This morning we visited Appat Island located within Disko Bay. Appat Island is home to a former whaling station and trading post named Ritenbenck. It was founded in 1755 and was abandoned in 1960. Among the ruins is Greenland’s oldest stone building. The island itself is quite small and provides some easy hiking. Great views of icebergs and a chance to explore the station ruins were the highlights of our visit.
In the afternoon we took a Zodiac cruise inside a spectacular fjord that is too narrow for the ship to navigate. Some late nesting black-legged kittiwake gulls were still on a few cliffs, and the waters had lots of bergy bits and icebergs to delight our guests. The hotel team surprised us by serving hot cocoa from a Zodiac stationed out in the fjord!
