Cruise from Tasiilaq

Tasiilaq (also called Ammassalik or Angmagssalik in Danish) is a town located on the east coast of Greenland; it belongs to the municipality of Sermersooq. It is located on an island called Ammassalik Ø at the southern end of King Christian IX Land, in a small fjord surrounded by glacier-eroded rocks; this isolated position (the area was only contacted in 1884) makes it only accessible via a helicopter that departs from the airport of the nearby village of Kulusuk. It is made up of small colorful wooden houses; here is also the Polar Museum. Tasiilaq was also the head of a municipality, the municipality of Ammassalik. It was established on January 1, 1963, and ceased to exist on January 1, 2009, after the reform that revolutionized the internal subdivision system of Greenland; the municipality of Ammassalik joined 4 other municipalities and formed the current municipality of Sermersooq.