It’s the four times larger than the whole of UK, but no one lives here all year round and it’s one of the most remote places on the planet.
Northeast Greenland National Park is a staggering 375,000 square miles in size, almost quadruple the 94,354 square miles of Britain, and home to wild animals such as polar bears, walrus and musk ox that can brave the harsh conditions.
Winter temperatures on Greenland, the world’s largest island, can plummet to an average of a bone-chilling -18C, but incredibly during the summer months it can actually reach a hospitable 20C.
Covering much of the park and island itself is a permanent covering of ice and glaciers, known as the Greenland ice sheet, which is second in size only to Antarctica.
According to Visit Greenland, almost 80 percent of the landmass is covered in ice with almost no infrastructure, such as roads or settlements, able to exist.
Northeast Greenland National Park, says: “The size of the Northeast Greenland National Park is 375,000 square miles where about 80 percent is permanently covered by the mighty Greenland Ice Sheet.
“It is hard to get a sense of just how big the Northeast Greenland National Park is! It is the world’s largest National Park and the largest protected land area in the world.
“It is almost the same area as Spain and France combined and it is more than 100 times larger than one of the most famous National Parks in the world: Yellowstone National Park in the USA.”
In the park itself there are no roads, harbours or commerical airports, and no hotels or accommodation for human habitation.
The park website adds: “The stations placed within the borders of the National Park are maintained by short gravel runways for small airplanes, but these are not available for civilians.
“The nearest airport, open for the public, is Nerlerit Inaat (Constable Point) close to ittoqqortoormiit (Scoresbysund), approximately 60 miles from the southern border of the National Park.”
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