After landing at Kangerlussuaq, we embarked on a bus ride down the fjord to our awaiting ship, the Sylvia Earle. The journey started with zodiac rides and soon, the vast Arctic wilderness surrounded us. As we crossed below the Arctic Circle and into the Davis Strait, we marveled at the towering glaciers reflecting the golden evening light. Originally established as Sonderstrom, a U.S. military base in 1941 during World War II, this small settlement is now Greenland’s main air hub. Kangerlussuaq lies at the edge of a vast wilderness that includes the Greenland Ice Sheet.
