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A group of us booked a muskox/reindeer hunt in Greenland . We arrive in Iceland , no problem. The entrance was the absolute easiest I have ever seen. We spent a bit of time in Iceland hiking and sightseeing. The appointed day arrives. We go to the airport . Checking in was a bit of a pain in the ass but not that big of a deal . We get on the plane to Greenland. It was quite nice . The service was great . Until we were very close, I could not see anything . Low clouds and fog. I could see the runway. Regardless , the pilot powered up and started gaining altitude . He did this three times before he announced we could not land . Back to Iceland we go. Subsequently, we found out they do not have instruments at the airport to allow IFR landing . Now the real fun begins . It is pushing 11 PM. There are no hotels anywhere nearby. They are fully booked due to a gay pride festival . No, I am not joking. The airline announces that they are going to take us to a hotel that is about a 2 hour ride on a packed cramped bus. We arrive at the hotel . It is decent but it is 2:30 in the morning . The next morning we try to find out when we can fly to Greenland. No answer . We stay most of the day . No one knows . I got tired of the hotel quickly. There was absolutely nothing around there . It was about 90 degrees in our room. I called Amex . They got a car to come pick us up and take us to Reykjavik. Once we arrive, we make further attempts to find out when we can fly to Greenland . No one knows . We get up this morning . Go to Breakfast . We check again . No one can tell us when we will be leaving . It occurs to me that we are perilously close to the time where another nights stay will be required . I decided the hell with this . We are flying home. Not one second of hunting . All factors considered , I am out about $45,000. To be clear, this is not the fault of the outfitter in any way . | ||
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Wow, that's disappointing. There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t. – John Green, author | |||
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That is terrible! | |||
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Well, it gets a little worse . After checking and getting no word from the airline , we booked flights home . Then we heard that the airline was inquiring with the hotel about people staying another night . The airline even told one of our group that there was no flight today . Shortly thereafter, the announced there will be a flight at 5 PM. I decided against changing our flights again . Headed home tomorrow. | |||
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Sorry to hear this! Which airport in Greenland were you supposed to be landing at? Leopard, Hippo, Croc - Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe, 2024 Reindeer & Geese, Iceland, 2023 Plains Game, Eastern Cape, 2023 Buff - Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe, 2022 Muskox-Greenland, 2020 Roe buck and muntjac in England, 2019 Unkomaas Valley, RSA, 2019 Kaokoland, Namibia, 2017 Wild boar hunting in Sweden, 2016 Moose hunting in Sweden, 2014 How to post photos on AR | |||
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Damn I hate to hear this Larry. Sorry about your hunt. I did this hunt a few years back and had a wonderful adventure. I too inquired about flying through Iceland because it was quicker but was advised to fly through Denmark. Seemed odd to me at the time. Across the ocean to the Continent just to fly back again. Glad I did now. Hope you get rescheduled and are able to do the trip! On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling Life grows grim without senseless indulgence. | |||
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Ouch. Sorry you went through this Larry. Badly let down by the airline despite ( likely ? ) weather caused complications that do occur. I thought Camair in Cameroon was the worst I experienced for scheduling with their numerous predictions for flight times being fictional. Hunting.... it's not everything, it's the only thing. | |||
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I can’t blame them for the weather. I was shocked they paid for the hotels and meals . The plane was very nice . Service was great . Keeping us in the dark for as long as they did was the problem. | |||
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Larry, As you know I lived in Dillingham, AK for 22 years. You live with weather delays there year around. I actually got on the plane to Dillingham from Anchorage three times before getting to Dillingham. Both of the first trips got all the way to Dillingham and had to turn around because of weather. Get from Dillingham to surrounding villages was always a crap shoot. I can sympathize. Mark MARK H. YOUNG MARK'S EXCLUSIVE ADVENTURES 7094 Oakleigh Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89110 Office 702-848-1693 Cell, Whats App, Signal 307-250-1156 PREFERRED E-mail markttc@msn.com Website: myexclusiveadventures.com Skype: markhyhunter Check us out on https://www.facebook.com/pages...ures/627027353990716 | |||
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There is a silver lining . One of the other hunters scheduled with this company was booked for reindeer only. Be decided he wanted a muskox. They sold him my muskox for full price. I have never understood airline ticket pricing . We are flying back on the exact same flights we were originally booked on only a few days earlier . The costs of these was over $6,000 LESS per ticket than what I paid. Bottom line is that my loss has been cut my over $20,000. | |||
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sorry for the outcome Larry. the story ended better than it started but there is a sure thing in the north no one control the weather. | |||
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Absolutely. | |||
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I don't get how you can run any commercial airport without IFR capabilities, especially when receiving international flights. Perhaps someone can chime in..... | |||
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Damn!!!! Karl Evans | |||
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BGBW – Narsarsuaq has IFR capability but if you look up where it is located you can understand the minimun needed which means if you are below those standards then you are not legally authorized to land. https://flyright.dk/RN/BGBW.pdf that airport has no ILS or MLS cat I, let alone II or III but still approved IFR with special conditions regarding MDA and ceiling /visibility and if you re below those then go around like what happen to Larry. | |||
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We are flying over Greenland at the moment . I got a text . My two friends got muskox this morning. | |||
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Buena suerte! On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling Life grows grim without senseless indulgence. | |||
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It sucks but, at least you're home safely. Guns and hunting | |||
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Sorry to hear this Larry. We have been organising Muskox hunts for 10 years in Greenland all our clients go via Copenhagen. No problem whatsoever. Arjun Reddy Hunters Networks LLC www.huntersnetworks.com 30 Ivy Hill Road Brewster, NY 10509 Tel: +1 845 259 3628 | |||
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A different airline was not going to make any difference with these weather conditions. | |||
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Totally agree on the poor communication by IcelandAir on the weather problems, Larry. They need to fix that. I saw that you ran into a delay on the check in for your return flight home at Reykjavik. We just checked in at Reykjavik for our return flight home. The place is empty. With three checked “normal” bags, along with a rifle and ammunition, each in a separate checked case, it took us a bit more than 30 minutes to check in, including the walk to and from the airport police office. No line at security either. Now relaxing in the Saga lounge waiting for our plane. I think check in with firearms is the same all over the world. It all depends on who you get. Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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Flying back home and over Greenland now. I’ll write a full report of this hunt later when I have time, but just wanted to share a little bit more. When I told the young woman at the IcelandAir check in desk at Reykjavik that I had a rifle and ammunition, she smiled and said, “No problem!” She knew what she was doing and couldn’t have been more helpful. And the female airport police officer at the security office, where they open your gun case and check your rifle’s serial number, smiled and said to me, “I really like your case!” (It’s a carbon fiber patterned Negrini Blaser case with a leather-handled and trimmed heavy black duck zip-on cover.) I smiled back and said, “Thanks, it’s good protection for the rifle.” Like I said, it all depends on who you get. Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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. Larry what a shame. We got off the Artic cruise with A&K in Iceland on the 12 August and flew home to Germany on the 13 August. Could have met for a beer! Shame that your hunt got screwed up. Me for my part, after 2 weeks in the Artic, I seriously think I need to hunt a big old walrus bull! Happy days! . "Up the ladders and down the snakes!" | |||
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Larry i do not think Arjun is flying his hunters directly where you went but with that kind of weather there is no hope. | |||
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what you wrote 2 times is so important. in Montreal one year we waited 2 hours, same in toronto and using an international flight coming back home to whitehorse it was maybe 5 minutes so i absolutely agree it depends on who you get. | |||
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We stayed very near where the cruise ships came in. | |||
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