Greenland

Two pictures of a granite big wall rising over grassy plains and capped with snow.

New Big Wall Route in East Greenland

Dodging the polar bears that have been abundant in...
Kayaker in a Greenland fjord with a huge granite wall behind and iceberg

Matteo Della Bordella Returns to East Greenland’s Big Walls

Matteo Della Bordella, Silvan Schupbach, Symon Welfringer, and Alex...
town view of Nuuk

New Greenland Int’l Airport Nears Completion — but is Greenland Ready?

Perched on the tip of a fiord in Baffin...
amphibious, six-wheeled vehicles in the snow

Ambitious ‘Transglobal’ Car Expedition Gets Shut Down in Greenland

A dozen explorers intent on driving special amphibious vehicles...
woman standing in front of swirled rock formation

Oldest Trace of Earth’s Magnetic Field Discovered in ‘Beautiful, Weird’ Rocks

You’d be hard-pressed to find any force of nature...
sled dog teams with a running man

Weekend Warm-Up: Alfred Wegener’s Iron Arctic Will

Alfred Wegener’s 1930 expedition to Greenland was a monster....
Climbing on Greenland’s big walls.

Top 10 Expeditions of 2023: #9: Greenland’s First Winter Big Wall

Marcin Tomaszewski and Pawel Haldas "fell in love with...
rock spires rising right from the quiet water of the fjord.

Fay Manners and Michelle Dvorak Bag Two New Big-Wall Routes in Greenland

Fay Manners and Michelle Dvorak have left two new...

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