greenland – Irreverent Outcrop https://irreverentoutcrop.com Travel stories with mild geo-flavor Mon, 13 Apr 2026 06:26:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://irreverentoutcrop.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cropped-logo-temp-01-1-2-32x32.png greenland – Irreverent Outcrop https://irreverentoutcrop.com 32 32 [Extra]Leaving Greenland – gap year Arctic trips (IX) https://irreverentoutcrop.com/leaving-greenland-flights/ https://irreverentoutcrop.com/leaving-greenland-flights/#respond Mon, 13 Apr 2026 06:24:11 +0000 https://irreverentoutcrop.com/?p=2819 Read more]]> Our flight out of Greenland happened to be the final flight of 2025 between Greenland and the US. While thick clouds still hung over the Labrador Sea, we managed to catch quite a few glimpses of the landscape below. On the flight later from New York back to the West Coast, the skies remained perfectly clear and the light was brilliant the entire way, and that’s why I decided to write this…

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]]> https://irreverentoutcrop.com/leaving-greenland-flights/feed/ 0 Sarfaq Ittuk ferry – gap year Arctic trips (VIII) https://irreverentoutcrop.com/greenland-sarfaq-ittuk-ferry-en/ https://irreverentoutcrop.com/greenland-sarfaq-ittuk-ferry-en/#respond Wed, 28 Jan 2026 10:42:24 +0000 https://irreverentoutcrop.com/?p=2803 Read more]]> Instead of flying, we decided to travel from Ilulissat back to Nuuk aboard the Sarfaq Ittuk, a ferry operated by the Arctic Umiaq Line. In Greenlandic, “Sarfaq” refers to a current or tide, while “Ittuk” means old or great. The Sarfaq Ittuk route is the most vital transport link in Greenland. As the country’s only scheduled coastal passenger service, it is the sole lifeline capable of moving…

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]]> https://irreverentoutcrop.com/greenland-sarfaq-ittuk-ferry-en/feed/ 0 Ilulissat, the hometown of icebergs – gap year Arctic trips (VII) https://irreverentoutcrop.com/ilulissat-icefjord-en/ https://irreverentoutcrop.com/ilulissat-icefjord-en/#respond Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:14:18 +0000 https://irreverentoutcrop.com/?p=2771 Read more]]> Our third stop in Greenland: the Ilulissat Icefjord! Kangerlussuaq sits at 67°N while Ilulissat is roughly 69°N. Since both share the same longitude of 51°W, our flight path from Kangerlussuaq was essentially a straight shot north. The hop in the small propeller plane took less than an hour. Unlike the inland landscape of our previous stop, Ilulissat is a coastal town, tucked perfectly into a…

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]]> https://irreverentoutcrop.com/ilulissat-icefjord-en/feed/ 0 Kangerlussuaq by the ice sheet – gap year Arctic trips (VI) https://irreverentoutcrop.com/kangerlussuaq-ice-sheet/ https://irreverentoutcrop.com/kangerlussuaq-ice-sheet/#respond Wed, 17 Dec 2025 08:26:59 +0000 https://irreverentoutcrop.com/?p=2739 Read more]]> In the afternoon of our third day in Greenland, we departed Nuuk aboard a small Air Greenland plane heading for the tiny settlement of Kangerlussuaq. This village sits quietly just inside the Arctic Circle, right next to the massive Greenland Ice Sheet. Nuuk was overcast, but once the plane climbed above the clouds, we were able to see numerous horns poking through the cloud…

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]]> https://irreverentoutcrop.com/kangerlussuaq-ice-sheet/feed/ 0 Greenland’s capital on Archean gneiss – gap year Arctic trips (V) https://irreverentoutcrop.com/greenland-nuuk-gneiss/ https://irreverentoutcrop.com/greenland-nuuk-gneiss/#respond Thu, 27 Nov 2025 03:35:58 +0000 https://irreverentoutcrop.com/?p=2715 Read more]]> Nuuk’s new international airport officially opened at the end of 2024. As a result, United Airlines announced a new direct route from New York (Newark EWR) to Greenland’s capital for June through September 2025. I excitedly bought my tickets not long after. Booking ten months in advance makes this the most “long-term” planning I have ever done for a trip! Historically…

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