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Some more churches from above the Arctic Circle

1 Ilulissat, Greenland, with our cruise ship out at sea
2 Sisimiut, Greenland, town established in 1764. The new church, 1926, with people gathering outside the church on the right, for a funeral
3 Steps up to the church
4 The people gathering. Some are in national dress, which is a white cotton anorak for the men and gaily coloured top and white leggings and boots for the women
5 Little girl and woman in national dress. There were lots of brightly coloured flowers, all of them artificial
6 The funeral procession wended its way through town and ended up at the cemetery
7 The old church at Sisimiut, built 1775, with entrance arch made from the jawbone of a whale. New church is above on the right
8 Reconstructed Viking church, Brattahlid, Greenland
9 Entrance and bell cote of the Viking church with reconstructed Viking guide
10 The new church at Brattahlid, with remains of a Viking house in the foreground