The north side of the Nuuk peninsula, out past the airport, used to be a wild place of rocky hills and valleys sloping down to the fjord, a place where people went to hike, camp, picnic, and to test their weapons at the start of the hunting season. Yes, the latter two activity shared the …
Month: September 2020
The tumbling, rushing water dives over a rocky ledge and into a dark pool. There is a flash of silver as a fish darts from the shadows to the safety of cover beneath submerged rocks. Under the brilliant blue sky, the clear water beckons, enticing. But the fresh, sharp air hints at its frigid cold. …
I had all but forgotten that I was expecting a new credit card from Australia. So when I finally received it, I looked inquisitively at the postage date on the front of the envelope. It had been posted three and a half months earlier. Where have you been? I wondered. Perhaps it had languished somewhere …
Greenland is the least densely populated country in the world. Even when you subtract the inland ice, which accounts for about 80% of the area of Greenland, it is still the least densely populated country in the world. There are literally thousands of kilometres of coastline where you will not encounter another human being. Even …
A faint birdlike call in the darkness rouses me and I reach for my phone. It’s three in the morning. The pale yellow light guides me through the darkness and, in its glow, I see the smooth contours of his face resting in the cot, eyes half closed, like mine, still half way from sleep. …