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Dragen #22 Grønland - Søndre Strømfjord (Puzzle) Mystery Cache

Hidden : 10/15/2022
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Cachen er ikke på de opgivne koordinater, og for at finde slutkoordinaterne, skal du først løse puslespillet, som er rimelig let på 80 brikker, så man også kan involvere ægtefælle og børn.

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Jeg har altid ønsket mig at komme til Grønland og se indlandsisen, og så fik jeg det til min runde fødselsdag af min kone, som for 30 år siden havde været der med en skoleklasse og se indlandsisen kælve.

Det blev en stor oplevelse med udgangspunkt i Kangerlussuaq/Søndre Strømfjord ved Polarkredsen. En geocache ven havde spurgt mig, om jeg så polarkredsen. Det gjorde jeg først i flyveren på hjemvejen! Den var hvid stiplet, så man kunne ikke se den på indlandsisen.

 Den ene dag fra kl. 13-18 var en arrangeret gruppetur med fører og med flere stop på vejen for at gå ud til flotte vandfald eller særlig skønne udsigter, bl.a. tiil indlandsisen. Den smelter temmelig hurtigt nu, så man kunne ikke stå ved en kant der rejste sig højt, men nu kunne man gå ind til den og på den. Der var små søer hvor der var små krebsedyr, Damrokker, der som art havde overlevet i 400 millioner år, altså meget længere end dinossaurerne, der døde for 65 millioner år siden.

Jeg fandt 16 cacher deroppe i det flotte solskinsvejr, og hvor man kunne søge næsten hele døgnet, så min medbragte sammenklappelige cykel, som jeg havde med som almindelig bagage, blev flittigt brugt, og det var sjovt, at mange af cachene var udlagt af danskere, som jeg kender. Man blev budt velkommen med en Virtuel, og jeg fik også fundet 2 Earthcacher, hvilket jeg er meget interesseret i at studere.

Ellers var der kun traditionelle cacher, så jeg havde hjemmefra forberedt nogle cacher af andre typer, Mystery, Multi, Letterbox og en AL med bonus. Den ene var ved et hotel, så der fik jeg skriftlig tilladelse til at lægge den. Min nevø har fået arbejde som overlæge 6 uger om året i Nuuk, men kommer forbi, og min svigerinde følger som pædagog grønlændere på plejehjem tilbage for at besøge familien, så jeg har nogle til at vedligeholde cachene. Så nu kan jeg også høre lidt om andres oplevelser ved polarkredsen.

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English:

The cache is not at the given coordinates, and to find the final coordinates, you must first solve the puzzle, which is reasonably easy at 80 pieces, so you can also involve your spouse and children.

I have always wanted to come to Greenland and see the ice cap, and I got it for my round birthday from my wife, who 30 years ago had been there with a school class to see the cap calve.

It was a great experience starting in Kangerlussuaq/Søndre Strømfjord at the Arctic Circle. A geocache friend had asked me if I saw the Arctic Circle. I only did that on the way home in the plane. It was dotted white, so you couldn't see it on the ice sheet.

 The one day from 13-18 was an organized group tour with a driver and with several stops on the way to go out to beautiful waterfalls or particularly beautiful views, e.g. to the ice sheet. It's melting pretty fast now, so you couldn't stand on a ledge that rose high, but now you could walk up to it and onto it. There were small lakes where there were small crustaceans, Stingrays, which as a species had survived for 400 million years, i.e. much longer than the dinosaurs, who died 65 million years ago.

I found 16 caches up there in the beautiful sunny weather, and where you could search almost 24 hours a day, so my collapsible bike, which I had brought with me as regular luggage, was used extensively, and it was funny that many of the caches were laid out by Danes , that I know. You were welcomed with a Virtual, and I also found 2 Earthcachers, which I am very interested in studying.

Otherwise there were only traditional caches, so I had prepared some caches of other types from home, Mystery, Multi, Letterbox and an AL with bonus. One was at a hotel, so I got written permission to put it there. My nephew has got a job as a senior doctor 6 weeks a year in Nuuk, but comes over, and my sister-in-law, as an educator, accompanies Greenlanders in nursing homes back to visit the family, so I have some to maintain the caches. So now I can also hear a bit about other people's experiences at the Arctic Circle.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Zntargvfx sbe raqra ns nhgbiæea / Zntargvp ng gur raq

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)