In connection with obtaining an expedition permit there are requirements for taking out an insurance policy with a recognized insurance company or for presenting corresponding security to cover public expenses in connection with any rescue operations:

• DKK 1,000,000 for SAR operations for the expedition group as a whole.
• DKK 280,000 – alternatively DKK 600,000 depending on the area of activity – for transport in connection with evacuation (ambulance transport) for each expedition member.

DKK 600,000 is for expeditions/projects travelling to the far North of the Greenland National Park, from latitude 78˚ N.
DKK 280,000 is for expeditions travelling south of latitude 78˚ N within the National Park borders and/or outside the National Park in the remaining areas covered by the Executive Order.

An insurance statement or other form of equivalent security must be issued directly to the Danish state / the Government of Greenland (as ’assured persons’). To fulfill this requirement, the Expedition Office's insurance statement can be used, or another statement with the same legal effect. Please note that it is the applicant’s responsibility to demonstrate that an alternative statement fulfills the same conditions. The conditions are set to ensure

• that it is the Danish state / the Government of Greenland that are reimbursed,
• that the Danish state / the Government of Greenland are reimbursed regardless of the reason why a SAR or evacuation is initiated – be it accident, negligence or otherwise, and
• that the Danish state / the Government of Greenland are reimbursed irrespective of any limitation in policy clauses that apply between the policyholder and the insurance company.

Insurance Statement for expeditions_Season 2025

Insurance Statement for expeditions – from latitude 78N_Season 2025

A bank guarantee is a financial institution's guarantee for the licensee's fulfillment of his or her obligation to cover the public's expenses in connection with possible transport to the nearest town.

According to the established administrative practice, security in the form of a bank guarantee is only used in cases where an expedition permit holder wants transport without having been in an emergency situation but wants to be transported to the nearest town for other reasons. Insurance, on the other hand, is used in cases where a rescue operation has been initiated. The bank guarantee and the insurance thus cover two different purposes. Because the insurance covers rescue operations, the amount of the bank guarantee (200,000 DKK) is determined based on the fact that the bank guarantee must only cover transport in cases where the transported person(s) were not in an emergency situation, but for other reasons wanted to be transported to the nearest town.

Bank guarantee template