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Greenland may be one of the world's last great wildernesses but visitor numbers are increasing. With the release of a new film, Village at the End of the World, sure to generate further interest, we round up the best trips to the remote island With every new travel brochure that's published the world seems a little smaller. Remote and exotic lands that were previously inaccessible to all but the most intrepid explorer have become holiday destinations. From the jungles of Papua New Guinea to the wilderness of northern Canada's Torngat mountains, and from the backwater villages of Burma to the empty steppes of Siberia, travellers who have the money and the sense of adventure are spoilt for choice. And that choice increases every season. Then, as the travellers' saying goes: "when you've seen the world, there's always Greenland." The planet's largest (non-continental) island, and one of the most sparsely populated, is also one of the least visited places in the world. But this summer Greenland's 58,000-strong population can expect to see an increase in the number of tourists venturing on to their remote shores, thanks to the combined effects of new documentary Village at the End of the World, and the significant increase in the number of trips being offered by adventure and cruise ship operators. Village at the End of the World tells the story of Niaqornat in north-west Greenland, a village of 59 people clinging to the edge of an iceberg-strewn bay. The film follows lonely teenager, Lars, the only 17-year-old in a village he has never left, who feels the pull of the outside world which he connects to virtually via his 200 Facebook friends. While Lars is desperate to leave, other residents are fighting to maintain their traditional hunting way of life, despite the thinning ice making it more dangerous and the younger generation showing little interest in following in their parents' footsteps. Read more...www.theguardian.com