Crown Princess Mary and The Mary Foundation : 2007 - 2024

[dazzling]

Pity the kids didn't attend, they would've enjoyed it IMO.

Article and a video from TV 2 and a DR video
Photographer Steen Elm gallery see here

 

[Lumutqueen]

I do love that purple bear!

 

[iceflower]

Here are a few big pictures provided by the oficial website (click to enlarge)


** kongehuset.dk: Kronprinsessen deltager i Fri for Mobberi Børnestafet 2012 **



Crown Princess Mary will travel to Greenland from June 4 - 7, together with Save the Children and the LEGO
Foundation she'll launch the Anti-Bullying programme in Greenland.

Today the official programme has been released:


Tuesday, June 5:

10:00 Visit to the pilot kindergarten Saqqag

19:00 Dinner with Minister Palle Christiansen at the Arctic Hotel

Wednesday, June 6:

9:00 Visit to the Jørgen Lund Well School in Ilulissat

13:00 Lunch with the seminar's director Nuka Kleemann

14:45 Visit to a shelter in Ilussat

18:30 Dinner with the mayor of Qaasuitsup Municipality, Jess Swan, at the Arctic Hotel

 

[dazzling]

So the 4th there won't be any events? I thought she would have an event or two when she reaches. June 5 is a very relaxing day for Mary, June 6 looks quite busy. Seems the 7th would be a private visit or I wonder if she will return early to Copenhagen.

 

[iceflower]

I guess June 5 and 7 are meant as the arrival and departure days.

 

[Nordic]

June 5 is a very relaxing day for Mary, June 6 looks quite busy. .

I am guessing, that sailing to and from Saqqaq takes time too.

Added: About 5 hours both ways.

 

[Roskilde]

Mary has arrived in Greenland

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From Sermitsiaq.AG Nyheder | Vi er i daglig kontakt med de fleste i Grønland

 

[Binz]

So the 4th there won't be any events? I thought she would have an event or two when she reaches. June 5 is a very relaxing day for Mary.

Is it?
What I read is, it's a 6 - 7 hour long flight. Depends when the departure of the aeroplane was, there might be no time for an event, neither the 4th nor the 7th and also not much private time left.

 

[rubies]

She looks pretty and the place looks pretty as well.

 

[dazzling]

Is it?
What I read is, it's a 6 - 7 hour long flight. Depends when the departure of the aeroplane was, there might be no time for an event, neither the 4th nor the 7th and also not much private time left.

I thought it was a 1-2 hour flight.

Article of today's transportation for Mary, Apparently it was planned that she would sail 100km but because of all the ice they will travel by a Navy patrol 71 meter boat which will take up to 5 hours. On her way back, Mary will travel on a helicopter.

BB article of Mary's trip to Greenland

 

[Binz]

I thought it was a 1-2 hour flight.

LOL, no dazzling and I was wrong as well, it's even worse.

She travelled from Copenhagen to Kangerlussuaq (4,5 hours flight time) and from there on another plane to Ilulissat - the travel time was around 9 hours.

 

[lancchick]

The lack of substantial coverage of Mary's trip to Greenland is pretty frustrating. I'm not sure why we're not getting more pictures, reports, etc.

 

[rubies]

I agree lancchick. I hope tomorrow is better.

 

[iceflower]

Here are the first pics from yesterday, June 5:


Crown Princess Mary at the pilot kindergarten Saqqag:



** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 ** Pic 3 ** Pic 4 **


** sermitsiaq.ag: Vi har ventet på dig Mary ** translation **

** sermitsiaq.ag: Nu bliver jeg nødt til at løbe børn ** translation **

 

[dazzling]

LOL, no dazzling and I was wrong as well, it's even worse.

She travelled from Copenhagen to Kangerlussuaq (4,5 hours flight time) and from there on another plane to Ilulissat - the travel time was around 9 hours.

Thanks! That is a pretty long flight.

The lack of substantial coverage of Mary's trip to Greenland is pretty frustrating. I'm not sure why we're not getting more pictures, reports, etc.

Tell me about it. I thought there would be much better coverage. I wonder if later today we would suddenly get all the galleries of pictures.

Here are the first pics from yesterday, June 5:

Crown Princess Mary at the pilot kindergarten Saqqag:

** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 ** Pic 3 ** Pic 4 **

** sermitsiaq.ag: Vi har ventet på dig Mary ** translation **

** sermitsiaq.ag: Nu bliver jeg nødt til at løbe børn ** translation **

Lovely pictures iceflower.
I quite liked the picture of Mary running around with the kids. I hope we get a video.

 

[fairy tale]

many beautiful pictures from yesterday
Se billederne: Mary på Grønland uden Frederik | www.bt.dk

 

[iceflower]

Lovely pictures iceflower.
I quite liked the picture of Mary running around with the kids. I hope we get a video.

I liked that one as well, very natural and likeable!


Here's another gallery:


** galleri.tv2.dk: GALLERI: Mary besøger Grønland alene **

 

[Archduchess Zelia]

I'm also pretty fed up with the bad coverage, but I hope that Billedbladet will feature somekind of coverage in tomorrows magazine.

I love the pictures of Mary visiting the kindergarten in Saqqug. I think it's really nice that they're bringing Fri for Mobberi to Greenland too, I have a niece who's in a kindergarten that use the program, apparently it's very good.

Is there any chance that we'll get to see Mary in her national costume of Greenland? I do love their national costumes.

 

[dazzling]

Wednesday, June 6, 2012
9:00 Visit to the Jørgen Lund Well School in Ilulissat

Article with pictures see here and another translated article with more pictures here

Billeder: Kronprinsesse Mary i Grønland
Picture gallery


Video of the reception and earlier in the day, Mary looked lovely in a simple plain navy dress.

Kronprinsesse Mary01 - YouTube

 

[iceflower]

Four pics of the trip have been added to the official website (click to enlarge):



** kongehuset.dk: Kronprinsessen besøger Grønland **

 

[Muhler]

Summary of article in Billed Bladet #23, 2012.
Marys store hobby - Mary's big hobby.
Written by our man in the Arctic Ulrik Ulriksen.

This brief summary covers the arrival of Mary and the delegation from the Mary Foundation who went with her.

The purpose of the visit is to learn about the Free From Bullying initiative that has been started in all schools and kindergardens in Greenland.
Greenland had and still has huge social issues with children and youths.

After a flight lasting seven hours she touched down in Iluissat (and not the capital town of Nuuk) and checked in at the local Hotel Arctic.
The scenery in Greenland is a wet dream come true for anyone interested in photography and as we all know Mary is a keen amateur photographer, so after a lunch it was out on the terrace, where she took in the landscape on this splendid summersday with the temperature almost reaching a sweltering 10 degrees C.
Having taken her pictures it was time for a little private excursion in the hills around the small town. (*)

However it wasn't all pleasure. Mary visited a school and kindergarten on the second day of the visit, in the (almost) nearby town of Saqqaq.
Mary was supposed to have went to Saqqaq in a small vessel but the glaciers "calve" thousands of icebergs each summer, the largest of which melt around Labrador some three years or so later. (Sometimes they hit a steamer). The local glaciers had been working overtime so Mary had to sail onboard the patrol corvette (**) Ejner Mikkelsen and being a bigger ship, Mary had to be sailed the rest of the way to the town in a boat.

(*) You either fall helplessly in love with Greenland or you go stircrazy and return in a straight jacket. There is nothing in between.

(**) Being classified by NATO as a patrol ship (P571) she's really an arctic corvette.



How can you describe Greenland?

The sky is lightblue, warm and icy at the same time. The rays of the sun warm you, but the second you leave the sunlight it's cold.
You look at the barren rugged hills, both forbidding and alluring calling out to you.
You are alone, there is no one around but you, no sound but the wind.
With the cool wind against your face you see the scary dark grey water in the fjord, merciless and unforgiving. Ready to swallow you up, lest you let your guard down for even a second.
Scores of icebergs of all sizes, of all shapes constantly change formation on their relentless march towards the sea. If you look away for a moment, the scenery has changed, never to repeat itself. Every moment is unique.
You become lost in the landscape.
The air is so clear and crisp that you want to, you have to, you must, fill your lungs to the verge of bursting.

For a brief moment, when you finally return to reality, you are in doubt... Have centuries passed, or just a few minuttes?

 

[iceflower]

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Here are two more articles about the Greenland visit including a pic of the final evening:

Of course she enjoyed her stay and dreams of coming back soon


** sermitsiaq.ag: Se hvad Mary fik at spise ** translation **


** sermitsiaq.ag: Mine børn skal med næste gang ** translation **



And two articles from hellomagazine and hola:


** hellomagazine: Princess Mary lets her fun side run wild on Greenland visit **

** hola: La princesa Mary, como una niña más durante su visita a Groenlandia **

 

[Muhler]

Glansing through the coverage both in the Danish press but in particular in the Greenlandic press, Mary's visit has had a very positive coverage indeed.

Here is an article about the visit in Illulissat from the police point of view. Mary henrykkede politiet | Sermitsiaq.AG Nyheder

Apart from the the usual anonymous gentlemen the entire police force in Illulissat municipality, (which covers an area the size of Luxembourg, if not more), all five of them had been working overtime. Mainly in securing the privacy of Mary at the hotel and escorting her on her visits.
Even though PET as police officers have just as much authority locally as the uniformed police, their job is primarily to protect Mary, not to deal with the odd over-enthusiastic fan or a drunkard who wish to join the party.

Okay, that was the background, nor for the article. The local police enjoyed the visit as much as the locals. Karl Vinther (appropriate name), head of the local police said: "We have been extremely busy.
We will be somewhat stretched for some time, because some overtime has to be laid off (1 hour overtime = 1 hour off). And then people have to go on vacation as well. But it's all worth it.
It went completely like it was greased (idiom). There has been a really good atmosphere and a lot of enthusiasm. Mary just delivered (*) - she's unique in creating a rapport with the children".

When Mary left, she thanked the five police officers personally.

The Greenlandic police force consists of a mix of Greenlanders and ethnic Danes. The primary function is to maintain order and deal with petty crime, with a small group dealing with more serious crime. There are no prisons in Greenland, so Greenlanders who get a jail sentence are shipped to Denmark.
Apart from that they also deal with costums control. A Greenlandic cop can be on street patrol and one hour later be a costums officer because a plane has landed, then send with a boat to a hamlet two days away.
Fishery inspection and maritime sovereignty is handled by the navy under Greenland Command. Inland sovereignty and policing in the north and east Greenland is handled by the military Sirius Patrol.
Search and Rescue, medical evacuation, supply in rough terrain and surveilliance is handled mainly by the airforce (alongside local rescue service), who are now also operating over Canada.

(*) A very positive meaning. If someone "just delivers/nails it/hit it" and so on, he/she really did well.

 

[fairy tale]

Crown Princess Mary visits Greenland with Mary Foundation (2012) - YouTube

 

[Roskilde]

Mary on a private excursion then she was in Greenland. She fell in love with this little puppy and the owners decided to call it Mary

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Article from Sermitsiaq: Mary fik en slædehund | Sermitsiaq.AG Nyheder

 

[marfre]

Thanks Roskilde.

Lovely photo.
It reminds me of another taken when Mary and Frederik visited Greenland. I think it was on the visit they made not long after they married.

 

[camelot23ca]

Thanks Roskilde.

Lovely photo.
It reminds me of another taken when Mary and Frederik visited Greenland. I think it was on the visit they made not long after they married.

What a cute little namesake Mary has!

 

[Muhler]

Continuation of the coverage in Billed Bladet of Mary's visit to Greenland.

Summary of article in Billed Bladet #24, 2012.
Børnene klæbede til Mary - The children were like glued to Mary.
Written by Anna Johannesen.

The Free from Bullying project is in Greenland called Kammagiitta and both the Mary Foundation and Save the Children went to see what that had led to.
They visited the small town of Illulissat and the hamlet of Saqgaq. (*)
The DRF are very popular as it is Greenland, with Mary and Frederik being the superstars and that is basically how Mary was treated.

Kammagiitta has now been in effect for a couple of years and the results are already showing. The children have become more open and caring towards each other, they are better at solving conflicts among themselves and they have become better mates.
They have also made their own songs to be used as a part of the project, so Mary was of course treated to singing and dancing on the topic of Kammagiitta.

The total population of the hamlet of Saqqaq is 180 and practically everyone had turned out, including visitors from neighbouring hamlets up and down the coast.
Mary's camera was busy, both in regards to capturing the landscape and the local children. (**) Mary also left her autograph, scratched into a window pane in the very small local school.

Mary said about the visit: "Greenland has always had a special place in my husband, the Crown Princes', heart and after my first visit - also in mine".

The run, which is a part of the project, was also a thing started by Mary and the children got a medal by Mary when the crossed the finishing line. (***)
Mary also visited a family crisis centre in the small town of Illulissat before leaving. (****)

The head of Danish Save the Children, Mimi Jacobsen was also a part of the delegation and she said: "The human values are the same everywhere. We just simply to learn how to behave decently towards each other".

Mimi Jacobsen said about Mary: "It was a great pleasure to see how heartily the Crown Princess was recieved by the Greenlandic children. They were crazy about her. Mary, Mary, was heard from everywhere and she acknowleged that with a smile handshakes. In one place the line with children was at least 100 meters long and she didn't skip a single one of them".

(*) Probably a wise thing to do as there is a larger concentration of Danes in the major towns, which inevitable willl result in some cultural influence. But as so much of Greenland consists of small towns and hamlets, they would wittness a more purely Greenlandic approach to Free from Bullying.

(**) I remember Frederik saying something about how they used pictures to explain to Christian (back then) what mum and dad were doing when they were away.

(***) She did the same thing a short while back here in DK.

(****) Unfortunately domestic problems is a huge issue in Greenland, so such centres are very much a necessity. Some centres are for children only, so they have a place to go when both mum and dad are drunk.

 

[Daria_S]

Thank you for the summary, Muhler. It's appreciated as always.

I'm glad that the anti-bullying campaign is such a success, and that Mary is taking it abroad, so to speak. It's so important to teach children to be kind to each other, and to accept each other's differences. Children need to understand that for some of their peers school is the safest place, because home is anything but ideal, for whatever reason. I'm so glad the children are responding to the intervention and that Mary was such a hit with them. Children will never feign liking someone, so when they see a good person, they're fast to make their acquaintance.

 

[Roskilde]

www.maryfonden.dk has published a new gallery with a few unseen "private" images of Mary in Greenland

One of the pictures: http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/317898_440316009336226_66033292_n.jpg


Gallery: Mary Fonden