Greenland

The huge, sparsely-populated island of Greenland remains a land of legend and heroic saga, where you can witness the hypnotic aurora borealis, the endless tundra, dramatic glaciers and seas of icebergs in a myriad of shapes and sizes.  On your travels, you will see many types of whales, seals and walrus, while on land there are musk oxen, reindeers and polar bears; all set against a backdrop of immense skies and snow-covered mountains.

Greenland is a self-governed Danish territory. Despite its geographical remoteness and ethnical differences, Greenland is closely associated with Europe. Greenland is the world’s largest island and also contains the world's largest national park. About 81% of its surface is covered by ice, known as the “Greenlandic Ice Cap”. Most of Greenland’s population live along the fjords in the south-west of the main island, which has a milder climate. Most Greenlanders have both Inuit and Scandinavian ancestry, and speak Greenlandic (Kalaallisut) as their first language. Greenlandic is spoken by about 50,000 people, which is more than all the other Eskimo-Aleut put together. combined. A minority of Danish migrants with no Inuit ancestry speak Danish as their first language. Both languages are official.
Greenland became an integral part of the Kingdom of Denmark in 1953. It was granted home rule in 1978. The Queen of Denmark remains Greenland's Head of state.