Last Saturday was Climate Day in Nuuk, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Greenland Climate Research Centre and draw attention to climate change. Everyone knows those striking images of Greenland’s melting ice, skinny polar bears, retreating glaciers. But for those who live outside the Arctic, which is almost everyone, it’s hard to relate to. …
Month: February 2019
*Front cover image reproduced with kind permission from Maria Bach Kreutzmann OK, seriously, when it comes to scary stories, what the hell is wrong with Greenlanders? Yes, I knew that Greenlandic ghost stories are some of the scariest you might wish to hear. Even a brief introduction to Qivittoq and Tupilak will convince you of …
Like a mirage in the desert, or the disillusioning sense of movement when in a stationary train next to a moving one, a world of whiteness does strange things to one’s perceptions. Combinations of fog, snow, and ice produce a world without contrast, warping perspective and depth of field, and confusing what is real and …
I love this picture. When I look at it, I am overcome by the strange combination of terror and hilarity. The contrast makes me laugh every time. See the guy in the middle of the picture? That’s my husband. For the last five minutes, he’s been slowly descending a snowy slope from a ledge where …