Glaciers & Icebergs

Stunning icebergs off Greenland’s west coast.

Fancy a polar adventure?  Then take a look at Hurtigruten’s Glaciers & Icebergs voyage along Greenland’s west coast.

The 9-day Disko Bay expedition will explore Inuit culture and Greenland’s landscape including the icebergs of Ilulissat.

A lone traveler.

This Greenland adventure will begin with a flight from Copenhagen to Kangerlussuaq.

Then MS Fram will sail to the seafaring town of Sisimiut and the port of Qeqertarsuaq, home to an Arctic research station.

Highlights of the Glaciers & Icebergs voyage will include:

• Walking or hiking Uummannaq;
• Calling at the traditional settlement of Ukkusissat;
• Sailing to the three-mile-long glacier front of Eqip Sermia;
• Visiting llulissat, UNESCO World Heritage Site, and
• Seeing the island of ltilleq, close to the Arctic Circle.

Optional excursions will range from hiking up Palasip Qaqqa Mountain and a helicopter ride in Ilulissat.

The package includes cabin accommodation; transfers; roundtrip flights between Copenhagen and Kangerlussuaq; meals and a wind and waterproof jacket.

Hurtigruten sails to remote destinations Antarctica, Greenland, the Arctic’s Spitsbergen and year-round along Norway’s coast and spring in Europe.

For more info, visit the Hurtigruten site.

Images courtesy of Hurtigruten.