Ponant Expeditions guests can experience Greenland through the eyes of its local communities.

They can see the everyday lives of villagers and hunters.

There is dog sledding and kayaking, ice fishing and ski touring with a pulka (sled).

They stay overnight in traditional homes or bivouacs on the pack ice.

And, in a project in which Ponant Expeditions has partnered with an organisation called Sedna, each activity is conceived and led by Greenlanders.

Following the success of the launch of the idea in 2025, two new departures are being offered in the spring of 2027.

A spokesperson for Ponant Expeditions says the partnership with Sedna is based on shared values.

“Respect for local populations, their way of life and their expectations of visitors, respect for the environment and controlled impact on the natural environment and wildlife: these are the founding values of the polar exploration cruises launched by Ponant Explorations over 30 years ago,” the spokesperson says.

“These values are also supported by the polar consultancy and expertise company Sedna, named after the goddess of the sea in the mythology of the Inuit people.”

Nicolas Dubreuil, co-founder of Sedna, has been exploring the Arctic and the Antarctic on foot, sledge, skis, kayak and underwater for over 30 years.

He works closely with his Inuit friends, whose daily lives he shares for several weeks a year, to design tailor-made expeditions.

Editor’s note

In Inuit mythology, Sedna is the goddess of the sea and marine animals. She is also known as the Mother of the Sea. She is known as Sassuma Arnaa (“Mother of the Deep”) in West Greenlandic, and Arnakuagsak or Arnaqquassaaq in other parts of Greenland.

Inuit creation stories say that when the skilled and beautiful Sedna was a young woman, her fingers were cut off by her father when she clung to his kayak. They transformed into the seals, walruses and whales of the Arctic.