Prins Christian Sund

Prins Christian Sund runs for around a hundred kilometres across the southern tip of Greenland, separating the mainland from the outer islands, and it is narrow enough in places that the walls close in on both sides with glaciers hanging above the water and calving directly into it. It saves ships the passage round Cape Farewell. The coastal ferry runs through it in summer, and a weather station at the eastern end is one of the loneliest postings in the country.

What you actually see

• The narrow channel - walls closing in on both sides along the sound.
• The hanging glaciers - ice fronts calving directly into the water.
• The ferry passage - the summer route through instead of round Cape Farewell.
• The weather station - the isolated post at the eastern end.

When to go

July to September is when the ferry runs the route. Ice can close the sound even in summer. Winter passage is not possible.

Honest expectations

Ice closes the sound at times and the ferry then goes round, which adds a day. There are no landings except Aappilattoq. Weather can mean the whole passage is in cloud.

Nearby

Aappilattoq is at the western entrance, and Nanortalik is beyond it.