The flagship · 7 nights · Kangerlussuaq to Kangerlussuaq
The flagship: stand on the ice sheet, then the icebergs of the Ilulissat Icefjord, a day in front of the calving Eqi glacier and Disko Island.
Kangerlussuaq, Point 660 · Point 660, then board
Before boarding, a drive out to Point 660 to stand on the Greenland ice sheet. Then board and start down the 190-kilometre Kangerlussuaq fjord, musk oxen and caribou on the shore.
Greenland's second town
Sisimiut, part of the UNESCO Aasivissuit–Nipisat Inuit hunting landscape, then overnight north to Disko Bay.
The idea of the week
The flagship of the programme, and the most famous ice on earth. Kangerlussuaq is Greenland's main airport, so you step off the plane, drive out to stand on the ice sheet itself, and board. Then north to Ilulissat, where the icebergs from one of the fastest glaciers in the world drift out of the UNESCO icefjord, a day in front of the Eqi glacier as it calves, and Disko Island.
If you only ever do one Greenland week, do this one.
The days are the route we would suggest. On board, the captain sets the final one around the ice, the weather and the wildlife, and every week can be reshaped around your group.
What the week costs
The yacht's published weekly rate, plus an Advance Provisioning Allowance, customarily 30 percent, for fuel, food, drink and berths, plus local VAT where it applies. Every listing shows its rate.
How charter pricing worksAlso on this coast
Everything we know about Northern Europe: when to go, where the fleet is and the other weeks we have planned.
Open Northern EuropeWoven into the week
The parts of the week that need a phone call before you arrive: tables, guides, instructors and the toys on deck.
A polar guide on boardWe always recommend it. A full-time guide is what opens the doors: the orca days, the Sámi families, the farm dinners, the hidden beaches the guidebooks do not have. It is the Explorer level on ARCTIC's listing, and where we start every plan.
ARCTIC carries one of the largest tender fleets in charter: Zodiacs and RIBs for the glacier fronts and the whales, kayaks and paddleboards for the still mornings, dive gear and room for an ROV. Wherever she anchors, there is a way onto the water or the ice.
Someone always goes first. A swim in the fjord or among the ice, straight into the Jacuzzi on deck or the sauna, and a story you will tell for years.
The helideckA helicopter on board turns a glacier into a lunch stop. Landings on the ice, flights over the peaks, a dinner reached by air. Where it can fly depends on local permits, which we arrange before the charter.
Every week here is seven nights because that is how ARCTIC's programme runs, but any of them can grow. Two regions back to back is the trip of a lifetime: the fjords then the Arctic Circle, or Iceland then East Greenland.
Yachts
Live from our charter list, in a different order every visit so you see the range. Every rate is the real weekly figure from the listing.
The live list for Northern Europe is a tap away.
Every yacht available here, with its published weekly rate.
Explore available yachtsThe other weeks we have planned on this coast, and when to go.
