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Travel journalist Daniel Nunes describes a 20-plus-day press trip to the Faroe Islands and Greenland in August 2024, organized with support from Brazilian polar-travel operator Borealis and the Greenland tourism board, which invited five journalists ahead of three new airport openings.

In the Faroe Islands — an 18-island archipelago of 50,000 people and 70,000 sheep, autonomous under the Danish crown — Nunes highlights volcanic mountains around 200 meters high forming deep fjords, waterfalls that fall directly into the sea, unpredictable summer weather that cycles through sun, rain, and snow in a single day, and roughly 60,000 puffins on the island of Mykines.17:37 Reaching Mykines required a tense boat entry through a narrow natural canyon anchorage in rough North Atlantic conditions.26:19 Underwater road tunnels with submerged roundabouts connect six of the 18 islands.21:26 Flights route through Copenhagen or Reykjavik; direct options are scarce.30:17

In Greenland, the only current entry point is Kangerlussuaq, a settlement of 450 people built on a former U.S. wartime air base.30:53 Nunes traveled by plane rather than boat, contrasting his experience with sailor Tamara Klink, who was overwintering there simultaneously.31:11 His preparation method — noting "affective highlights" in a notebook during the return journey — shapes his long-form travel writing.8:03

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