Explore Greenland

EXPLORE GREENLAND AND LEARN ABOUT OUR CHANGING CLIMATE DURING TOUR LED BY NOTED ENVIRONMENTALIST DAVID HATCH

In summer, Greenland’s isolated Arctic high country offers spectacular scenery and indigenous wildlife that includes a herd of approximately 5,000 musk oxen. It is home to giant icebergs, colorful villages and eons-old glaciers that frequently “calve” (breaking off large chunks of ice that crash into... [Read more]

Cruise Denmark to Greenland

Travel tip: Cruise the Atlantic from Denmark to Greenland

At the beginning of June, Albatros Travel is arranging a unique transatlantic cruise lasting 16 days from Copenhagen to Greenland via Bergen (Norway), the Faeroe Islands, Vestmanna Islands, Iceland, Cape Farewell and Kangerlussuaq.

The Danish travel agency uses the fine ocean-going vessel M/S Clipper Adventurer, which is fully equipped for North Atlantic... [Read more]

Explore High Arctic for Climate Change

See the Effects of Global Warming First-Hand

Global warming. You’ve read about it, heard about it on television but likely never have witnessed first-hand its troubling impact on this planet. Now you can, by joining one of a series of “Changing Climate” tour programs scheduled to visit the high Arctic this summer.

Each program is designed to bring ordinary folk into the Arctic regions... [Read more]

Fly for Free, Greenland

New York, NY, January 2008 — Greenland, a rising star on the radar of many experienced travelers, has just gotten less expensive. Hurtigruten, a dominant player in the field of expedition cruising, has announced a “Book A Suite – Fly For Free” special on four eight-day Disko Bay sailings (June 26, July 3, 10 and 17) and the August 28th 15-day Disko Bay/Thule... [Read more]

Unusual Museums in Germany

From science and technology to Easter eggs and everyday life in the former GDR - Germany’s museums have it all. The exhibitions are fun, unique and simply not to be found anywhere else in the world in quite the same way.

In northern Germany, find out how a tornado starts, why soap bubbles shimmer in such a colorful way and why every human being is unique. In the Universum Science Center in Bremen museum which... [Read more]

Cruise from Arctic to Antarctica

New York, NY, December 2006 — In announcing what is believed to be a true first for the cruise industry, Norwegian Coastal Voyage has unveiled a new 66-day Expedition, “World Cruise – From Arctic to Antarctica,” filling passenger’s passports with visits to 44 ports in 17 countries on four continents, taking a longitudinal route from pole-to-pole. Upon stepping aboard the new 160-stateroom MS Fram,... [Read more]

The Remote Arctic and the British Isles Tours

BIRMINGHAM, AL, October 31, 2006 – For those who seek real adventure, breathtaking scenery and rare creatures from unspoiled locales, International Expeditions is offering two journeys in 2007 that will visit some of the world’s remotest regions. The world leader in nature travel, International Expeditions has designed bold and adventurous itineraries to the far-flung coastal regions of England, Ireland, Northern Ireland... [Read more]

Maiden Voyage to Greenland

One of the founders of In the Know Traveler is on a unique voyage this week: he is part of a small group of press that is flying on the first journey from North America to Greenland, in what will become a standard on-stop flight. Leaving from Baltimore, Maryland the Greenland-USA route will officially open in May 2007.

This ushers in a whole new tourist destination, one... [Read more]

Cruise Ship for Greenland

New York, NY July 2006 — Norwegian Coastal Voyage’s MS Fram, currently being built by Italian shipyard Fincantieri, is on schedule for its maiden voyage in April, 2007. The 12,700-ton, 328-berth, eight-deck ship, the first cruise ship built exclusively for sailing in Greenland from May through September, makes significant use of the country’s culture as inspiration for design while incorporating a striking Scandinavian... [Read more]

Cruise Greenland