Author: Arctic Alien
All or nothing in Narsarsuaq
I last visited Narsarsuaq years ago. It’s an abandoned American military airbase and a settlement entirely devoted to supporting the only airport (at…
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The illusion of isolation
If you want to be anonymous, Greenland might seem like a good idea. Greenland’s towns and settlements are so small, so remote, so…
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How is your lunch?
*Photograph by Hans Peter Kleemann . Child abuse. It’s not a subject most people want to talk about. And certainly not at the…
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“I love the smell of napalm in the morning”
This morning, as I walked to work, on another day of Arctic sun blazing down from a perfect blue sky, brilliant white snow…
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Don’t have a weekend medical emergency in Greenland
*‘Skadestuen’ The hospital emergency department, Nuuk One of the first panicked thoughts that flashed through my mind after breaking my leg hiking in…
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Accidental animal parts
Normal people collect flowers, rocks. But we’re not all normal, are we. I once knew a cat that collected leaves instead of dead…
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“Is the seal sleeping?”
“How high are we above sea level?” asked a middle-aged woman, as the zodiac carrying her and a half dozen other high-end tourists…
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Farewell to winter light
For me, winters in northern Europe were a dark dirge. Weeks of rain, sleet slapping the windows, grim morning darkness and a cold…
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Celebrating diversity in Nuuk
The multicultural festival in Nuuk this week seems like a good time to think about embracing diversity. There were activities involving food, art,…
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