shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileGreenland

in the Watkins Range, deep in East Greenland

Gunnbjørn Fjeld

Name: Gunnbjørn Fjeld — on ceramic tile, by WenderVista
Brand: WenderVista

— — the highest thing north of the Arctic Circle.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.

— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand

— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines

— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall

— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround

— a note from the studio

“The highest peak in Greenland, and the highest anywhere north of the Arctic Circle. A volcanic nunatak in the Watkins Range, rising clean above an ice sheet that runs to every horizon. The light is long in summer, gone for months in winter. Hardly anyone goes. The ones who do come back quiet.

from the studio

— bring it home

Gunnbjørn Fjeld, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?

One tile — square or rectangle.

How big?

the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand

6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb

Surface finish

A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.

How it sits

A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.

$58

Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.

— size

6 × 6 in

15 cm

— weighs

1.6 lb

solid in the hand

— surface

ceramic, hand-finished

art rests beneath a thin glossy finish

— from

Knoxville, TN

our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies

— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Gunnbjørn Fjeld

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.

— the place

Gunnbjørn Fjeld is a 3,694-metre (12,119 ft) nunatak in the Watkins Range of East Greenland, the highest peak in the country and the highest anywhere north of the Arctic Circle. It is a Tertiary basaltic remnant rising above the eastern edge of the Greenland Ice Sheet, in the Sermersooq municipality. The name honours Gunnbjörn Ulfsson, the tenth-century Norse mariner credited with the first European sighting of Greenland.

— informed by Wikipedia — Gunnbjørn Fjeld

— the silence

There are no roads, no settlements, no resupply within hundreds of kilometres. Climbing parties fly in by ski-equipped Twin Otter from Constable Pynt or Akureyri, Iceland, land on the glacier below the mountain, and ski to a high camp. The first ascent was made in 1935 by an expedition led by Augustine Courtauld and Ejnar Mikkelsen. Encounters happen by chance with another small team in a season — most years the mountain sees fewer than a hundred climbers.

— informed by Wikipedia — Augustine Courtauld

— the air

At nearly 3,700 metres in the high Arctic, the air is thin and dry; effective altitude feels higher than the same elevation farther south. The climbing season is a narrow window in April and May, when the sun returns but the snowpack is still cold enough to hold. Storms off the Denmark Strait, eighty kilometres east, can pin a camp for days. Summit days run long and bright — by late April the sun does not set this far north.

— informed by Wikipedia — Watkins Range

— where

Greenland · Sermersooq, East Greenland

— within

Northeast Greenland National Park

— elevation

3,694 m · 12,119 ft

— position

68.9197° N · 29.8989° W

— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.

at the lake

Northeast Greenland National Park

national park boundary

180 km S

Constable Pynt

airstrip

200 km SE

Ittoqqortoormiit

settlement

80 km E

Denmark Strait

sea passage

Gunnbjørn Fjeld

Northeast Greenland National Park

Constable Pynt

Ittoqqortoormiit

Denmark Strait

— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Gunnbjørn Fjeld — and about bringing the piece home.

— about the place

3,694 metres, or 12,119 feet. It is the highest peak in Greenland and the highest point anywhere on land north of the Arctic Circle, set in the Watkins Range of East Greenland.

In the Watkins Range, on the eastern edge of the Greenland Ice Sheet, within Sermersooq municipality and the bounds of Northeast Greenland National Park. The nearest settlement is Ittoqqortoormiit, about two hundred kilometres away.

A British expedition led by Augustine Courtauld and Ejnar Mikkelsen made the first ascent in 1935. The peak had been sighted and surveyed earlier by H. G. Watkins's British Arctic Air Route Expedition.

Gunnbjörn Ulfsson, the tenth-century Norse mariner credited with the first European sighting of Greenland after his ship was driven off course on a voyage to Iceland.

It is the eroded remnant of Tertiary-age basaltic volcanism, not an active volcano. The Watkins Range is built of flood basalts laid down as the North Atlantic opened, around fifty-five million years ago.

In practice, no. Access is by ski-equipped Twin Otter from Constable Pynt or Akureyri to a glacier landing strip. Self-supported approach overland from the coast is not a realistic option for most parties.

— about the piece in your home

It has been for many of our customers. The piece reads to anyone who knows the mountain — a small community — and to people drawn to Arctic exploration, polar history, or quiet alpine work. A Medium or Large carries the scale.

The ice-blues, basalt-grey, and high-Arctic white suit Scandinavian and Nordic Minimalist rooms, Mountain-modern interiors, and quiet libraries with linen and pale oak. It also reads well against deep navy or charcoal walls.

Yes. The piece sits naturally in the current Scandinavian and Arctic-Modern lines, alongside expedition photography and pale-wood furniture. A Large above a reading chair holds the room without crowding it.

Single Large reads above most consoles. Above a standard sofa, the 4-tile Mural fills the wall well; over an oversized sectional, the 9-tile Mural holds the room.

Yes, in the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both are scratch-resistant and made for vertical installation in steam-heavy rooms. The Glossy finish is for framed wall pieces in dry rooms.

A soft microfibre cloth with plain water is enough. No solvents, no abrasive pads. The colour lives in the ceramic surface itself and will not lift or fade with normal cleaning.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original to our studio in Knoxville, Tennessee. We do not license third-party art and the visual language is our own.

— if this one stayed with you