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Natural Habitat Adventures Debuts Greenlands

First Luxury Eco Expedition Camp
Submitted by TIESDeveloper (/use r/tie sde ve lope r) on June 9, 2014 - 2:53am
Base Camp Greenland Showcases Arctic Coastal Wilderness
Boulder, CO, March 18, 2014 Natural Habitat Adventures

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, the worlds premier nature travel company,

is proud to introduce a new way to explore the Arctic wilderness of Greenland in surprising luxury: Natural Habitats
Base Camp Greenland, coming online in 2015.
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The 9-day, 8-night adventure, limited to just 12 travelers, will be offered four times in 2015: August 1-9, August 918, August 18-26 and August 26September 3.
Till now, Greenlands remote east coast, carved by glaciers and rent by deep fjords filled with icebergs, has been
inaccessible to all but the hardiest travelers, said Ben Bressler, Natural Habitats founder and president. Base
Camp Greenland is changing that.
The centerpiece of the trip is a four-night stay at Base Camp Greenland on Sermilik Fjord, the heart of a region
known as the Arctic Riviera for its many dry, sunny summer days. Amid Greenlands most dramatic scenery, guests
will go whale watching, sea kayaking, hiking, and visit traditional Inuit villages. Excursions are guided by Natural
Habitat Expedition Leaders, among the Arctics most experienced naturalist guides.
In such a pristine environment, Natural Habitat takes every care to ensure that the Base Camps ecological footprint
is minimal. A true eco-camp, the lodge facilities are set up for two months in the summer and taken down each
year, to reduce impact. Camp solid waste is disposed of in a biodegradable manner at the municipal waste facility in
Tasiilaq nothing whatsoever is left on site. Though the Arctic summer offers nearly 24-hour daylight, cabins also
have interior lights powered by small individual solar panels. A camp chef uses local ingredients to prepare fresh and
creative meals in the common area where guests gather for dining, relaxing and interpretive presentations.
The camp enjoys a view of the Greenland Ice Sheet the worlds second-largest ice mass where guests will have
a close-up vantage point on the dynamics of global warming, as glaciers spawn gigantic icebergs and meltwater
rivers form in front of the ice cap. Guests will have the opportunity to learn first-hand about the complexities of
climate change in the context of the Arctic.
Base Camp Greenland is the vision of Natural Habitats Chief Exploratory Officer, Olaf Malver
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Explorers

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Club member who has been to Greenland

26 times and pioneered many kayaking firsts there. He says its designed to offer guests a chance to explore some
of Greenlands wildest territory in a new mode: neither a physically demanding backpacking expedition, nor a
sedentary cruise on a ship with a hundred or more passengers.
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Malver says Base Camp Greenlands location is ideal. Its remote, majestic, and nature feels huge here, like few
other places in Greenland. Yet it is relatively easy to reach from Iceland.
Natural Habitats Base Camp Greenland trip begins in Reykjavik, Iceland, with a group flight to Kulusuk, Greenland,
then continues by helicopter to Tasiilaq, the small administrative center of East Greenland. After a 3-night stay in
Tasiilaq focused on Greenlands native Inuit culture, with whale-watching, kayaking and hiking excursions, the
adventure continues with a boat ride from Tasiilaq to Base Camp Greenland for four nights, before returning to
Reykjavik for a final night.
For details, visit the trip webpage. To see a full listing of trips with Natural Habitat Adventures, visit the companys
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About Natural Habitat Adventures
Natural Habitat Adventures has been a world leader in responsible adventure travel and ecotourism since 1984.

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