Come for the wildlife, be amazed by the ice
And as the New York Times stated in a 2020 article listing Greenland as #4 among the Top 52 Places To Go In the World in 2020 (make that 2021 now, given the pandemic): “With that mile-thick ice sheet melting fast, and two new international airports slated to open in 2023, the time to explore an untrammeled, intact Greenland is now.”
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Expedition Highlights
We venture high, deep, and far into both East and West Greenland lured by the chance to see mythic species: muskox, beluga whales, polar bears, killer whales, even the possibility of the elusive narwhal. And to log the exhilarating sightings of other iconic creatures—walrus, humpbacks, bearded and ringed seals—that our keen-eyed spotters reliably deliver each year.
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Life Aboard
It is a privilege to visit Greenland, and to this privilege, National Geographic Endurance, National Geographic Resolution, and National Geographic Explorer add the luxury of comfort—a quality of shipboard life and a philosophy of wellness designed to relax and rejuvenate body, mind, and spirit.
Kayaking's Greenland Origins
You can thank Inuit hunters for kayaking. The "qajaq" or hunting boat is the predecessor to the modern kayak. Check out this video of qajaq rolling demonstration we experience in Greenland.
Greenland’s Ilulissat Icefjord
Icebergs dot the ocean in many parts of the Arctic, but from the walking trails that wind along the edge of the Ilulissat Icefjord, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in western Greenland, the icebergs are so concentrated that they fill the landscape.
Greenland National Park by the Numbers
As a fully-stabilized ice class Polar Code PC-5 vessel, the new be capable of safely exploring the most adventurous latitudes. On our East Greenland: Wild Shores of the High Arctic itinerary, National Geographic Endurance will land at one of the most remote national parks on Earth—a historic first for Lindblad. We break down this seldom-seen Arctic paradise by the numbers.
Capturing Greenland: A Photographer's Paradise
Emmett Clarkin, a marine ecologist based in the North West of Ireland and a naturalist and expedition diver with Lindblad, shares some of his top moments from these wild shores—and shows you how the region’s incredible facets keep this place etched on his memory.
Wild Personalities: Narwhal
Learn more about the unicorn of the sea and their tremendous tusks.
Dr. Kathryn Sullivan Shares Her Stories About Space and the Arctic
Geologist, NOAA scientist, and NASA astronaut, Dr. Kathryn Sullivan has had a storied career that has taken her from the far reaches of outer space to the bottom of the world’s oceans. She was also a catalyst in the creation of Lindblad Expeditions’ unique undersea program.
Wandering the Viking Ruins of Brattahlid
At Brattahlid (“the steep slope”), Erik the Red’s estate in the Viking Eastern Settlement, Erik built the first Christian church on the North American continent. The first Greenlandic parliament was held here, and it is also where Leif Eriksson departed to go on to discover Newfoundland and Labrador.
I was fortunately able to share this experience with my wife, son (age 10) and daughter (age 13). It was one of those moments that will stick in our minds forever. My son’s love for photography started on this voyage, and my daughter wrote a beautiful essay about this trip that won an award at school.
Bennett G.
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Although space shuttles never fly directly over the Arctic, on a clear day we could see the lower 25% of Greenland with the fjords all cut in and incised and the stark white on blue of the ice sheet against the ocean. It was an oblique view, like a super-cool postcard picture of a place.
Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, Geologist, NOAA Scientist, and NASA Astronaut
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