Closer to intercontinental flight connections via Iceland, more sparsely populated, more rugged and icy, and more beautiful – some would argue – than anywhere else in Greenland, East Greenland is a land of its own.

The area around Tasiilaq and Kulusuk in Southeast Greenland is a unique cruise destination not only in Greenland but globally with its mix of vast mountain ranges, icy fjords, and remote villages hidden behind a protective layer of drifting sea ice teeming with life.

In the series of images and texts below we have painted a portrait of this part of Greenland.