AUJUITTUQ
In winter, the temperature can drop to as much as -50ºC. Fortunately, the summer months are slightly milder, but you will experience that 24 hours of sunlight per day does not make a warm summer. In Grise Fiord, the northernmost Inuit community, the mercury rarely rises above freezing. The Inuit name 'Aujuittuq' is appropriate: the place where it never floats. However, you can count on a very warm welcome. The Inuit are proud of their culture and their ability to survive in this extreme environment, and they are happy to give you a glimpse into their lives.
FJORDS AND GLACIERS
The coastline of Ellesmere Island is erratic due to the many deep fjords, and numerous glaciers that slowly find their way to the sea. The glacier ice is surrounded by remarkably bare rocks and plains, because in this polar desert there is little precipitation. The landscape is covered with a haze of many shades of green, sometimes lilac or yellow as mosses bloom. You may notice polar hares, who regularly look out over the surroundings on their high hind legs. They are always nervous, alert to the presence of arctic foxes and wolves. The silence is broken in many places by flocks of birds and breeding colonies. Even more poignant are the heavy, hollow exclamations of the walruses, which rest along the coast or on the ice. They must strengthen in the summer, build up reserves, in case the sun sets again and the temperature plummets.