This spring, the Inuit Windsled Society launched a new and exciting initiative: the Greenland Qimusseq Patrol, a journey that merges tradition, exploration, and cultural preservation.

Our first reconnaissance expedition took place in the area surrounding Innarsuit, a small coastal settlement in northwestern Greenland. Together with Soren Eliassen and Otto Kristensen, local hunters and experts on the land, our Patrol coordinator Ángel Sánchez “Pizarraña” and our first Patrol guest Jaime Valls began re-exploring remote territories or areas that are not been used or travelled in modern times but that could have been used in ancient times.  Recovering known old dogsled routes that were known until recently but that have fallen in disuse.

In 2025 journey the team explored routes of  access to the icecap near Innarssuit through areas outside the actual normal hunting areas, in a way that the local people was also recognising and exploring untraveled regions in modern times, in this year the areas explored could be used for Inuit Windsled Expeditions access onto the ice cap.

During their journey, they faced several challenges, such as weather conditions that delayed both the start and the return, as helicopter transport had to be postponed. Although the expedition was shorter than expected. The experience brought our team members closer together.

But this patrol was not only about logistics.
It was a meaningful journey—a dive into Inuit culture and a tribute to the Qimusseq, the traditional Greenlandic dogsled that still connects communities in one of the most remote regions on Earth. As they traveled, they met local families, shared stories, and deepened their understanding of modern arctic life and traditions. In the return they even witnessed a local dogsled race in Innarssuit in which one of our host hunters, Soren Eliassen, won the dogsled competition.

The Greenland Qimusseq Patrol aims to support the preservation of this dogsled  culture by traveling through rarely visited settlements, rediscovering traditional trails that have fallen into disuse, and offering a living testimony of a way of life that is under threat.

And most important, this is only the beginning!