Gina di Renzo, Class of 2006, took off, sailing a 72' Oyster up to Greenland for a 10 day expedition in the Disko Bay area. Gina (Gigi to her friends) has demonstrated an amazing sailing activity this year and before, following her dreams. Read on what she said about her trip. Go girl! Make us all proud!
About 90% of the local fishing boats there are all wooden & copper plated below the waterline. This is owed to frequent collisions with small ice bergs called growlers and bergy bits. We took two separate helicopter trips up to one of the quickest moving glaciers on the planet- the Jakobshavn Isbrae- and met with a team of experts from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.
We were also lucky enough to have our world famous Swedish helli-skiing pro Anders Bergwall lead us through the fjords at 2:00AM while we were enjoying 24-hour sunlight! All in all, our crew was only up there for two weeks- although it was a 10 day sail north, and a 10 day sail back down.
I'm not sure if I would like to sail that far north again, but I don't have to; the icebergs were unforgettable.... if only they had AIS....
Watch the slideshow with Gina's astounding photos from Greenland.
or watch the video in Youtube