Greenland Northern Lights trip
Greenland Northern Lights trip - 15 Sep - 26 Sep 2025 The good: * Expedition itinerary was great. * We had wonderful weather which helped as we saw Northern Lights about 6 or 7 days out of the itinerary which was fantastic * We saw muskoxen - even some butting heads and a pack, along with Arctic Hare - so that was good * Excursions - with hikes were outstanding * Food was very good * Western Iceland - was very nice. We're catholic and even visited a Catholic Church - St John The Evangelist in Westfjord - which was great. * Expedition team was very good and approachable and informative The Bad: * The design and the quality of the Parka's (which were included was TERRIBLE). * First the design, it has at end of the sleeves some cloth that functions as hand warmers - but if they get wet - they stay wet. Compared to competitor Parka's that are actually 2: an inner lighter parka and an outer heavier parka - that design is much better. I still use the inner jacket of the competitors (8 years after going to Antarctica ) and is good marketing for them. (I don't use the outer jacket as much, living in Texas - another plus of that better design). * Second the quality was TERRIBLE. My torn off in 2 places before the end of the trip. I showed to the expedition team and i though they would have replaced it but they didn't. So we donated mine (and my wife's, since she wouldn't keep hers if mine was torn). I also told the sales person on my return. I would have been ok even if they at least had given a "Polar plunge" shirt or something (since i did the Arctic plunge). I have pictures of this. The opportunity to improve: * The competitor, at least on our trip to Antarctica, had professors and researchers giving lectures, in addition to the expedition team. So this added extra-depth and knowledge which was very useful.