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Greenland

22 crossings between 7 ports, run by 7 operators, serving 7 cities. The busiest city is Nuuk with 161 destinations, and the busiest port is Nuuk with 15 crossings. 57 airports carry scheduled service, so most of this network can be left by air as well as by sea.

Planning a trip to Greenland

Nuuk, the main gate Somewhere to stay partner Every country we hold

Cities

7 cities, each showing everything it reaches across every terminal and airport that serves it.

Nuuk reaches 161 destinations

Ilulissat reaches 147 destinations

Qaqortoq reaches 59 destinations

Aasiaat reaches 14 destinations

Upernavik reaches 11 destinations

Sisimiut reaches 9 destinations

Uummannaq reaches 8 destinations

The ports that matter

Ranked by how many crossings each carries. The first is 7.5× the second.

Nuuk crossings 15 crossings on record

Paamiut crossings 2 crossings on record

Maniitsoq crossings 2 crossings on record

Aasiaat crossings 2 crossings on record

Sisimiut crossings 2 crossings on record

Ilulissat crossings 1 crossings on record

Qaqortoq crossings 1 crossings on record

Who runs the boats

7 operators appear in Greenland crossings.

The longest and the shortest

13 of 22 crossings carry a time.

Longest held

Nuuk – Ushuaia 1944 h 00 Viking Cruises

Nuuk – Seattle 600 h 00 HX Expeditions

Nome – Nuuk 528 h 00 Lindblad Expeditions

Nuuk – St Johns NL 384 h 00 Atlas Ocean Voyages, Lindblad Expeditions

Baffin Island – Nuuk 360 h 00 Silversea Cruises

Churchill – Nuuk 360 h 00 Atlas Ocean Voyages

Halifax – Nuuk 360 h 00 Ponant Cruises, Silversea Cruises

Montreal – Nuuk 360 h 00 Ponant Cruises

Shortest held

Nuuk – Reykjavik 24 h 00 Atlas Ocean Voyages, HX Expeditions

Nuuk – Saint Pierre and Miquelon Islands 144 h 00 Ponant Cruises

East New York – Nuuk 264 h 00 HX Expeditions

Kangerlussuaq – Nuuk 336 h 00 Ponant Cruises

Nuuk – Toronto 336 h 00 Viking Cruises

Baffin Island – Nuuk 360 h 00 Silversea Cruises

Churchill – Nuuk 360 h 00 Atlas Ocean Voyages

Halifax – Nuuk 360 h 00 Ponant Cruises, Silversea Cruises

Every crossing we hold

All 22 of them, alphabetically, 25 at a time. Each has its own page.

Aasiaat – Ilulissat not held Arctic Umiaq Line

Aasiaat – Sisimiut not held Arctic Umiaq Line

Arsuk – Paamiut not held Arctic Umiaq Line

Arsuk – Qaqortoq not held Arctic Umiaq Line

Baffin Island – Nuuk 360 h 00 Silversea Cruises

Churchill – Nuuk 360 h 00 Atlas Ocean Voyages

East New York – Nuuk 264 h 00 HX Expeditions

Halifax – Nuuk 360 h 00 Ponant Cruises, Silversea Cruises

Kangaamiut – Maniitsoq not held Arctic Umiaq Line

Kangaamiut – Sisimiut not held Arctic Umiaq Line

Kangerlussuaq – Nuuk 336 h 00 Ponant Cruises

Maniitsoq – Nuuk not held Arctic Umiaq Line

Montreal – Nuuk 360 h 00 Ponant Cruises

Nome – Nuuk 528 h 00 Lindblad Expeditions

Nuuk – Qeqertarsuatsiaat not held Arctic Umiaq Line

Nuuk – Reykjavik 24 h 00 Atlas Ocean Voyages, HX Expeditions, Lindblad Expeditions

Nuuk – Saint Pierre and Miquelon Islands 144 h 00 Ponant Cruises

Nuuk – Seattle 600 h 00 HX Expeditions

Nuuk – St Johns NL 384 h 00 Atlas Ocean Voyages, Lindblad Expeditions

Nuuk – Toronto 336 h 00 Viking Cruises

Nuuk – Ushuaia 1944 h 00 Viking Cruises

Paamiut – Qeqertarsuatsiaat not held Arctic Umiaq Line

Which months these run

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for Greenland ferry crossings were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.