Arctic Alien

My son started learning Greenlandic four years ago and although he can understand a lot, he still doesn’t speak it much. Now, after…

*This photo is NOT the cover image I refer to, but another image from the same trip, taken by my husband. To view…

The winter mornings are lethargic and slow to shake off the night. I wake in darkness to the deep throbbing hum of the…

Last week was Halloween, an American tradition that seems to have gained momentum in Greenland. The universal lure of sweets. Out went my…

Shuffling in my warm sleeping bag, I wondered who had slept on this small wooden bed before me. Who had seen out dark,…

At an industry trade show, a Canadian salesman tried to convince me of the benefits of small portable nuclear reactors for power generation…

Camping with polar bears makes me nervous. So I was nervous a lot in my three weeks camping and working in the northeast…

As a non-Dane, I need a work permit for me and my family to live in Greenland. When I applied, I was told…

Apparently our house has good feng shui. The front windows look to sea and the back windows onto this mountain. I don’t know…

Greenland from the Outside In