Exploring the Northeast Greenland National Park

Welcome to the world's largest national park, in the heart of the splendid north-east coast of Greenland! Aboard LeCommandant Charcot, you will experience the joys of pure discovery. Let yourself be guided and surprised by the opportunities for navigation and exploration that these wild and unknown ice-covered shores provide. The ship will enable you to explore one of the most difficult regions to access in the Far North, at the end of spring, when the snow and the ice still envelop the landscapes of these northern lands

As summer begins, the snow and the ice still envelop the landscapes...read more of these northern lands. On your way, you will discover the Ittoqqortoormiit region with its extreme climate. This territory shelters the northernmost community of Greenland, among which are the pole's last hunters. You will then set sail towards the Northeast Greenland National Park, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and a dreamlike world where magically coloured alpine landscapes mingle with immense glaciers and icebergs of astonishing forms revealing their immerged and blue-tinged volumes beneath the surface of the dark waters.

In the beginning of summer, the solid and powerful sea ice remains in charge of the visitors who venture out to it. It is the perfect time to observe the exceptional Arctic wildlife that it shelters. The polar bear is king here. You will perhaps admire, roaming this white desert, a solitary male in search of the ideal hunting or fishing spot, or a mother teaching her cub the secrets of survival.

Before sailing to Murmansk, Le Commandant Charcot will attempt to reach, with humility, the north of the national park and the remote shores of Île-de-France, discovered in 1905 by the Duke of Orléans and characterised by the thick ice pack that covers it, coming from the North Pole, a result of the Transpolar Drift. A voyage in search of meaning, at the boundaries of the known world. Find out more about the world of Le Commandant Charcot here! We are privileged guests in these extreme lands where we are at the mercy of weather and ice conditions.

Our navigation, mainly in the fjords, will be determined by the type of ice we come across; as the coastal ice must be preserved, we will take this factor into account from day to day in our itineraries. The sailing programme, outings, activities and observation of fauna cannot be guaranteed and are subject to weather and ice conditions. The experiences are unique and vary from day to day and for each departure. The Captain and the Expedition Leader will make every effort to ensure that your experience is as rich as possible, while respecting safety instructions and regulations imposed by the AECO.