Silversea's Silver Wind expedition ship navigating through polar sea ice in Antarctica

Silversea · Silver Wind · 10 nights

Greenland’s West Coast, Nuuk to Reykjavik

Nuuk to Reykjavik aboard Silver Wind: Sisimiut, the icefjord at Ilulissat, the Eqi glacier and Disko Island, then south by Evighedsfjord, the Norse ruins of Hvalsey and Prince Christian Sound. One departure, 9 July 2027. From A$20,000 per person, planned with you by Arctic Cruise.

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10 nights, Nuuk to Reykjavik

The whole west coast, from Disko Bay to the Norse south, in ten nights

Ten nights that run the length of Greenland’s inhabited coast. North first, from Nuuk to Sisimiut and the icefjord at Ilulissat, where the fastest glacier in the northern hemisphere fills the bay with icebergs, then the calving front of Eqip Sermia and the basalt island of Qeqertarsuaq. Then south: Evighedsfjord, Paamiut, the Norse church ruin at Hvalsey, Qaqortoq and the passage of Prince Christian Sound before the Denmark Strait and Reykjavik.

Silver Wind is the ship for this coast: the classic Silversea suites and four restaurants, a butler for every suite, and the expedition team and Zodiacs added in her 2021 conversion. The midnight sun lasts the whole voyage.

Nuuk to Reykjavik
Disko Bay to Prince Christian Sound
10 nights

Signature moments

Five moments that make the voyage

The west coast is sailed by its towns and its ice, and the order is fixed by the ports. These are the moments the voyage is built around.

The icefjord at Ilulissat

Sermeq Kujalleq moves up to forty metres a day and fills the bay below the town with icebergs. The boardwalk to the fjord is the best short walk in the Arctic, and the Zodiacs go among the ice.

The icefjord at Ilulissat

Sermeq Kujalleq moves up to forty metres a day and fills the bay below the town with icebergs. The boardwalk to the fjord is the best short walk in the Arctic, and the Zodiacs go among the ice.

Day by day

Ten nights, in outline

From Silversea’s published itinerary for 9 July 2027, voyage WI270709010. The ice and the weather can reorder the days; the full programme comes with the proposal we write for you.

Embark in Greenland’s capital, reached by air from Copenhagen or Reykjavik. The National Museum and the old harbour are an afternoon’s walk from the pier.

Aboard Silver Wind

Silver Wind is a Silversea classic rebuilt for the ice in 2021: 274 guests in 149 suites, a butler for each, four restaurants and an ice-strengthened hull. She is the ship Silversea keeps for Greenland’s west coast.

Silver Wind, in full

Vista Suite bedroom and seating area aboard Silversea's Silver Wind Antarctica cruise ship

All suite, all with a butler

Elegant main dining room at The Restaurant aboard Silversea's Silver Wind cruise ship

Four restaurants

The Observation Lounge

Wooden sauna treatment room inside Zagara Beauty Spa aboard Silversea's Silver Wind cruise ship

The Zagara spa

Ice-strengthened in 2021

We want to make your journey as easy as possible

Ten nights aboard Silver Wind, butler service, all dining in four restaurants, champagne, wines and spirits, the in-suite bar, the expedition programme with Zodiac outings, landings and lectures, an expedition parka, gratuities, port taxes and fees.

Flights from Australia, hotel nights in Nuuk, Copenhagen or Reykjavik, spa treatments, La Dame’s tasting menu surcharge where applicable, kayaking on selected departures, travel insurance and personal expenses.

Silversea offers an optional flight package with airport transfers. We arrange the flights from Australia to Nuuk, through Copenhagen or Reykjavik, and home from Reykjavik, with the nights either side, so the whole journey is one booking.

Further Exploration

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Dates & prices

Departure, 2027

Ten nights aboard Silver Wind, Nuuk to Reykjavik. Fares are per person, twin share, in Australian dollars, from Silversea’s published Australian fares. Ask us before you compare: our offers sit on top.

Nuuk to Reykjavik in the midnight sun and the Australian winter school holidays. From A$20,000 per person.

Silver Wind also sails Reykjavik to Nuuk in June and July 2027, Nuuk round trips of six to twenty nights from August to September, and Nuuk to Halifax in September. Tell us the dates you have and we send the right one.

Made to measure

Tell us your Arctic, we build the rest

Every guest sails differently. Tell us what you are hoping for, the ice, the wildlife, the light, who you are travelling with, and we match it to the right sailing, the right stateroom and the right year, with flights from Australia and our own offers included. One Arctic Cruise specialist stays with you from the first call until you are home.