Cold is relative

*Nuuk Snow Festival We lived in Darwin for some years, where the day-time temperature is thirty-two degrees year round. Only the humidity changes….

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Musk ox

*Musk ox, Wikimedia commons Musk ox are seriously weird animals. They’re like something straight out of Star Wars. A skull-like plate wraps its…

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Greenlandic Royalty

*Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, Wikimedia Commons Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. And despite the desire to become independent, the…

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Thin ice

Last Saturday was Climate Day in Nuuk, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Greenland Climate Research Centre and draw attention to climate…

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Hovering over the abyss

I love this picture. When I look at it, I am overcome by the strange combination of terror and hilarity. The contrast makes…

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