| Expedition Name | Year(s) | Area explored | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pining-Pothorst Expedition | 1472 | Southeast? Greenland | Didrik Pining and Hans Pothorst |
| Third Northwest Passage Voyage | 1578 | South Greenland | Martin Frobisher |
| John Davis’ Expeditions to the Northwest Passage | 1583-87 | Southwest Greenland | John Davis |
| Christian IV's Expeditions | 1605-07 | Southeast Greenland | John Cunningham, Godske Lindenov, Carsten Richardson and James Hall |
| Hall Expedition | 1612 | Southwest Greenland | James Hall and William Baffin |
| Baffin Expedition | 1616 | West Greenland | William Baffin |
| Walløe Expedition | 1751-53 | Southeast Greenland | Peder Olsen Walløe |
| Ross Expedition | 1818 | Northwest Greenland | John Ross |
| Scoresby's Voyage to the Northern Whale-Fishery in the Baffin of Liverpool | 1822 | East Greenland | William Scoresby |
| Commissioners for the Discovery of the Longitude at Sea Expedition | 1823 | East Greenland | Douglas Charles Clavering and Edward Sabine |
| Graah Expedition | 1828-30 | Southeast Greenland | W. A. Graah |
| La Lilloise Expedition | 1833 | Southeast Greenland | Jules de Blosseville |
| Inglefield Expedition | 1852 | Northwest Greenland | Edward Augustus Inglefield |
| First German North Polar Expedition | 1868 | Northeast Greenland | Carl Koldewey |
| Second German North Polar Expedition (Germania and Hansa) | 1869-70 | Northeast Greenland | Carl Koldewey |
| British Arctic Expedition | 1875-76 | North Greenland | George Nares |
| J. A. D. Jensen Expedition | 1878 | Inland ice in West Greenland | J. A. D. Jensen |
| Umiak Expedition | 1883-85 | Southeast Greenland | Gustav Holm and Thomas Vilhelm Garde |
| 2nd Dickson expedition led by Nordenskiöld | 1883 | West Greenland and East Greenland at Ammasalik | Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld |
| Upernavik Mapping Expedition | 1886-87 | Northwest Greenland | Carl Ryder |
| Nansen Expedition | 1888 | Across the inland ice | Fridtjof Nansen |
| Ryder’s East Greenland Expedition (Hekla) | 1891-92 | Scoresby Sund system | Carl Ryder |
| Peary's North Greenland Expeditions | 1891-92 | North Greenland | Robert Peary |
| Peary's North Greenland Expeditions | 1893-95 | North Greenland | Robert Peary |
| Peary's Peary Arctic Club Expedition | 1898-1902 | North Greenland | Robert Peary |
| Sverdrup Expedition | 1898 | Northwest Greenland | Otto Sverdrup |
| Carlsbergfund Expedition to East Greenland | 1898-1900 | Coast between Ammassalik Island and Scoresby Sound | G. C. Amdrup |
| Swedish Greenland Expedition to search for Andrée | 1899 | Northeast Greenland | Alfred Gabriel Nathorst |
| Literary expedition | 1902-04 | Northwest Greenland | Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen and Knud Rasmussen |
| Expédition Arctique du Duc D'Orléans | 1905 | East Greenland | Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans |
| Danmark expedition | 1906-08 | Northeast-North Greenland | Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen |
| Alabama expedition[1] | 1909-12 | Northeast Greenland | Ejnar Mikkelsen |
| First Thule Expedition | 1912 | North Greenland | Knud Rasmussen and Peter Freuchen |
| Danish Expedition to Queen Louise Land | 1912-13 | Crossing the inland ice in North Greenland | J.P. Koch |
| Second Thule Expedition | 1916-18 | North Greenland | Knud Rasmussen |
| Third Thule Expedition[2] | 1919 | North Greenland | Knud Rasmussen |
| Fourth Thule Expedition | 1919-20 | East Greenland | Knud Rasmussen |
| Bicentenary Jubilee Expedition[3] | 1921–23 | North Greenland | Lauge Koch |
| Fifth Thule Expedition[4] | 1921-24 | Knud Rasmussen | |
| Sixth Thule Expedition | 1931 | Northeast Greenland | Knud Rasmussen |
| Three-year Expedition to East Greenland | 1931-34 | East Greenland | Lauge Koch |
| Mørkefjord Expedition | 1938-39 | Northeast Greenland | Lauge Koch |
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