Environment – Page 12 – Greenland from the Outside In

*Photograph by Chris Kirkland “F*** Greenpeace,” declared the bumper sticker of a battered old station wagon. I couldn’t but laugh – only…

October is late in the year to be sailing. It’s cold. An icy rind is forming around the shore and a blanket of…

Owning a boat is an unrivalled way of experiencing Greenland’s natural beauty. It’s also an effective and efficient way of getting into a…

Fishing in Greenland is like, well, shooting fish in a barrel. I grew up spending my Christmas holidays in Australia, on the beach…

*Photograph by Elis Hoffman. There is a brief moment in the early Greenlandic summer when a confluence of factors make it seem that…

Greenland is cold. You probably know that. One consequence is that almost all fruit and vegetables are shipped from Denmark. This means you…

I had to laugh when I got this shopping bag from a supermarket in Finland. Not because of the weird language or any…

*Photo by Daniel Herwartz When the wind blows in Greenland, you know about it. The winter storms are terrific. ‘Terrific’ in that they…

My husband and son stand together on the balcony outside our house in the darkness, warm inside their thick down jackets, furred hoods…

Greenland from the Outside In