Scientists around the world warn that Greenland is melting without delay, but its natural beauties continue to impress in this remote part of the planet that we still have time to visit. Stopping in the glacier- embellished Inuit villages and gazing at the polar fauna of this white Arctic island is a unique experience. Greenland is unlike any other part of the world. That is the great nature. Out in the open. Just to think that people have survived in such extreme conditions of polar cold for more than a thousand years is something that is impressive.
Fram is the star ship of Hurtigruten , the Norwegian shipping company that travels the waters of this white Arctic island, the second largest on the planet after Australia, in the summer season. It is not a cruise like those made in the Mediterranean or the Caribbean, here the objective is to discover the world of the Inuits and the icebergs . It is precisely these blocks of ice that float in the sea and the love of the Eskimos who live in these lands that really like Greenland.
In Greenland you can find more than one surprise. You never know what awaits you at every moment or what your eyes can see. You can suddenly discover the whiplash of a whale’s dorsal fin, marvel at the plummeting of a glacier over the sea or marvel at a tangled iceberg, spectacular for its shape and bluish colors that are reflected in the sea. The impressions of this great nature always captivate. Nobody is disappointed.
Kangerlussuag is the usual first entry stop to Greenland. Some 600 people live on the edge of this former military airport, which the Americans built during World War II to serve as a springboard between the United States and Europe. The inhospitable place is famous for being a magnificent place to contemplate the arctic terrestrial fauna and, especially, the musk ox. Only a couple dozen of these woolly herbivores arrived in the 1960s from Canada, but today more than 15,000 graze the plain, another postcard from Greenland.
