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- Known as the most remote inhabited community in the western hemisphere with only 373 inhabitants, Ittoqqortoormiit is located above the Arctic circle at the mouth of the largest fjord system in the world.
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Apr 26, 2019 · As a result, there’s barely any human habitation for a 1,000-kilometer radius around Ittoqqortoormiit, which is filled with cheerfully painted houses.
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Apr 27, 2019 · As a result, there’s barely any human habitation for a 1,000-kilometer radius around Ittoqqortoormiit, which is filled with cheerfully painted houses.
Apr 26, 2019 · Desolately beautiful: There's very little human habitation around the tiny village, which is filled with cheerfully painted houses. Courtesy Hotels.com. Prime spot: It's a great place...
Aug 20, 2024 · Ittoqqortoormiit (pronounced: it-ockor-tormit) is a 370-person village of colourfully painted homes sandwiched between the world's largest national park to the north and the largest fjord system...
- Sample A Local Delicacy
- Look Out For Polar Bears
- See The Northern Lights Without Even Trying
- Drive A Snowmobile on Sea Ice and Sit on An Iceberg
When you venture to somewhere so isolated, you can expect to hear that the locals eat things you normally might not. You might be able to sample musk ox (I loved it!), seal, whale, narwhal skin (a delicacy – apparently best eaten with Aromat, my favourite Swiss condiment that the Danish and Greenlanders also love), walrus, and more. The Government ...
Depending on when you visit, you might be able to catch the elusive polar bear or narwhal. Our guide Jan shared with us this picture of when a polar bear came up to his kitchen window and began looking in at him and his grandchild having breakfast. He also told us that he had once seen a hundred narwhals from his porch as he was sipping coffee at b...
After much disappointment chasing the lights in Iceland, I was skeptical when our guide said that we would definitely see them that night. We were instructed simply to look outside around 9.30pm. There is nothing like seeing the northern lightsfor the first time, and what’s more from our bedroom window! It started off as a light green horizontal st...
Driving a snowmobile on the fresh yet rough sea ice in between icebergs was an amazing experience. The icebergs were of various sizes. I even sat on one. The guide warned us against driving all the way to the giant iceberg that was looming so temptingly in the distance, explaining that you can never tell how deep the ice beneath you is. Also, as ev...
Ittoqqortoormiit (East Greenlandic: [itːɔqːɔtːɔːmːiːt]; West Greenlandic: Illoqqortoormiut [iɬːɔqːɔtːɔːmːiut]), formerly known as Scoresbysund, is a settlement in the Sermersooq municipality in eastern Greenland. Its population was 345 as of 2020, and it has been described as one of the most remote settlements on Earth.
Oct 16, 2023 · AFP photographer Olivier Morin captured life in Ittoqqortoormiit in the dying days of summer when young and old make the best of the few weeks when the living is easier.
