Ittoqqortoormiit, a fishing, hunting town in East Greenland, is one of the remotest settlements on Earth. Inhabited by a little over 470 people of Inuit descent, it is situated at the entrance to the Scoresby Sund, the longest fjord system in the world. Home to seals, Arctic foxes, muskoxen, polar bears and narwhals, it remains frozen for most part of the year.
Hunting and fishing at sea are the only ways the community can survive; in addition, the sea ice is like a road providing new routes through the countryside. During early spring, when the sea ice is still thick yet the sun is high in the sky, many of the local people will go out for a weekend on dog sledding or snowmobile trips. Tent camps and camping life are the norm for a short while, a reminder of the spring experience you will have when going out on the land with local guides. These tours reflect how tourism has evolved out of normal everyday activities by the local populace.
Ittoqqortoormiit is one of the most remote towns in Greenland. It is served by Ittoqqortoormiit Heliport, with Air Greenland helicopters shuttling passengers between the settlement and Nerlerit Inaat Airport (38 km (24 mi) distance), with boat transfer also possible for a few months a year. In the summer, there are two Norlandair weekly departures from Akureyri to Nerlerit Inaat, most of the year only one flight to Iceland a week. Air Greenland has weekly flights from Kangerlussuaq and Nuuk.
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