Trudging across the sea ice – three geologists, returning from a day’s work amongst iced-in islands in east Antarctica – we spotted a dark slug-like shape in the otherwise completely white expanse before us. It was a Weddell seal, languishing by its breathing hole. One of my companions decided he wanted to know what a …
Month: November 2020
Two nights a week, I took the bus an hour across Copenhagen to the school where Danish classes were held. I arrived late at the first lesson, walked into the classroom, and sat down. A middle-aged man with dark curly hair was speaking in Danish to the dozen or so attentive students of various nationalities. …
In Nuuk, people don’t worry too much about the weather. So last week, when I saw people preparing for an approaching storm, it was obvious it was going to be something unusual. On the day before the storm, a bus driver announced to passengers that we should check the website or Facebook page the following …
It was a lot of meat. I had stopped by the gate leading down to the pier to look at the large plastic bags, about ten of them, filled with dark red meat and pale bones. I assumed someone was returning from their last reindeer hunt of the season. But something didn’t quite look right. …