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Day 1
We arrive in Aasiaat from Kangerdlussuak by chartered plane. Aasiaat is a settlement, originally built in the 17th century to support the whaling at the mouth of Disko Bay. The port here is free from late spring to early winter. We will spend the first part of night at anchor in Aasiaat or in one of the bays nearby.
Day 2
Today we plan to sail north of Grønne Island to the large Jakobshavn Isfjord, famed for its enormous icebergs, where we spend some hours. It is a good area for Humpback Whales.
Alternatively we try to sail into Ata Sund to Eqip Sermia
Day 3
At the western tip of Nussuaq Peninsula we plan to land at Bjørnefaelden.
Day 4
At Uummannaq, we approach High Arctic waters. Seal hunting and fishing is still an important source of income for the local people and they also have many dogs which haul their sledges in winter. We may also visit the nearby Qilakitsoq site, on the north coast of the Nuussuaq Peninsula, where some years ago a family of mummified Thule culture people from the 15th century was found.
Day 5
Nugarssuk has Thule houses, a lovely small lake Eqaluit (where the trout are found) and a low hill with great views toward the Greenland icecap. Through a maze of fjords and straits with huge icebergs, and flanked by high mountainsides, we work our way north and sail to Akugdleq with its fantastic geological formations creating a desert like image. At Pamiagdlua, opposite Akugdleq, the landscape can be likened to that of where NASA tested its Marsrover's.
Day 6
We will hopefully land at the head of the fjord, where Wegener began his ascent of the icecap. The glacier Scheideck which 80 years ago ended at the coast has retreated about 10 km inland. In the same area we will see Marmorilik with the Black Angel Mine for zinc and lead high in the mountains.
Day 7
If conditions allow, we will circumnavigate Upernivik Ø and sail through the narrow fjords of Inukavsait, surrounded by mountains of over 2000m and glaciers at all sides. At the head of the Kangerlugssuak Fjord we may land at Nungutagssuak with Thule houses, a beautiful valley near a giant glacier front and in the valley a hanging glacier. Later we may be able to sail among the icebergs of the Kangerlugssuak to the west.
Day 8
In the morning we may possibly be able to take a zodiac cruise to Schades Øer with Arctic Tern colonies and sometimes Sabines Gulls. In the afternoon we may sail along the south coast of Svartenhuk Peninsula and explore the valleys of Savik and Akunerit, where we sometimes see Musk Oxen. The west side of Akunerit is dotted with lakes, where Canada Geese and Arctic Skua's often breed.
Day 9
On Hareøen we will possibly make a landing at the northeast side at Umivinguaq, a lovely little bay with Thule houses. Alternatively we will land in Nordfjord or Qasigissat and explore the lush tundra landscapes near lakes in valleys surrounded by basalt cliffs. At Qasigissat we may be able to observe populations of both ducks and geese, who often frequent this area.
Day 10
In Fortunebay (Greenlandic, Kitdlit = whale bay) and Engkelsmanshavn we may land near some warm (8 degrees C) springs, which create a lush vegetation. We will keep a lookout for Humpback Whales when we sail south of Godhavn to Hunde Ejlands, with a small Greenlandic settlement, old dwellings of Greenland's Thule culture (dating from 11th century) and graves from 18th century European Whalers.
Day 11
We arrive in Aasiaat and disembark. At midday we fly from Aasiaat to Reykjavik by chartered plane.
In the morning we fly from Aasiaat to Kangerdlussuak by charterd flight, and onward by scheduled flight to Copenhagen (flights not included in the voyage cost).
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