We visit the colourful village of Ammassalik. There are very few towns along the isolated east coast, which is vastly different in climate and culture from that of western Greenland. Since we'll only be onshore for four hours, I have a good walk around town and up to the cairn overlooking the town. A potential painting place, but light is flat and I am always curious to see what's up in the valley. Late wildflowers seduce me to stay up in the warm hills until the hordes of flies eliminate the desire to undo the paint kit. Chased by the biting hordes, I head back to the breezy, cool lookout and find a composition of a few coloured houses juxtapositioned by a large grounded iceberg. Drawing is all I have time for with the HB pencil, with notations on light direction, values, and hues, then it's time to pack before a  large cruise ship comes ashore with 500 people.This will be our last look at a town before setting sail for the northernmost point of land in the world. The ice charts show very thick ice, 10/10ths coverage in our path. We therefore plan to head east farther out to sea and follow the ice edge north, before cutting back into the ice pack. Our days at sea will allow time for some workshops, of which out of the 90 passengers, 15 are very keen on painting and thus make the lounge a hive of creativity.