GREENLAND  explorer

DEPENDING ON LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND ICE FLOW, LEG 4 AND LEG 3 MAY BE ROUTED TO SCORESBY SUND OR TASIILAQ.  BOTH LEG 3 AND LEG 4 WILL BE FLEXIBLE MULTI-STOP EXPLORATION LEGS BETWEEN ICELAND AND GREENLAND.

MULTI STOP ARCTIC CIRCLE EXPEDITION: 

Possibly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to explore one of the most imposing and majestic landscapes on the planet, inaccessible by land and only during a few weeks in the summer.

When you arrive for your leg, and due to the weather and ice forecast for the coming ten to twelve days, the final route will be scheduled. 

Depending on the ice flow we will take one of two options: Head northwards into the Arctic Circle and to Scoresby Sund, the longest fjord in the world. There is magnificent scenery extending some 80 miles to where the fjord splits providing some shallow water and the opportunity to get ashore. On your way there you may call at Isafjordur, a small fishing port on the North West coast of Iceland.

Alternatively, your expedition will go westwards towards Tasiilaq, a town set inside a fjord on the East Coast of Greenland that is often quite full of ice. This can provide the exciting experience of working through ice to reach the town which has some basic facilities, but getting alongside the pier is often impossible so your expedition yacht may have to anchor close by.

Icebergs are certain to be sighted and you will be on ice watch throughout the short hours of darkness and throughout the day, often pushing smaller bergs aside to make progress. 

There is often remarkable refraction on this coast which means the mountains of Greenland can be seen at a range of more than 60 miles.  A word of warning – Greenland midges make the Scottish ones look amateurish. Fortunately they don’t like flying very far from the shore!