Before you apply

With reference to the Executive Order on Access to and Conditions for Travelling in Certain Parts of Greenland, an application fee payment is required for processing the expedition application.

The application fee covers exclusively administrative costs associated with processing the expedition application and is non-refundable, even if an expedition application is rejected/cancelled.

•  Payment must be made in accordance with the instructions provided in the invoice you receive via e-mail after submitting Part 1 of the expedition application.

• To continue the expedition application process, proof of payment (payment receipt) must be submitted with Part 2 of the expedition application.

Fixed application fees

For more information regarding expedition categories, see the section Permit types on the website.
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• The type of activity always determines the type of expedition permit.
• If different types of activities are conducted by members of the expedition, they will need to apply for separate expedition permits, covering their activities.
• A Tourism / Logistics (A) or Cruise ship (B) permit can only be used for tourism, adventure, logistics support and cruise purposes and activities, not for research / scientific purposes and activities.
• A Scientific expedition (C) or Research Station permit (D) can only be used for research / scientific purposes and activities, and must be affiliated with a research institution, university or similar. The activities and expedition members must hold a letter of endorsement from the relevant institution. The scientific activities must be described in detail. Alternatively, the expedition must be categorized as a Tourism / Logistics (A) or Cruise ship (B) expedition.

Example 1: A group consisting of four tourists and two scientists join up and travel together. This results in 1 tourism/logistics permit (A) and 1 scientific permit (C) for the same trip.

Example 2: A research institution is conducting an assignment on behalf of the Government of Greenland. This assignment does not require an expedition permit (see section on § 14 for information about other requirements to § 14 activities). However, the same institution also carries out other (perhaps commercial) activities on behalf of other project owners – the latter activities must be covered by one or more expedition permits (A or C).

 

Each trip is considered an individual expedition and needs its own permit. Similarly, if an expedition covers more than one group, each group is considered an expedition and must have its own permit.

Example 1: An expedition leader takes a group of people on a 3-day dog sled trip in the National Park in North and East Greenland. Most of the group then head home while at the same time new people join the expedition leader on another dog sled trip in the national park. Each trip / group needs its own separate expedition permit, even though the expedition leader and perhaps some of the participants are repeaters from the first or one of the previous activities.

Example 2: A family sails on a yacht into the national park. They have planned to spend a week in the national park and then head to a location outside the national park for provisions before coming back again for an additional week’s visit in the national park. Each separate visit to the national park is considered an individual expedition and must have its own permit.