Westfjord, Iceland

Empty

5 min read
07
Sep
Atlantic herring, Gervais et Boulart, 1877

Herring and the Shetland Receivers

8 min read
31
Aug
Juvenile gannet, Westray, Orkney

Gannet

5 min read
10
Aug
Whaling station, Hesteyri, Hornstrandir, Iceland

Whale processing

5 min read