Ghosts – Greenland from the Outside In

Each morning on the bus to work, I pass the cemetary in the centre of Nuuk, a field of sparse, white crosses against…

A white orb shimmers in and out of watery focus, framed by liquid blue that shields this pale sun from reflected clouds in…

*Front cover image reproduced with kind permission from Maria Bach Kreutzmann OK, seriously, when it comes to scary stories, what the hell is…

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

A Qivittoq is a frightening, often evil creature – a ghost man living in the mountains. Like all good scary stories, the story of…

A Greenlandic taxi driver picked me up for the ten minute drive into town. On the way I gazed at the calm water…

*Photograph taken at Nuuk Art Museum, www.nuukkunstmuseum.gl If you visit a gift shop in Greenland you are likely to find tupilaks – small…

Greenland from the Outside In