Category: Culture
“Dad can’t pick me up, he’s butchering a reindeer”
The two boys had been playing all day and, with dinner approaching, I told my son’s friend it was time for him to…
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Resurrection
A white orb shimmers in and out of watery focus, framed by liquid blue that shields this pale sun from reflected clouds in…
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Should I choose expensive, rude, and absent, or expensive, unsafe, and insecure?
We were getting sick of having our boat in the main marina in Nuuk. The draconian rules were designed to take advantage of…
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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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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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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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