Ittoqqortoormiit cruise port guide
In the 1920s the sparsely settled coast of East Greenland had too many families living in Ammassalik (today’s Tasiilaq) for the hunting grounds available and in 1925 Scoresbysund was chosen to start a new settlement with some 70 Inuit from Ammassalik and four families from West Greenland. Less than 10 kilometers from the entrance to the Scoresbysund system, Ittoqqortoormiit (“Big House Dwellers”) lies on the southern tip of Liverpool Land, a low and rounded area compared to the steeper mountains further south or into the fjord system. View less Some 460 inhabitants call Ittoqqortoormiit, one of Greenland’s most isolated settlements, their home. Not counting the military and civilian researchers at Daneborg, Northeast Greenland, their closest neighbors actually live in Iceland. Although Greenland’s hottest hot springs are located some 8 kilometers south of Ittoqqortoormiit, the village is frozen in some nine months of the year and access to other parts of the country can only be done via the Nerlerit Inaat Airport at Constable Point some 38 km to the north with flights to Iceland and West Greenland. The former village’s shop serves as a small museum and features historic photographs and costumes and shows what a typical hunter’s home from the 1960s looked like. Today hunting narwhals, seals, polar bears and muskoxen is still an important part of the life, but tourism is gaining importance.
About Ittoqqortoormiit
Ittoqqortoormiit is a remote settlement in eastern Greenland, part of the autonomous territory of Greenland within the Kingdom of Denmark. Greenland is the world's largest island.
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20-Day Scottish Isles, Iceland & Scoresbysund
Seabourn Venture · Northern Europe · 20 nights
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10-Day Iceland & Scoresbysund
Seabourn Venture · Europe · 10 nights
from $10,384
$1,038 / night
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World Navigator · Polar Regions · 9 nights
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Silver Endeavour · Polar Regions · 15 nights
from $28,900
$1,926 / night
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Silver Endeavour · Polar Regions · 15 nights
from $23,600
$1,573 / night
Lisbon to Reykjavík
Crystal Symphony · Polar Regions · 54 nights
from $31,500
$583 / night
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