Trekking Greenland’s Arctic Circle Trail (My Trip Report)
Hiking the Arctic Circle Trail Kangerlussuaq, Greenland Standing alone on Greenland’s barren ice cap in silence, you’re hit with the reality of how remote it is. Smiling, I hike West on the Arctic Circle Trail as snow begins to fall. ARCTIC CIRCLE TRAIL SERIES Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Packing/Logistics Before visiting Greenland to hike the Arctic Circle Trail , I mistakenly assumed the country was a huge mass of snow & ice. However, that’s not entirely true… While 85% of Greenland is covered in ice, there’s a narrow strip along the coastline that’s actually green! And red. And purple. And yellow. In fact, I would soon learn that Greenland can be pretty colorful. It’s also the most sparsely populated country on the planet. To give you an idea of just how sparse, Greenland has more landmass than Mexico, yet has a population of only 50,000 compared to Mexico’s 122 million. There’s a lot of untouched wilder...