Fantastic adventure that takes you deep into the arctic wilderness!

• Tour Description

  Highlights of the Tour

  • Schooner Adventure
  • Pictueresque Fjords and Arctic Wildlife
  • Silence

  Scoresby Sound Tour in a Schooner   
  On this tour you get to experience the arctic in a completely different way, on a schooner! The Scoresby Sound great fjord system extends 350 kilometers inland with numerous fjords branching off in all directions, so travelling by boat is a great way to explore this remote region. We will sail between remarkable icebergs that drift from the calving glaciers. We will make pit stops to visit islands and fjords that display surprising vegetation and are home to wildlife. Also this manner of travelling gives us the opportunity to reach fjords that resemble more canyons with sheer cliffs, plummeting to depths of more than 2000 meters! Along the way we will also get in touch with the local culture and explore their history. This is a fantastic adventure that takes you deep into the arctic wilderness!

  Tour type: 8 days sailing tour mixed with short walks

  Total sailing distance: Approx. 500 kilometers

  Included: Guide for 8 days, flights: Reykjavík - Constable Point – Reykjavik, food on board for 8 days (from lunch day 1 to lunch day 8, except for lunch on day 7) with soft drinks (possibility to purchase alcoholic beverages), accommodation on board for 7 nights, excursions and arrangements as noted in the itinerary.

  Not included: Personal equipment, insurance and expenses. Optional: guided hiking tour in Ittoqqortoormiit.

  Special opportunity for groups - Charter the whole boat!

• Tour Itinerary

  Day 1 (Wednesday): Depart Reykjavík for a flight to Constable Point Greenland, a small airfield on the west side of Hurry Inlet in Jameson Land. Embark and get an introduction and a safety briefing by the crew and then sail towards the village of Ittoqqortoormiit where the evening is spent with locals in perhaps the most isolated village of the world. Ittoqqortoormiit was founded in the 1925s by people from Ammassalik. It is the most northerly settlement on the east coast of Greenland. The 450 inhabitants make their living mostly by subsistence hunting of seals, Narwhale, Muskoxen and Polar Bear. The quaint little houses dot the rocky slopes of south Liverpool Land with magnificent views of Kap Brewster and the Volquart Boons Coast to the south.

  Day 2 (Thursday): Sail west between whole palaces of icebergs that gently drift under the influence of the currents in the Arctic waters in the mighty fjord of Scoresby Sound, after calving from the parent glaciers originating in the Inland Ice. Anchor at Hekla Havn, on Denmark Ø, the site of an old Inuit settlement and wintering camp of the first scientific expedition to Scoresby Sound over a hundred years ago. A short evening walk exploring Hekla Havn, and the surrounding area.

  Day 3 (Friday): Sail west through the narrow Føhnfjord with the majestic basalt mountains of Gåseland on the port side and 2000 metres high sheer granite cliffs of Milne Land on the Starboard side. After being up close to the peculiar looking Red Island and even landfall at the red sandstone shore the tour continues to the north through Rødefjord which is often filled with both larger icebergs and ice crust from icebergs that are breaking up. We will arrive in Harefjord in the late afternoon where anchors are set for two nights.

  Day 4 (Saturday): The whole day is spent ashore in Harefjord scouting for muskoxen, snow hares, grouse, geese and other wildlife, which normally graze on the south facing slopes. Between 6 and 7 hours of easy to moderate hiking with a lunch break at the top of a ridge with a breath taking view over Harefjord where the glacier tongues descend into the sea. Those who prefer less exercise can stroll at the coast or stay on board enjoying the view. In the evening the crew will make a bonfire and prepare BBQ at the rocky beach.

  Day 5 (Sunday): The sailing continues eastwards through the awesome Øfjord. This is one of the most spectacular parts of the trip. Terrific mountain peaks and granite walls tower 200 meters up from the sea just like if the Cerro Torre (one of the majestic mountains of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in South America) and Fitzroy river (in Queensland, Australia) has been moved to the Arctic: A true feast for the eyes. Usually the sea breeze in the Øfjord during the middle of the day allows sails to be set. Close look at some of the most amazing cliffs and a glacier front. This day ends by setting anchors in Jyttes Havn Bjørneøe in the late afternoon.

  Day 6 (Monday): The day is spent hiking in and around Jytteshavn in Bear Islands as this is possibly one of the nicest and most picturesque anchorages in Scoresby Sound. There are two options of a longer or shorter hike in the Bear Islands, or on the northernmost tip of Milneland, a short zodiac ride away. Jytteshavn is the place to try your skills at sea swimming at 71°N and temperatures can be as surprising as 13°C in the summertime. In the evening we offer a nice meal on board and then a cosy bonfire on the beach with story telling or singing.

  Day 7 (Tuesday) : Sailing tyhe channel between the Bear Islands and Milne land with a breathtaking view of the spectacular archipelago. As we sail into the last evening and night of the trip it is likely that we‘ll be experiencing sights of the largest and the most fascinating icebergs of the journey. This provides a fantastic opportunity for photographs of the majestic and impressive icebergs that are often found in this particular area. When we wake up the next morning we are anchored at the at the airstrip in Constable Point.

  Day 8 (Wednesday): The last morning we will enjoy a good breakfast together, write in the diary on board and share contact information with each other. Then we will disembark the schooner for the last time and board the aircraft in Constable Point and fly back to Reykjavík Iceland. 

   The itinerary is subject to change for reasons beyond our control, such as changes in airline schedules, flight and ship delays, strikes, weather, sea and ice conditions, government restrictions or emergencies for which we cannot be held responsible. If pack-ice conditions do not permit the planned itinerary to be completed, the captain and expedition leaders will work out the best possible alternative. We reserve the right to change or alter the program if necessary.

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