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23-Night Cruise on MS Fridtjof Nansen — Nuuk to Seattle (Aug 15, 2026)
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Departure
Saturday, August 15, 2026
Arrival
Monday, September 7, 2026
Duration
23 nights
Departing from
Nuuk, GLArriving at
Seattle, USShip
MS Fridtjof Nansen
Cruise Line
HX Expeditions
Day-by-day schedule
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Saturday, August 15, 2026
Nuuk is Greenland's capital and largest town at 19,000 residents, on the mouth of a massive fjord system on the southwest coast. Expedition ships tender passengers to a compact downtown with the Greenland National Museum, the colorful wooden houses of the old colonial harbor, and the Katuaq cultural center. Fjord-cruising excursions run up the 100-mile Nuup Kangerlua to see calving glaciers. Summer temperatures rarely exceed 50 °F.
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