Bird's Eye Views of Greenland

In this amazing piece by top content creator Timelab.pro, you'll explore the icebergs of Greenland, the world's largest island.  Filmed primarily DJI Inspire 3, with additional footage from a first person view (FPV) drone, the video was shot while traveling on boat with scarlet sails that stand out brilliantly from the white icebergs.  Home to the world's second-largest ice cap after Antarctica, Greenland is the source of most of the icebergs seen in the Northern Hemisphere.  This was a Finalist for the 2023 Drone Video of the Year.  

Greenland is one of the world's natural wonders.  Part of Denmark, the world's largest island covers 836k square mi. (a bit under 2.2 million square km), making it over three times the size of the France.  Over 80% of the island is covered by a massive ice sheet, the world's largest (by far) outside of Antarctica.  In this amazing video by new contributor FADAH_FPV, you'll explore the coast of this frozen land by drone.  Filmed over the course of a ten day cruise along the Greenland coast, this was a Drone Video of the Week Finalist.  

Prepare to be blown away by these stunning drone views from the massive North Atlantic island of Greenland, compliments of former DVOW Winner haussmannvisuals.  The video was filmed over the area around the iceberg-filled Ilulissat Icefjord, a large fjord system located on the island's western coast, just south of the fjord's namesake town (and the Danish-controlled island's third-largest settlement).   Due to the ecological importance of the fjord and the Jakobshavn Glacier that feeds it, it's part of a UNESCO World Heritage site.  

Former Drone Video of the Week Winner Enrico Pescantini brings us this amazing drone video from Greenland.  Filmed with a DJI Mavic Pro 2, it features the following locations (most of which are on the western side of the island), in order of first appearance: Eqi Glacier, which is notable for its calving of icebergs; Qoornoq, an uninhabited island in southwestern Greenland; the Ilulissat Icefjord, which contains the Jakobshavn Glacier; Russell Glacier; Disko Island; the Kangerlussuaq ice road; and Qeqertarsuaq, a town on Disko Island.

Award-winning content creator Florian Ledeaux created this stunning drone video of Greenland, the world's largest island, which is part of the territory of Denmark in the North Atlantic Ocean.  Sailing around Greenland and towards northern Canada, he used his drone to create a breathtaking aerial view of massive icebergs, walruses, Beluga whales, and even unicorn-like Narwhal.   An avid environmentalist, Ledoux aims to use his videos to illustrate the fragility of the eco-system to climate change. 

Top AirVuz contributor Peter Barthelson was a Finalist for the Drone Video of the Week and also made the FPV Pilots to Watch list with this spectacular first person view (FPV) video from Greenland.  Working on a research vessel, he was able to use his FPV quad to film a field of giant icebergs as they floated away from a fjord on the giant island's eastern coastline.  The icebergs are the progeny of the Greenland Ice Sheet, a massive icecap that covers about 80% of Greenland and is the source of most icebergs in the Northern Hemisphere. 

This drone video will strike a chord with you right off the bat. Accomplished pilot sfdrones opens with a spectacular, top-down shot of a mother whale and her calf as they travel through the waters around Greenland. His aerial piece of the island nation moves on to capture shots of the many glaciers and icebergs surrounding Greenland, more top-down shots of breeching whales, plus plenty of shots of the sun setting behind the ice, adding exquisite color to the scene. This video was a DVOW finalist in November 2019.

Award winning aerial photographer and videographer Florian Ledoux used drone and ground camera footage to create this remarkable video of arctic foxes in Greenland, also known as the world's largest island.  This species is native to arctic environments.  These small foxes are extremely hardy creatures - they can survive in temperatures up to 90-100 degrees lower than their core temperature.  Mr. Ledoux's video captures a group of these foxes playing onshore against a backdrop of a massive iceberg field. 

This stunning drone video of Greenland by contributor Sfdrones was nominated as a finalist for the 2017 AirVuz Drone Video Awards.  The video will give you newfound appreciation for the immensity of the world's largest island, which is a territory of Denmark.  The video features breathtaking aerial footage of the massive icebergs which Greenland sends into the oceans.  Some of the most amazing footage is of powerboats cruising through iceberg fields, where even small icebergs make the boats look like toys.  

It is difficult to comprehend the immensity of Greenland, the massive Danish controlled island in the North Atlantic Ocean.  Covering a massive land area of nearly 2.2 million square km (836k square mi), the world's largest island is more than double the size of the second largest (THE tropical island of New Guinea) and roughly 6x the land area of Germany.  Top contributor Daniel Kordan used a drone to create this stunning visual tour of the island, replete with giant icebergs and shimmering glaciers.  

Prepare to be swept away by this stunning drone video from Greenland, compliments of top contributor Brendon Dixon.  He journeyed from Iceland to eastern Greenland aboard the old fashioned sailing ship Arktika, and brought along a very modern piece of equipment to record the journey: a DJI Phantom 4 drone.  The result is absolutely spectacular.  Greenland is truly one of the last frontiers, and the bird's eye footage of the beautiful wooden ship navigating its iceberg fields will astound you.  

Award-winning contributor, nature photographer, and drone pilot Florian Ledoux created this stunning aerial video of the vast iceberg fields of East Greenland.  Greenland holds particular interest for him due to its potential damage from global warming: if the vast Greenland ice sheet were to melt at once, it would raise the global sea level by over 7 meters (24 ft.) and wash away many of the world's coastal cities.  Ride along for this fascinating view of a spot in the cross-hairs of global warming.  

Virtually all of Greenland's towns are located on its western coastline.  One of these is Ilulissat.  With a population of about 4,500, it's the largest town in the Avannaata region, which covers the northern part of the island's western coast.  In this stunning drone video by inva+sla, you'll get a bird's eye view of the extensive iceberg population which inhabit the waters off of the coast near the town.  The icebergs are produced by Greenland's massive ice sheet, the world's largest outside of the poles. 

Just as Iceland has become something of a magnet for adventuresome first person view (FPV) drone pilots, the much larger (but far less-traveled) island of Greenland is coming onto the collective radar of the worldwide FPV community.  In this stunning piece by AirVuz contributor and FPV pilot Benjamin_Fpv, you'll see why.  The video was filmed over Scoresby Sound, which is located about midway down Greenland's eastern coast and which is home to a system of fjords.  This video was picked for the FPV Pilots to Watch list in September, 2022.  

After Nazi Germany invaded and quickly conquered Denmark in the early part of World War II, the US seized the gigantic Danish territory known as the island of Greenland as a protective measure. Once the US joined the war and was fighting the Battle of the Atlantic, it decided to establish a base called Bluie East Two near the town of Ikateq on the island's eastern coast.  The base was essentially abandoned after the war, leaving the eerie scene which you'll see in this amazing drone video by sfdrones.  

AirVuz contributor Peter Barthelson was working on a research vessel in Greenland when he spotted a pair of whales moving about in the icebergs off the giant island's eastern coast.  He was able to get his FPV drone up in time to film the beautiful creatures, who seemed unaware of the presence of the drone.  The whales, which he believes were mother and calf humpbacks, stayed in place long enough for him to create this stunning video.   At least 15 different whale species can be found off the coast of the world's largest island.  

Explore the coast of Greenland in this excellent drone video by former Drone Video of the Week Finalist rbendjebar.  The video was filmed during the course of a nine day trip around the Scoresby Sound (Scoresby Sund), which is a large system of fjords located about halfway down the island's long eastern coastline.  The title of the video suggests just how far north this is - 71 degrees north latitude, hundreds of miles/kilometers north of the Arctic Circle (which lies at about 66.6 degrees north latitude).  

A coastal town in western Greenland, Ilulissat is an Arctic gem. Its pink sunrises and sunsets, clean white glaciers, and Northern Lights, seen in this drone video by fpl1966, make it something to remember. In fact, the town's name translates to "iceberg" in Kalaallisut - Greenland's native language. The Ilulissat Iceberg, the most popular iceberg in the area, was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004.  It's located about 350 km (around 220 mi.) north of the Arctic Circle.  

The gigantic island of Greenland is a drone cinematographer's dream location. With natural beauty on display everywhere, epic sunsets and sunrises, minimal human disruption, and rare access it's no wonder great videos shot on the island of ice are hard to come by. This piece by maxbaloo is an instant classic -  complete with those mandatory dynamic shots, but also a few exciting clips of a wakeboarder zipping through the icy landscape.  The world's largest island, it's a territory of Denmark.

Check out this amazing 4k drone video from the Ilulissat Icefjord of western Greenland, compliments of contributor and pilot AnneSofie.  Running west from the Greenland Ice Sheet, the Ilulissat is fed by the Jakobshavn Glacier, considered one of the most productive in the Northern Hemisphere.  The icebergs which are calved off and float into the fjord can be enormous - up to 1k meters tall or about 3.3k ft.  The largest are too tall for the relatively shallow sea and can be stuck on the bottom for many years before floating free.

AirVuz content creator and pilot Rasmus H-P used a DJI Phantom 4 drone to create this stunning video of Ilulissat Icefjord on the west coast of Greenland.  The fjord is created by Jakobshavn Glacier, one of the largest on this massive North Atlantic island.  The glacier, which is the most productive in the Western Hemisphere, annually produces 35 billion tons of icebergs which float out through Ilulissat.  Both of the fjord and the glacier have been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site.  

Top AirVuz contributor haussmannvisuals brings us a very rare first person view (FPV) drone perspective of Greenland, the world's largest island.  The video was filmed over the Ilulissat Icefjord, a fjord on Greenland's western coast.  The fjord is fed by the Jakobshavn Glacier, which produces about 10% of all the icebergs produced by Greenland.  It's located about 150 mi. (around 250 km) north of the Arctic Circle.  Due to its ecological importance, the Ilulissat Icefjord has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage site.  

Known for his nature and wildlife photography, Florian Ledoux chats with Tyler in this episode of The Drone Dish. Most of his work takes him to Arctic locations like Greenland and Canada's Federal Territories where he has captured epic aerials of polar bears, narwhals, and gigantic icebergs.  One of his aerial photos from the Arctic was featured in the seminal Time magazine special report entitled "The Drone Age", and his video "I am Fragile" was selected as a finalist in the second Drone Video Awards. 

On this episode of the Drone Dish, host and drone pilot Tyler Mason talks to Daniel Kordan, a world-renowned nature photographer who has built on his success by incorporating drone footage into his work.  He has nearly a million followers on Instagram as of early 2019, amongst the highest of any drone-focused account on the platform.  One of his AirVuz videos, "Pristine Mongolia", was chosen as a finalist in the Countries and Regions category for the second annual Drone Video Awards in early 2019.