Month: August 2017

Arctic gardening

Greenland is cold. You probably know that. One consequence is that almost all fruit and vegetables are shipped from Denmark. This means you need to be careful making your selection at the supermarket. A single aubergine might cost you eight dollars. Although the range and quality is still probably better than you might expect, visiting …

Tupilak

*Photograph taken at Nuuk Art Museum, www.nuukkunstmuseum.gl If you visit a gift shop in Greenland you are likely to find tupilaks – small bone or soapstone carvings of strange other-worldly creatures. As my son pointed out to me, these aren’t really tupilaks, they are only carvings of tupilaks. Tupilaks are something much more disturbing and …