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Greenland Travel Guide

New from Bradt, this Greenland travel guide is the first standalone guidebook to the country from a mainstream publisher.

Targeted at independent travellers, but equally serving those visiting on organised tours or cruises, this guide combines essential information with advice on what to see and do, and where to stay and eat. Every chapter is infused with Greenland’s remarkable combination of pristine nature and traditional culture, which sets it apart from Arctic neighbours – and which makes a trip so rewarding.

The world’s twelfth-largest country, but also part of the Kingdom of Denmark, Greenland sits near the top of the world, a vast expanse of white in a planet full of green, blue and brown. Today’s visitors relish opportunities for close encounters with immense icebergs and glaciers. The epic scenery provides the backdrop to the numerous activities on offer – from visiting the world’s second-largest ice sheet or taking to the sea in search of fifteen species of whale, and from hiking the 160km-long Arctic Circle Trail to seeking out polar bears, musk oxen and walruses. Greenland in winter is another world, the endless night brightened by the mesmerising northern lights. It remains a snowy paradise until spring – the best time to travel by dog sled or snowmobile across the frozen tundra. To relax afterwards, why not close your trip with a few days of nature-inspired art, eclectic culture and fine dining in the diminutive capital, Nuuk?

Greenland has always been a destination for pioneering explorers: the Inuit who arrived from the west; the Norsemen who came from the east; and mariners seeking the Northwest Passage. Part of the attraction for today’s visitors is to experience an element of the challenges they faced.