Hello from GREENLAND! 🇬🇱

As you read this, me and a group of intrepid adventurers from the Wandering Bird community are somewhere on the coast of Greenland, exploring one of the wildest and most remote places I’ve ever visited.

And given that my recent travels have included Antarctica and Svalbard, that’s saying something! 😆

I’m back onboard the good ship Ultramarine and we're exploring incredible fjords (seriously, they are HUGE), walking on glaciers, visiting Inuit villages and experiencing a LOT of wilderness.

On one of our first days in Greenland, we landed by helicopter and were able to take in this incredible view (also saw two polar bears swimming!) 🚁 - yes, that teeny tiny dot in the fjord is the ship!

Where the heck is Greenland?

Greenland is an island way up to the NW of the UK. Go past Iceland and keep going.

And it is HUGE.

In fact, Greenland is the largest island in the world (Australia gets classed as a continent), but despite its size, only around 57,000 people live here.

To put that into perspective, Greenland is roughly nine times the size of the UK… with fewer people than live in many British towns.

Most of the population lives around the coastline because the vast majority of the interior is covered by an enormous ice sheet.

🌍 Some Fun Facts About Greenland:

Around 80% of Greenland is covered in ice 🧊 The Greenland Ice Sheet is the second-largest ice body in the world after Antarctica. In places, the ice is several kilometres thick.

It's not a place for a road trip! There are almost no roads between towns. You can drive around within some of the larger settlements, but you can’t just hop in a car and road trip around Greenland. To get from one town to another, you generally need to fly, sail (as we are) or—in some areas during winter—travel by snowmobile or dog sled. But the communities don't interact all that much. The one we visited gets a ship every 2-3 weeks (longer in winter.)

Greenland is not green. In fact, it's very very ungreen- there are no trees at all and only a few hardy types of flora. The name is believed to have come from Erik the Red, who called it Greenland more than 1,000 years ago, in the hopes of encouraging more people from Iceland to move there.

Which is possibly one of the earliest examples of enthusiastic travel marketing. 😆

The capital is tiny 🏘️ Nuuk is Greenland’s capital and largest city, but it only has around 20,000 residents.

Most people live on the coast 🌊 Because the centre of Greenland is buried beneath the massive ice sheet, almost all settlements are squeezed around the edges of the island (which yes, get covered in thick snow and ice during winter).

There are also lots of tiny communities scattered along the coastline, some with fewer than 100 residents.

It’s part of the Kingdom of Denmark 🇩🇰

I'm sure we all heard a certain someone threatening to invade the country earlier this year. Greenland has its own government and a high degree of self-rule, but it’s still part of the Kingdom of Denmark.

The main language is Greenlandic, although Danish is also widely spoken. English is taught in schools as their third language.

What it’s actually like?

Photos can show you the glaciers and the icebergs, but they don’t really convey the scale of these places.

Or the silence.

Or that slightly surreal feeling of standing somewhere so remote and realising that you might just be the first person EVER to stand on this particular rock.

We're spending our days exploring by Zodiac, hiking ashore, visiting remote communities and have even been paddling in sea kayaks.

Weather, sea conditions, wildlife and ice all get a vote in what we do each day—which means I don’t actually know what the plans are for the rest of the trip.

I’ll be sharing what I can on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube, so have a look there if you’d like to follow along.

Fancy coming on an adventure like this?

One of the things I’ve realised over the past few years is that there’s a big overlap between people who love motorhoming and people who love adventures.

Those “I can’t quite believe I’m actually HERE” sort of trips.

That’s exactly why I created Wandering Travel Tribe.

So, if you’ve ever thought:

“I’d LOVE to do something like that… but I’m not sure I’d want to go alone”

…come and join us on a non-motorhoming adventure.

PATAGONIA MARCH 2027

One of the most incredible places on Earth- and we're going to cruise through it.

This trip is in just 7 months but there may be a couple of cabins available on an awesome last-minute deal with my group discount if you'd like to join us.

​All details here- let me know if you'd like me to get you a quote

ANTARCTICA & SOUTH GEORGIA 2028- NOW OPEN FOR BOOKINGS!!

Yep, we're going back to Antarctica and this time we're going at PEAK penguin season. We're also taking in South Georgia in order to see the King Penguins (you can't often see them in Antarctica)

I only have 20 discounted spaces for this trip and at the moment the early-bird discount is INSANE.

If you'd like to join us, here's the info and estimated prices. The early bird rate applies to a certain number of cabins- when they're gone, they're gone. Hit reply to this email and I'll get you a quote- only 25% needed as a deposit to secure the early-bird rate.

Oh, and I have a great relationship with Quark and can often get brilliant discounts for any of their trips if you want to follow our footsteps and visit Svalbard or Greenland. Just email me and ask - I'll see what I can do for you 🧡

Right, I’m off to stare at some more enormous waterfalls and glaciers.

Speak soon,

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P.S. If you’re thinking “I’d love to, but…” – please reach out. Quark offer payment plans, single cabin options for solo travellers, brilliant dietary resolutions for almost all issues and are lovely people to chat to. Also, I’m here to help make these trips work for you. Just hit reply and we can chat.

Here are the links again:​

​Patagonia 2027​

​Antarctica 2028​​

Oh, and if polar bears, glaciers and enormous icebergs aren’t really your thing, don’t worry—the 2027 motorhoming trips are launching in the next couple of weeks.

As always, Wandering Motorhome Club members will get first chance to book.

Not a club member yet? Join us here​