Leading and teaching
During your discovery of Greenland, your Expedition Team will lead the way on short hikes and guided landscape explorations, flora and fauna spotting, cultural site visits, community walks and small boat cruises.
The world's most unique destinations are waiting for you.
Discover some of the possible landing sites you may visit on an expedition cruise to Greenland.
Discover some of the possible landing sites you may visit on an expedition cruise to Greenland.
Camp Frieda
Beathtaking scenery and Arctic flora await near Camp Frieda. The place is actually named after Friederike Bronny, a member of the Hurtigruten Expedition Team.
Ilulissat
Brightly coloured houses are surrounded by icebergs in the third largest town in Greenland, located at the entrance to the stunning Ilulissat Icefjord World Heritage Site.
Disko Bay
Discover charming settlements, icebergs and rich wildlife in this historically important bay - one of the best spots in Greenland for whale watching.
Sisimiut
is 40 km north of the Arctic Circle, and is the second-largest town in Greenland.
Nuuk
is Greenland’s capital, situated at the mouth of one of the most spectacular fjord systems in the world.
Ivittuut
is a good location to scan for herds of powerful musk oxen in ruggedly beautiful Arctic landscape.
Qaqortoq
is considered one of the most beautiful towns in Greenland.
Crossing the Denmark Strait
The Irminger Sea was used by the Vikings to migrate from Iceland to Greenland 1,000 years ago.
Reykjavik
is the world’s northernmost capital city. Settlers named the place ‘Smoky Bay’ after the columns of steam rising from local hot springs.
Our experts are here to safeguard both explorers and the pristine environment. They serve as your invaluable hosts throughout your expedition cruise.
During your discovery of Greenland, your Expedition Team will lead the way on short hikes and guided landscape explorations, flora and fauna spotting, cultural site visits, community walks and small boat cruises.
“Some of my favourite experiences on expedition cruises are getting sprayed by a humpback whale and sighting polar bears from a close but safe distance.”
– Steffen, Expedition Team Leader
Greenland is a land of contrasts. Colossal icebergs calve from the inland ice sheet against a backdrop of green mountains, long fjords and beautiful wild flowers. A rich variety of animal life add to its splendour, including sea mammals, game, and birds by the million. Still, the best description of what Greenland is all about is the Greenlandic name of the world’s biggest island: Kalaallit Nunaat –the “Land of the people".
The fine-tuned interaction between man and nature, as illustrated by the traditional lives of hunters in small isolated communities, is reflected in the language, music, myths, clothing and food.
Like no other polar destination, Greenland offers close interaction and unique cultural experiences along with breathtaking nature.
The total area of Greenland is over 2.1 million square kilometres, with ice covering over 80% of the island. Here you find the most productive glacier in the northern hemisphere. It produces up to 10% of all the icebergs in Greenland – with its massive glacier front feeding a 40 kilometre long fiord packed with sculptural icebergs.
The town of Ilulissat, on the Icefjord, is on the UNESCO world heritage list.
With Hurtigruten you can choose among a variety of expedition sailings to Greeland on the MS Fram and MS Spitsbergen. We cooperate with local suppliers to give you an even closer encounter with the nature, wildlife, culture and history of Greenland. This includes both on-board meetings with the local Inuit and visits to Greenlandic communities and settlements as regular parts of the programme.
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