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	Kangerlussuaq - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kangerlussuaq is a settlement in west Greenland at the head of a fjord of the same name.
		Kangerlussuaq is the Greenlandic word for 'Big Fjord' and is sometimes known by its Danish name of Søndre Strømfjord.
		The centerpiece instrument of the facility is an L-band incoherent scatter (IS) radar with a 32 m fully steerable antenna.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kangerlussuaq (980 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Kangerlussuaq, Greenland
		Kangerlussuaq is an excellent venue for outdoor activities, particularly hiking, biking, camping, fishing, and photo safaris.
		Kangerlussuaq Tourism is the tourist bureau for the area, and actively encourages each of these activities.
		Kangerlussuaq is in West Greenland, Kulusuk is in East Greenland.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/getwriting/A626618 (1670 words)

	Hiking map for the Kangerlussuaq area, Greenland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Kangerlussuaq has always been known for playing host to scientific research teams, who have used Kangerlussuaq as their base.
		Kangerlussuaq is much used by expeditions and has a special hotel for scientists.
		Musk oxen from the north-east Greenland were transfered to the Kangerlussuaq area in the beginning of 1963 and 1965.
	www.greenland.com /Travel_Info/Hiking_Guides/Kangerlussuaq.php (5439 words)

	Kangerlussuaq travel guide - Wikitravel
		Kangerlussuaq, is a settlement on the west coast of Greenland near the end of a fjord of the same name.
		Kangerlussuaq is located under a spot known for strong auroral activity.
		Though, by Greenlandic standards, Kangerlussuaq is blessed with a mild climate, the greatest local danger is probably still posed by the weather in winter.
	wikitravel.org /en/Kangerlussuaq (1186 words)

	Meeting Place Greenland: Kangerlussuaq
		Kangerlussuaq is surrounded by scenic landscapes and an abundant, distinctive animal life.
		Kangerlussuaq offers you options not found in many other places in Greenland, like an indoor public swimming pool, a sauna, whirlpool, sunbed, 18-hole golf course and mini-golf - there is no denying that Kangerlussuaq was once a US military base.
		Today, Kangerlussuaq has Greenland's busiest airport and is more an area of transit than a conventional Greenlandic town.
	www.greenland-guide.gl /mic/town-kangerlussuaq.htm (244 words)

	www.santa.gl - Travel describtion
		The temperature is between 5 and 30 degrees of frost, but it does not feel anywhere near as cold as you might expect on the white snow under the blue skies and the strong sun.
		The biggest population of musk oxen in the world is in the Kangerlussuaq region.
		In Kangerlussuaq you will stay at Old Camp, which is a very comfortable youth hostel where there is always a lot going on, for children too.
	www.santa.gl /uk/Press/News/Winner/Traveldescribtion.htm (423 words)

	DPC - For researchers - Logistics - KISS
		KISS lies at the head of the fjord Kangerlussuaq in a dry, low arctic area with diverse habitats such as heaths, salt lakes, dune systems and mountain tundra and with a rich population of caribou and muskoxen.
		Kangerlussuaq is located just north of the Arctic Circle, at the head of the 140 km long fjord Kangerlussuaq (Greenlandic for ‘big fjord’), at 67°01'N 50°41'W. Kangerlussuaq is the main airport for traffic to/from Greenland.
		The Kangerlussuaq region is a well exposed high grade basement terrain forming the southern border zone of the Precambrium Nagssutoqidian Orogene.
	www.dpc.dk /KISS (549 words)

	Images of Antarctica
		Kangerlussuaq is Inuit for "end of the fjord", and indeed it sits at the end of a very long fjord.
		Kangerlussuaq is just north of the Arctic Circle...first time I have been this far north.
		The Kangerlussuaq area is positioned right underneath the average auroral oval, making it a great place for ionospheric, high atmosphere, and geomagnetic studies.
	www.sethwhite.org /kangerlussuaq.htm (3356 words)

	Greenland and Wild Labrador - Kangerlussuaq
		From Ottawa, we looked down on solid cloud cover as we flew over the Province of Quebec, Labrador, and the Davis Strait and were beginning to doubt the wunderground forecast of clear skies predicted for Kangerlussuaq.
		Kangerlussuaq Airport was first established as a US Airbase in WWII, code named Bluie West 8.
		At 175 km in length, the Kangerlussuaq is one of the world’s longest fjords.
	www.benlo.com /arctic/kangerlussuaq.html (1143 words)

	Hotel Kangerlussuaq, Greenland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Kangerlussuaq, a former US military base, is the main gateway to Greenland.
		Since Hotel Kangerlussuaq is connected to the airport terminal, accommodation is easily handled.
		On the other side of the landing strip is the base area proper, featuring activities like a bowling alley, an indoor public swimming pool and a nightclub.
	www.greenland.com /Meetings_and_Conferences/Hotel_Kangerlussuaq.php (194 words)

	Cool Robots at Dartmouth College - Picture Gallery
		While transiting through Kangerlussuaq, we were put up in a sort of dormatory (the KISS building, if you read the sign on the red building) by the logistics company Veco Polar Resources.
		Back when Kangerlussuaq was primarily an Air Force base (today, it still revolves almost exclusively around the airport, which is no longer a USAF entity), there were radar stations set on the hills outside of town.
		Between Kangerlussuaq and the start of the ice sheet, this is pretty much the view one sees: a rocky and sculpted landscape, dotted with many lakes originally carved by the glacier itself and now renewed by annual snowfall.
	engineering.dartmouth.edu /crobots/pictures/greenland/index.html (2331 words)

	Greenland Aurora & Polar Circle Adventure
		Kangerlussuaq is located just north of the Polar Circle and is mostly known as the main airport and gateway into Greenland.
		Kangerlussuaq is the only place in Greenland from where it is possible to drive by car directly to the gigantic Inland Ice Cap!
		In Kangerlussuaq - every year in November - we build the Igloo Village Hotel, where the visitor can have the experience of staying overnight in a real igloo.
	www.scantours.com /aurora_polar_circle_adventure.htm (524 words)

	Kangerlussuaq Tourism a/s, Greenland
		Kangerlussuaq, also known as Sonder Stroemfiord, was an American airbase until September 1992.
		Kangerlussuaq has the easiest access to the inland ice of Greenland.
		Kangerlussuaq Tourism A/S will be pleased to help you with tourist information and organize tours and accommodations.
	www.greenland-guide.dk /kangerlussuaqtourism (174 words)

	The soggy, hard trek from Sisimiut to Kangerlussuaq, Greenland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Today, Kangerlussuaq serves as the primary international air hub for expensive, commercial flights to and from Copenhagen and Iqaliut, Canada.
		I'm the first person this summer to hike towards Kangerlussuaq, according to Sisimiut police office, with whom I'm required to register; and these three are the first heading the opposite direction.
		Kangerlussuaq airport, once a busy U.S. military air base, now is the main hub for tourists coming to Greenland.
	www.rudyfoto.com /grl/slogbog.html (2389 words)

	Winter Adventure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The flight time between Copenhagen and Kangerlussuaq is about 4.5 hours and between Kangerlussuaq and Ilulissat is about 1.5 hours.
		Hotel Arctic is located at the outskirts of the town with the most beautiful view towards the fjord and the gigantic Icebergs.
		Furthermore the hotel has taken over the former US-airbase facilities in Kangerlussuaq, which means that an indoor swimming pool, fitness area, bowling alley and a night club are open for hotel guests.
	www.scantours.com /ilulissat_west_greenland.htm (703 words)

	Wandering in West Greenland
		Kangerlussuaq is largely a town built of an old US military base and a large Danish-style airport.
		My rough plan was to fly from Kangerlussuaq to Illulissat, take the ferry from Illulissat to Maniitsoq, and then fly from Maniitsoq to Kangerlussuaq and then back to East Greenland.
		This would not be a problem if I didn't have a connecting flight from Kangerlussuaq to Kulusuk that only goes once a week.
	www.geophys.washington.edu /~mkoutnik/west_greenland.htm (1080 words)

	Five Stars of Scandinavia -- ILULISSAT: ICEBERGS & NORTHERN LIGHTS
		Staying in Ilulissat also makes it possible to follow a Greenland hunter on his dog sledge to the isolated village Rodebay or to the fishing grounds on the frozen fiord.
		Following the stay in Ilulissat the program includes a stay in Kangerlussuaq, where you have one of the best opportunities to experience the Northern Lights, the Arctic wild life of muskoxen and reindeer or the Greenland Inland Ice Cap.
		Kangerlussuaq is one of the best locations in the world to experience Aurora Borealis.
	www.5stars-of-scandinavia.com /winter/ilulissat_icebergs.htm (512 words)

	Greenland in 2004 (1 Kangerlussuaq)
		Kangerlussuaq is well inland, at the end of a 100 km fjord less than 10 minutes flying time from the ice cap.
		Kangerlussuaq was built as a military air field in October 1941 after the German occupation of Denmark.
		The U shape of the water filled valley indicates that it was gouged out by a moving glacier in geological times (river cut valleys are V shaped).
	berclo.net /page04/04en-greenland-1.html (548 words)

	"Great Northern Summer Fun" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Kangerlussuaq, on the other hand, has kept everything working.
		Kangerlussuaq so far qualifies as strange but not silly.
		Kangerlussuaq Tourism's site denies the existence of regular Christian worship here, but one of the lead tourist guides was at the service.
	www.eilertech.com /hhgg/kanger.htm (4191 words)

	Five Stars of Scandinavia -- AURORA & POLAR CIRCLE ADVENTURE
		Visit to Kangerlussuaq is almost like a travel in time — the visitor finds himself surrounded by a landscape similar to the Ice Age where prehistoric Musk Oxen are seen in front of the huge glaciers and the gigantic Greenland Inland Ice Cap.
		Stable weather conditions with an often-clear sky makes Kangerlussuaq in Greenland one of the best destinations in the world to experience the Northern Light — during the last 6 seasons 99% of our Greenland visitors staying a minimum of three nights in Kangerlussuaq have experienced the amazing Aurora Borealis!
		Also available as a 7-day tour with one extra night in Kangerlussuaq and the option for an additional excursion.
	www.5stars-of-scandinavia.com /winter/aurora_polar.htm (424 words)

	Kangerlussuaq Airport, a great airport in Greenland.
		Its position is 67° 00' N and 50° 45' W. It lies at the end of 180-km-long Kangerlussuaq, which means "The Great Fjord".
		The airport is situated in West Greenland's largest ice-free region, which is rich in fauna, including musk oxen, reindeer, Arctic foxes and Arctic hares, together with many species of birds in the summer months.
		The international scientific community is very interested in establishing an Arctic research centre based at Kangerlussuaq.
	randburg.com /gr/kangerlu.html (430 words)

	NEW ZEALAND Aviation Page 1
		Kangerlussuaq Airport is located at the end of the 180 km long fjord called
		Kangerlussuaq in the Inuit language and Sondre Stromfjord in Danish, about 20 km
		A view over Kangerlussuaq Airport from the beacon hill 30 July 2001.
	www.imcat.com /pages/SFJ.htm (424 words)

	Greenland travel guide - Wikitravel
		Thus, a name like "Kangerlussuaq" is more common than you might otherwise expect, as it simply means "Big Fjord".
		Air Greenland has several flights per week from Copenhagen, Denmark to Kangerlussuaq or Narsarsuaq.
		Air Iceland operates a regular flight from Reykjavik to Kulusuk, Kangerlussuaq, and Nuuk; one to Ittoqqortoormiit, and another to Narsarsuaq.
	wikitravel.org /en/Greenland (1118 words)

	iceblog!: Kangerlussuaq
		Bjorn had to tell me at least 5 times where we were going in Greenland, and I was relieved to find out that the town was generally referred to in short form, as Kanger.
		Initially, I expected Kangerlussuaq to be a decent-sized Greenlandic town, self-sufficient and normally functioning.
		In Schenectady, when someone suggested we may get into Kanger too late for dinner, that there’s only one place to get dinner and that they only serve during certain hours, I readjusted my picture of Kanger a small, mostly-native, rural town with limited resources.
	iceblog.puddingbowl.org /archives/001067.php (357 words)

	Kangerlussuaq hotels and accommodation, hotel reservations in Greenland, by all-hotels.com
		Kangerlussuaq hotels and accommodation, hotel reservations in Greenland, by all-hotels.com
		Making a last minute travel reservation with all-hotels is simple: just choose your hotel category (luxury, standard, cheap or discount) from above, find your lodging for your Greenland vacation and book a room rate that suits your budget.
		This is the best hotel in Kangerlussuaq, one of the two international airports in Greenland.
	www.all-hotels.com /arctic/greenland/kangerlussuaq_e1.htm (438 words)

	Kangerlussuaq West Greenland Polar Circle Adventure \| Denmark \| greenland \| KANGERLUSSUAQ
		The hotel is located only 2-5 minutes from the arrival hall by covered walkway.
		At 9:15 am, non-stop flight across the Polar Circle to Kangerlussuaq.
		Upon arrival at 9:55 am meet by the guide, check in at Kangerlussuaq Hotel and information meeting.
	www.infohub.com /TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/16442.html (527 words)

	Kangerlussuaq Kangerlussuaq - online hotel reservations
		The lobby is large, doubling as the airport's departure lounge.
		This hotel is part of Kangerlussuaq's airport terminal.
		Our goal is to offer you the widest possible choice of accommodation, with the best deals and discount rates for your next vacation, city break or business travel.
	www.all-hotels.com /xbook/servlet/hotel-details?hotl_id=330129 (308 words)

	Aurora & Icebergs \| Greenland tour \| Denmark tour \| Northern Lights \| Ilulissat \| Kangerlussuaq \| Copenhagen
		The domestic flight from Kangerlussuaq to Ilulissat is a true excursion where the arrival and departure in low altitude over the amazing ice fiord is an experience of a lifetime.
		Travel by car from Kangerlussuaq directly to the Greenland Inland Ice Cap passing through the impressive arctic landscape such as former glacier valleys, arctic dessert, along frozen rivers and over small passes - and with a stop next to this 3mill.
		The Hotel is directly accessible via a covered walkway from the airport terminal and is only 12 minutes by train to the city center.
	www.infohub.com /TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/18082.html (518 words)

	Kangerlussuaq, West Greenland - an introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Home > Towns and Regions > West Greenland > Kangerlussuaq
		Kangerlussuaq is located at the head of the fjord with the same well-chosen name meaning 'the long fjord'.
		Kangerlussuaq is a former US airbase, Bluie West 8 built in 1941, but after technological progress eliminated its military significance, it was turned over to Greenland's Home Rule in the 1990s.
	www.greenland.com /Towns_and_Regions/West_Greenland/Kangerlussuaq.php (232 words)

	Arctic Art Sales - Images from Kangerlussuaq/Søndre Strømfjord
		The airport at Kangerlussuaq has regular scheduled flights to Denmark throughout the year and is also the hub for all internal
		If you do this you are sure to see some of the many reindeer and musk oxen which roam through the mountains.
		oxen around Kangerlussuaq come originally from an East Greenland herd introduced into the area during the 1960s.
	www.arcticartsales.com /sondrestromfjord.html (152 words)

	Norwegian Coastal Voyage's Kangerlussuaq-Reykjavik Program
		Transfer to the airport for your charter flight to Kangerlussuaq ("the long fjord").
		In the early 1960's musk oxen were introduced to Kangerlussuaq from North East Greenland, and today they count over five thousand.
		Transfer to the MS Fram by motorcoach and then PolarCirkel boats to start your Greenland adventure.
	www.freighterworld.com /reports/ncvkarey.html (737 words)

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