ADVENTURE IN GREENLAND
Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen - Kangerlussuaq
In
partnership with Le Cercle Polaire, as part of the Women at the Poles
operation with featured guest Laurent Mayet and Lucie Marsal.
Set
sail with PONANT on an itinerary discovering the unexplored shores of
the eastern coast of Greenland. During this 15-day expedition cruise,
you will follow in the footsteps of the great explorers?who pushed the
boundaries of polar navigation from the 19th century onwards.
From
Longyearbyen in Spitsbergen, Le Boréal will make its way to
Jan Mayen Island, which was very dear to Captain?Jean-Baptiste Charcot.
Located on the threshold of the Arctic and North Atlantic oceans, this
isolated and uninhabited volcanic island was a whale hunting centre and
is home to large bird colonies.
Set
a course for Iceland to discover the charming village of
Isafjörður, at the heart of the fjords in the
north-west of the country, a wild place of lost valleys and vertiginous
cliffs.
Your
ship will then continue on to Greenland, known for its wild natural
environments, its alpine landscapes and its majestic fjords. In this
land of legend and of major polar explorations, you will follow in the
footsteps of some of the great figures who decided to go beyond the
limits of the known world.
In
the vastness of this island, you will discover the narrow Prince
Christian Sound, a waterway connecting the south-east of Greenland to
the south-west. Mountains with jagged peaks, rocky cliffs, waterfalls,
and floating ice form a wonderful wild landscape in which frolic
colonies of bearded seals.
During
the last part of your cruise, you will sail up the West coast of
Greenland. Along the way, admire the stunning Tasermiut and Ikka fjords
and the blue-tinged icebergs of Narsaq. It is here, in the Qaqortoq
region, that Erik the Red settled to establish what would become
Greenland’s first European settlement.
