SCORESBY SOUND, Greenland– There’s no sensation more exciting than getting up inside the impending course of an overall solar eclipse to see a clear blue sky. It was Wednesday, Aug. 12, and after over 2 years of preparation, I remained in the limits of eastern Greenland’s gorgeous Scoresby Sound (or Scoresbysund) fjord system aboard the Aurora Expeditions cruise liner the Sylvia Earle. We were sneaking towards Ukattip Kungersiva, likewise referred to as Harefjord, in the icy depths of Ofjord.

Up on the observation deck, I scanned the sky for even a minor cloud. There was not a trace. I attended to the world straight: “Are you kidding me?!” I smiled with utter delight, as it had actually been 1,210 days considering that my last clear view of the sun’s corona– an eternity for a devoted eclipse chaser like me. Clouds had actually prevented my previous eclipse chase in Texas for the 2024 overall solar eclipse, which was followed by practically two-and-a-half years without an overall solar eclipse.