The sea is a part of the everyday order in the Arctic Circle Region. Throughout the entire time man has lived in the region, the sea has been a source of income for the people, and today it’s both a place of work and a playground for locals and visitors alike.

The skerries found along the coasts of the region, with their variety of waterways, offer fine sailing opportunities for small boats. Besides, the seas of the Arctic Circle Region never freeze over – a chartered ship thus opening up a whole world of pursuits like angling, both in summer and winter.

With the sea on the doorstep
Sisimiut, the largest settlement in the region, lies at the head of the Amerloq Fjord, and the town’s 5,500 inhabitants live with the sea as their nearest neighbour, shaping as it does the town’s economic life and making possible the visit of more than 50 cruise ships a year.
Starting at Sisimiut, you’re always only a short distance from cultural experiences on the sea, and for those wishing to put out to sea, the coastal passenger ship passes the town every week.

Built on the skerries of the Arctic Circle
You can also navigate the skerries most of the year, and just by the Arctic Circle you find the village of Itilleq, on a small island wedged between cliffs and skerries.
The sea is a constant presence in Itilleq, and here you’ve the opportunity to see how the sea is the basis of existence for the small local community, just as it was for the first settlements and village communities of Greenland.

The sea in Greenlandic history
In those days, just as today, the sea was the centre of Greenlandic life, and it’s this use of the sea that makes visiting here exciting. For activities of our fellow men follow history and experience, and out in the Davis Strait you can meet echoes from the past.

Here both umiaks and kayaks have sailed, whales swim that have always been caught here, perhaps some way out there in the deep is the Inuit “Mother of the Sea” keeping an eye on all seafarers, and it’s the sea you need to travel on if you’re looking to gain an impression of the mountains, the ice and the distances between the built-up areas.

For it’s from a boat, out under the midnight sun or northern lights, that one really gets an idea of the vastness of this land.

You can read more about the various activities on, and tour operators specializing in, the sea of the Arctic Circle Region under the headings sailing, angling and cultural events.