Sarpik Ittuk was one of three ships purchased in 1992 for
coastal navigation in Western Greenland. They were all
built at the Ørskov Shipyard in Frederikshavn, Denmark,
and were originally 50 metres long and capable of
carrying 150 passengers. But, in the winter of 1999-
2000, two of them – Sarpik Ittuk and Sarfaq Ittuk
– were reconditioned and modernised, and they are now
73 metres long and can carry up to 272 passengers in
regular service, and with their 2000 hp diesel engines
they can do 12 knots. Apart from ordinary passenger
traffic, these ships are to a large extent adapted to tourist
cruises along the west coast of Greenland, and they can
also provide facilities for small conferences.
Greenland Philatelic.