Antarctica & Arctic
Deepwater, mythic and prehistoric creatures, Greenland sharks inhabit the Atlantic Ocean, from Canada to Norway and off the coast of Scotland. When it comes to legends, some have suggested a Greenland shark may actually be the Loch Ness Monster. As for its prehistoric characterization, this fish can live up to 500 years or more.
Nature & Wildlife
More than 400 shark species inhabit our planet. And while facts about some of them may be well-known to researchers and the rest of us, there are many shark species whose behaviors remain mysterious and secretive. In mid-April 2018, we learned that the actions of basking sharks fell into that latter category.
Antarctica & Arctic
On a big rock above a crystal-blue and iceberg-filled bay in wild East Greenland, I realized that travel sometimes can mean not moving at all.
Antarctica & Arctic
“This was our fifth trip with Nat Hab. The first one was amazingly awesome and each one has gotten even better. THANK YOU, Nat Hab!!!!!!!” – Tom and Lindsay Bell | Discover Greenland: The Natural Habitat Experience | 2017 All photos and videos © Tom and Lindsay Bell.
News & More
In case you can’t read the sentence in the image below, I’ll translate it for you: “I love the snows of Antarctica and the glaciers of Greenland. And so, my adventures in ice began.” I wrote that statement with the help of an online emoji translator.
Nature & Wildlife
Harboring one of the planet’s last great bastions of ice, East Greenland is a wild Arctic landscape. Polar bears reign over this raw terrain—an expanse of hardy tundra, jagged fjords and massive glaciers. But climate change is altering the bears’ habitat.
Nature & Wildlife
Fall 2017 will officially come to a close in just about two weeks. It was probably one of the warmest falls that you can remember.
Antarctica & Arctic
By Megan Koelemay, Director of Digital Marketing at Natural Habitat Adventures Weather can impact our travel experiences as much as (and sometimes more than) anything else. As French novelist Marcel Proust once wrote, “A change in the weather is sufficient to recreate the world and ourselves.”
Antarctica & Arctic
When I describe my Greenland adventure to friends and family, the thing I find most difficult to convey is the scale of Greenland.
Antarctica & Arctic
Because Greenland is the largest island in the world, it makes sense that many people’s travels there are boat-based, as mine were four years ago. There is little infrastructure: roads are rare, and places to stay are few. Now, however, there is a remote and beautiful place to stay on land.
Antarctica & Arctic
Icebergs, fjords, whales and wind. Jagged peaks, glacial runoff, freezing waters, and the infamous Greenland icecap. There is no doubt that East Greenland is an enigma—a land of harsh landscapes, brilliant vistas and exceptionally remote communities. For the last few months, I’ve had a small case of writer’s block.
News & More
A gigantic iceberg has just broken off from Antarctica’s massive Larsen C Ice Shelf. The berg began its independent life sometime in the middle of July 2017. And it’s huge. The 2,200-square-mile iceberg weighs a trillion tons (twice the volume of Lake Erie) and is nearly the size of Delaware.
