Wilderness From Greenland To The East Coast Of Canada

Kangerlussuaq (Danish: Søndre Strømfjord) is a settlement in western Greenland in the Qeqqata municipality, located at the head of a fjord of the same name, and just inside the Arctic Circle. The town lies between glacial-fed Qinnguata Kuussua river to the SE, fjord to the SW, and hills rising sharply to 400m to the north. Russell Glacier and the Greenland ice sheet lie about 22km further east. Read more about Kangerlussuaq, Greenland

Sisimiut is a town in central-western Greenland, located on the coast of Davis Strait, approximately 320 km north of Nuuk, and about 42km inside the Artic Circle (April 2017). It is the administrative center of the region and the second-largest town in Greenland. As the northernmost year-round ice-free port in the country, it is an important shipping hub for outlying settlements. Read more about Sisimiut, Greenland

Qikiqtarjuaq (‘Qik’ for short), formerly known as Broughton Island, is a Nunavut community (population around 520) on the island of the same name, in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Qikiqtarjuaq Island lies 1.5 km off the coast of Baffin Island, and is just inside the Arctic Circle on the west side of Davis Strait. Greenland is 430 km to the east. Read more about Qikiqtarjuaq, Canada

Akpatok Island is one of the uninhabited Canadian Arctic Islands in Ugava Bay on the northern coast of Quebec. The island is named for the Akpat, the thick-billed Murre, which live on ledges along the limestone cliffs - some more than 250m in height - surrounding the island. In addition to the Thick-billed Murre, other notable bird species include the Black Guillemot and Peregrine Falcon. Read more about Akpatok Island, Canada

Battle Harbour is a restored, 19th Century fishing village, now a summer fishing station, located on Battle Island, one of many islands lying east of the mainland coast of Labrador. It lies in Canada’s province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The island of Newfoundland likes 70 km to the south, and Battle Harbour is situated at the northern entrance to the Gulf of St Lawrence. Read more about Battle Harbour, Canada

Saint-Pierre is the capital of the French overseas collectivity of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon. These are the only two low-lying inhabited islands in an archipelago of eight islands in the Atlantic Ocean, 18 km off the south coast of Newfoundland, Canada. They form the last remaining part of the French North American Empire. Read more about St Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon