The car rejected reverse in any kind of cold weather. And in the winter it snowed on the inside. It was the worst car in Nuuk and it would have been ours. But, perhaps fortunately, it died shortly before our friends – the owners – bequeathed it to us on leaving Greenland. So we remain …
For someone who grew up in 30 degree plus summers, with winter holidays involving slushy snow and sleet, the plethora of forms of frozen whiteness in Greenland is fascinating. With two Greenlandic winters behind me, I am somewhat surprised to find that I look forward to them. Although it is a little heart-wrenching to watch …
*Cartoon by Buuarsikkut Soon there will be an election in Greenland. Elections are a time when Greenland, sometimes, makes it into the international media. Well, at least in the Kingdom of Denmark, which is Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. But what is surprising is that even in Denmark, which some (not me) might call Greenland’s …
Greenlanders would like to have a successful resource industry to help them on their path to independence from Denmark. So how could large scale foreign investment be a bad thing? The early 2000’s were a boom time for resources, in Greenland as everywhere. Investors were throwing money into resources to the extent that exploration companies …
It’s well-recognised that we learn more effectively if new information is presented in a context that is familiar to us. We learn based on what we already know. This is called constructivist learning: we construct new knowledge from what we already understand. So using a framework that kids are already familiar with makes it much …
Three years of working in Greenland has brought me into project partnerships with Danish and American agencies. From both, there is a clear strategic interest in Greenland. But the outlook from each is different. I’ve seen the Americans offer to run workshops to build local knowledge and competence, offer logistical support, send across advisors and …
*Map of mobile coverage in Greenland, from Telepost Mobile coverage in Greenland is rather limited. And where it does exist, it’s sometimes a bit hit and miss. Even in Nuuk – the capital – text messages can sometimes arrive a few days late, or not at all. And it’s best not to rely on international text …
*Still image from ‘Camp Century’ film (1963) Greenland is a big place. Things get lost, forgotten, hidden, and some things noone ever notices. Last week was the fiftieth anniversay of a catastrophic event, the details of which were not public until an investigation by the Danish parliament almost thirty years later. On the afternoon …
As I fell, I heard my leg snap beneath me, and the sound of myself screaming. Since Greenland achieved self-rule in 2009, one of the few areas remaining under Danish jurisdiction is the military – Arctic Command, responsible for search and rescue operations, amongst other things. Arctic Command has a helicopter on permanent lease from …