Accident Database

Report ID#63982

2015-07-15
accident date
Unknown
victim
n/a
victim age
Søndre Strømfjord (ocean)
river
n/a
section
n/a
location
n/a
gage
n/a
water level
N/A
river difficulty
Flush Drowning
cause code(s)
Does not Apply
injury type(s)
Cold Water, Poor Planning, Solo Paddling, One Boat Trip
factors
Private
trip type
Packraft
boat type
status?
status

Description

In the summer of 2015, a German paddler disappeared in the Søndre Strømfjord near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. He was paddling down the fjord during a multi-day trip. He checked in with his PLB the evening before. It appears to have been windy on the fjord on the day he disappeared. The Søndre Strømfjord is an almost linear, 170 km fjord which can funnel strong winds from the ice sheet. The actual date of this incident is not known. https://thingstolucat.com/2019/08/15/packraft-fatalities/