Environment – Page 3 – Greenland from the Outside In

In the past two weeks, while awaiting the arrival of our second son, our first was finally learning a love of the outdoors….

I frowned, pressing my fingers into the soft, dark soil. “They look a bit droopy, don’t they?” asked my husband, unhelpfully. “Yes, but…

The cold sting of rain blew relentlessly on our faces as we trudged down the hill to the bus stop. My son pulled…

“I need to send a picture of my penis to Kate*,” said my husband. I looked up slowly from my laptop. “Why do…

The tide is low as we creep through thick fog toward the small harbour of Napasoq, a tiny settlement on a rocky island…

Photo by freestocks on Unsplash The boat pulls away, leaving the three of us standing silently in the sand by our rucksacks, watching…

In the darkness, the walls reverberated, and I stirred in my bed. In the dark, I could hear my son’s soft breaths. His…

If there were tumbleweeds in Greenland, they would have been blowing down the street today. Instead, the snow blew low along the frozen…

Living in a remote place is a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, we are by our remote nature, somewhat shielded…

Greenland from the Outside In