Our tours take place on the coast of Arctic East Greenland, a land so sparsely populated that it is almost forgotten even by fellow Greenlanders who put it to the back of their minds and name it 'Tunu', the land at the back. This is the realm of Inuit hunters and dogs, of towering peaks, bears and whales, calving glaciers, frozen fjords and a sense of community that is held in utmost importance.

 












In the meantime, deep in the frozen fjordlands and white mountains of Tunu, the hunter goes about his work with an instinctive skill and cunning born of generations of experience. This isn't hunting for sport - this is to feed his family and dogs and even the animals seem to understand this. The Inuit and their unique culture have stuck a balance in Kalaallit Nunaat - 'White Earth' - that has lead to a sense of peace that may only be found where the land and its people understand each other. Let us show you Tunu, the land at the back.

We shall be based in the Inuit village of Kulusuk, a scattering of colourful wooden houses that are somehow built onto bare rock. Featuring a church, a school, a shop and a hotel, life goes on here much as it would anywhere else but for some stark differences. There are no cars - in Winter and Spring the traditional dogsled comes into its own for the school run and all other travel, while boats become the norm during the Summer. The houses are anchored down by thick steel ropes, literally to stop them blowing away when the winds are at their most fierce. Small happy children play in the snow, never out of sight of family and almost never crying such is their contentment in this cold hard place.
Kulusuk village, East Greenland