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DAY 1 REYKJAVÍK, ICELAND, EMBARKATION AND OUR JOURNEY BEGINS
DAY 2 AT SEA
DAY 3 SKJOLDUNGEN / SAQQISIKUIK
The island of Skjoldungen is without doubt one of most beautiful areas in East Greenland. Situated at 63° N, the island is surrounded by narrow, steep fjords and glaciers, and with plenty of the cool, crisp and clean air of the ever present and nearby ice sheet.
DAY 4 PRINCE CHRISTIAN SOUND
We deliberately opt for a far more comfortable but at the same time more spectacular route, cruising via the inside passage through the Prince Christian Sound. This 60 km long waterway, from the Atlantic in the east, to the settlement Aapilattoq in the heart of the fjordlands of South West Greenland.
DAY 5 SOUTH GREENLAND, ERIC THE RED’S BRATTAHLID AT QASSIARSUK
Early in the morning we sailed into Eriksfjord, which in Greenland is called Tunulliarfik. We throw anchor off Erik the Red's Brattahlíð settlement, where the Qassiarssuk village is today.
DAY 6 VISITING THE GREENLAND CAPITAL CITY NUUK
During the morning and day, we cruise north to reach Nuuk in the afternoon. As we enter the Nuuk Fjord we have fair chances of encountering the area's seasonal visitors: the humpback whales.
The world's smallest capital is in Greenland considered by many a mighty metropolis - a total of 17,000 people live here today, almost a third of the country’s population.
DAY 7 AT SEA
DAY 8 QEQERTARSUAQ ON DISKO ISLAND, 'KAFFEMIK' IN A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND EQIP SERMIA GLACIER.
Under Disko Island’s 1000-metre-high mountains we enter the protected natural habour that has the Danish name ‘Godhavn’ or Good Harbour and in Greenlandic ‘Qeqertarsuaq’ which means ‘The Big Island’.
During the afternoon the ship heads east towards the giant glacier Eqip Sermia in the north-easterly corner of Disko Bay. This glacier is, without overstating, one of the most impressive in Greenland. Here you can experience a glacier calve up close, which is not possible in Ilulissat. Great crevasses, deep blue glacial streams, a landscape so unique and stunning that words are simply not sufficient. An outstanding opportunity to see, hear and smell this mighty ice world. In the evening, we will prepare for departure.
DAY 9 CAPITAL OF THE ICEBERGS, ILULISSAT
Ilulissat is possibly the most well located town in Greenland. The name simply means ‘icebergs’ in Greenlandic and the town’s nickname is rightly ‘The Iceberg Capital of the World’.
The icebergs come from the Icefjord, which is located a half hour’s hike south of Ilulissat. These impressive frozen structures are born some 70km deeper into the fjord by the enormous Sermeq Kujalleq glacier. This 10km-wide glacier is the most productive glacier outside of Antarctica. Whereas most glaciers only calve at a rate of approximately a meter a day, the Ilulissat glacier calves at a rate of 25 meters per day. The icebergs produced by the glacier represent more than 10% of all icebergs in Greenland, corresponding to 20 million tons!
DAY 10 THE SETTLEMENT OF SARFANNGUIT
The settlement of Sarfannguit, which translates into "the place of the little stream” an appropriate name for a settlement nestled at the foothills of the mountains and glaciers in the distant backcountry. The settlement’s slightly more than 100 residents live off hunting, trapping and fishing, most often in pursuit of arctic char, reindeer and musk oxen.
DAY 11 KANGERLUSSUAQ, DISEMBARKATION
During the night, we will have completed our passage through the 160-kilometer/100 mile Kangerlussuaq Fjord. After breakfast aboard the ship, we will bid farewell to the ship's staff and the Zodiac boats will shuttle us to shore.
As our time in Greenland concludes, we will fly from Kangerlussuaq to Reykjavík Airport, Iceland, and your Arctic adventure will have concluded.
Note: For 2025 departure, please see day by day itineray below -
- Day 1 Reykjavik, Iceland
- Day 2 Crossing the Denmark Strait
- Day 3 Tasililaq, East Greenland
- Day 4 Ikateq And Kuummiut, East Greenland
- Day 5 Sermilik, East Greenland
- Day 6 Skjoldungen, Southeast Greenland
- Day 7 Prins Christian Sund And Aappilattoq
- Day 8 Qassiarsuk And Itilleq Kujalleq
- Day 9 At Sea, En Route To Nuuk
- Day 10 Nuuk, Capital Of Greenland
- Day 11 Kangaamiut And Evighedsfjorden
- Day 12 Kangerlussuaq, Disembarkation