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Dec 20, 2023 · My trip to Ittoqqortoormiit. If you are dreaming of visiting East Greenland, I hope you include Ittoqqortoormiit in your dream! When you are sailing, it is not so easy to get there at the beginning of the summer, due to the amount of ice in the fiords, and sometimes it is only an icebreaker vessel capable of reaching this place.
- 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...
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Carved out of the world's largest and deepest multi-branched fjord system, Scoresbysund, lies the picturesque town of Ittoqqortoormiit, formerly known as Scoresbysund in Danish. At 70°29'07"N 21°58'00"W, it nestles on Liverpool Land, east of Hurry Inlet near the mouth of the northern shore of the Kangertittivaq fjord, which empties into the Greenland Sea. Bordered by the vast National Park ...
Nov 29, 2018 · I woke up today to this fabulous proposition: stay at the world’s most remote hotel for free. In disbelief, I scoured through the details. The guest house is located in a tiny island off the coast of Greenland called Ittoqqortoomiit with a population of less than 500 people. If that doesn’t ring a bell, according…
Dec 5, 2018 · Ittoqqortoormiit is frozen for nine months a year, and its temperatures often creep towards the minus 4 °F (20 °C) mark. It was mapped for the first time in 1822 by English Arctic explorer William Scoresby. Red, green, yellow and blue wooden structures dot the town of Ittoqqortoormiit in eastern Greenland – Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash
Far away, north-east in the vast country of Greenland, lies Ittoqqortoormiit. A village of colorful houses on the coast, surrounded by mountains. The trip starts in Iceland, from where you fly far to the north, first on an airplane and then change to helicopter, to reach the village. This trip to Ittoqqortoormiit village will give you an unique ...
Nov 16, 2016 · Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland, one of the remotest settlements on Earth. This article is more than 7 years old. Frozen in for nine months a year and sandwiched between the largest national park and ...
