Vikings and ice · 7 nights · Nuugaarsuk to Nuugaarsuk

South Greenland: the Norse fjords and Prins Christian Sund

Erik the Red's farm, Hvalsey Church, Tasermiut's granite walls, a whole day through Prins Christian Sund and hot springs among the icebergs.

  • July - September
  • 8 Days / 7 Nights
  • Nuugaarsuk to Nuugaarsuk
  • 8 days, 7 stops
  • Culture, Adventure
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Nuugaarsuk

Board among the icebergs

  • Icebergs from the first evening
  • Welcome dinner
  • Glacier ice in the drinks
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Qassiarsuk and Narsarsuaq

Qassiarsuk, Narsarsuaq · Erik the Red's farm

  • Brattahlíð
  • The Kiattuut glacier
  • Kujataa, UNESCO

The idea of the week

Greenland's green corner, where Erik the Red settled a thousand years ago. Sheep farms and Viking ruins sit next to icebergs and granite spires, and the week ends in Prins Christian Sund, a hundred kilometres of channel between peaks and glaciers that is one of the great passages of the far north.

Gentler walking than the far north, more history, and a hot spring on an island full of icebergs.

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.

  • History
  • Icebergs
  • Hot springs
  • Hiking

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 works

Also 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 Europe

Woven into the week

What the crew arrange along the way

The parts of the week that need a phone call before you arrive: tables, guides, instructors and the toys on deck.

The tender fleet

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.

The polar plunge, then the hot tub

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.

A polar guide on board

We 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.

  • A full-time polar guide for the week
  • Local hosts, skippers and restaurants
  • The Explorer level on ARCTIC's listing
The helideck

A 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.

  • Glacier landings
  • Flightseeing over the peaks and the ice
  • Dinner reached by air
  • Subject to local permits
More nights

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.

  • Add nights to any route
  • Join two routes into one voyage
  • Ask us which regions she is in which month

Yachts

Yachts available in Northern Europe right now

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 yachts

Back to Northern Europe

The other weeks we have planned on this coast, and when to go.

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