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Apply for an expedition permit

Application Opening for 2026 Season is rescheduled. You can apply for an expedition permit for 2026 season starting 16. December 2025.

Scientific expeditions hosted by a scientific station and working within the station's monitoring area must apply via the research station.

Be advised that you must submit your application no later than 12 weeks before your expected expedition start – the applications process is divided in 4 parts, where you get access to a system to which you must continuously upload documentation before your application can be processed.

The expedition application process consists of 4 Parts: 

  • Part 1
    Must be submitted no later than 12 weeks before the expedition start date.
  • Part 2
    Must be submitted no later than 12 weeks before the expedition start date.
  • Part 3
    Must be submitted no later than 8 weeks before the expedition start date.
  • Part 4
    If relevant, it must be submitted no later than 7 working days before the expedition start date.

 

Important: Failure to meet these deadlines will result in rejection of the expedition application.


Permit types
There are four general types of expedition activities:
    A: Tourism / Logistics expeditions.
    B: Cruises in the National Park in North and East Greenland (sailing in the adjoining sea territory to the national park is termed a cruise regardless of vessel size).
    C: Scientific expeditions.
    D: Research stations.
An expedition permit number consists of a letter, the year the permit is issued, and a number assigned from a consecutive list, e.g. B-24-15:
    B = Cruise expedition.
    24 = Permit issued in 2024.
    15 = Fifteenth cruise application received by the Expedition Office.

Ministry for Nature and Environment

Expedition Office
Imaneq 4
P.O. Box 1015
3900 Nuuk
+299 34 50 00
ekspeditioner@nanoq.gl