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Hi Mary Anne. I just finished reading your journals and was short of breath reading about your hikes through the boulders! wow- very physical! I just completed a similar short hike ONCE up and down on a site in Yelllowstone.It is very challenging to the mind, can't imagine the same climb in snow, wind, and rain.Surprised What is the geological reason for the amount of boulders? Is this a volcanic area, or the result of ice?

Best of luck, and be careful!!

Lollie

Tue, 08/07/2007 - 09:48

Mary Anne Pell…

Those trips through the boulder fields are physical- not the calorie burning, work-up-a-sweat kind, but anaerobic, muscles clenched at all times, kind. I have been trying to get you the most accurate answer possible, but there is nothing I can find on that specific little peninsula that Kap Hoegh sits on. the general information indicates it is volcanic, but the area has under gone so much folding through time that that much of the rock is metamorphic. Some online resources use the term meta-sedimentary. Greenland has been studied for it tremendous geologic resources. There is a lot of information online, but much of it is written for the geologist and way over my head.
Thanks for the question. Mary Anne