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- 6 Breakfasts, 6 Lunches, 6 Dinners
Travel in one of the largest wilderness areas in the Northern Hemisphere. It introduces its visitors to some of the most spectacular coast lines in the world, and the deep fjords are surrounded by majestic peaks and tundra-covered slopes. Use sturdy Zodiacs to explore further afield, cruise amongst large stranded icebergs, and make shore landings.
Scoresby Sound is the world’s largest fjord system and could be explored for weeks. It offers some of the most spectacular scenery Greenland has to offer: jagged peaks as tall as 2000 meters coming straight out of the sea and rare glimpses of the Greenland ice cap, the largest ice cap in the northern hemisphere. Large glaciers pour into the sea, giving birth to an unexpected quantity of beautiful icebergs, some of them larger than high-rise buildings.
During your expedition, you have good chances to spot the magnificent, prehistoric-looking musk ox or the lovely white Arctic hare. Also keep an eye out for snow bunting, gyrfalcons, and ptarmigans. With a bit of luck, you might actually encounter polar bears.
In hope of circumnavigating Milne Land, the second largest island in Greenland, sailing through the narrow and spectacular Føhn Fjord, Røde Fjord and Ø Fjord. During walks on the tundra, you may find remains from early Inuit cultures that settled here. The archaeological record in Northeast Greenland is long and involves a remarkable diversity of groups that discovered and explored the region at least seven times over thousands of years.
As you sail into the rarely visited Nordvestfjord, you also enter the largest national park in the world at almost 1 million square kilometers, more than twice the size of Sweden. This fjord is often filled with icebergs, making for challenging but spectacular navigation.
There is also a plan to visit Ittoqqortoormiit, home to some 450 Greenlanders and the only settlement in Northeast Greenland. It is located 500 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle, and the nearest town is Tasiilaq, 800 kilometers to the south.
In a town where the sea ice blocks ships from visiting most of the year, hunting and fishing are the only ways of survival. During your visit, you can get a unique opportunity to learn more about living and surviving in this remote part of the world.