Most visitors rarely experience South Greenland beyond its iceberg-dotted fjords and rugged mountains. Cruise ships whisk away 90 percent of visitors after fleeting glimpses, according to Sarah ...

Greenland is the largest island on our planet. What do we know about it To begin with, this is one of the Vikings' two blunders: only ferocious bearded men could call the land full of greenery Iceland ...

It is one of those geography facts that feels almost like a trick question: Iceland is relatively green, while Greenland is mostly buried under ice. Travellers may expect the opposite, but the truth ...

Most people know that Leif Eriksson and his band of Vikings were the first Europeans to set foot in North America, centuries before Columbus. Some remember that they also settled Greenland, misled by ...

James Barrett, a professor of medieval and environmental archeology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology's NTNU University Museum with replicas of the Lewis Chessmen, which were made ...

Few places are home to as many superlative natural features and contrasts as Greenland, an island 80 percent covered in ice, marked by near-pristine wilderness with a silence so absolute it feels ...

Explore South Greenland’s unique twist on hut-to-hut hiking, where trails connect scenic sheep farms and offer a blend of rugged landscapes and cultural traditions. Photograph by Peter Essick, Nat Geo ...