This issue is dedicated to ‘All Things Greenland’
Summary: Nuuk Art Museum | Greenland’s Big Walls: new winter route found by Tomaszewski and Haldas | Greenland: whale’s sleep measured for the first time | The Polar Circle Marathon (Kangerlussuaq, Greenland) | ‘Nunatta Katersugaasivia Allagaateqarfialu’: Greenland National Museum & Archives | Aron of Kangek (Greenlandic artist) | Nuuk Nordic Culture Festival | Oceans may be melting Greenland’s glaciers 100-times faster | Greenland’s traditional cuisine | ‘Naasuliardarpi’: a novel by Niviaq Korneliussen | Being musicians in Greenland and in Faroe | Do Greenland and Denmark ‘swap’ their weather? | A 2-million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland uncovered by environmental DNA | Denmark apologises to Greenlandic children abducted in 1950s social experiment | ‘All things Iceland’ podcast: ‘From Iceland to Greenland: an epic adventure for Nature lovers’
‘Nuuk Art Museum’ was a gift from Svend and Helene Junge Pedersen to the people in Nuuk: it was opened in 2005 and is found in the former Adventist church
Greenland’s Big Walls: new winter route found by Tomaszewski and Haldas
Marcin Tomaszewski and Pawel Haldas picked a huge vertical wall they described as “Greenland’s El Capitan”, and climbed in -36ºC
Greenland: whale’s sleep measured for the first time
Researchers from the ‘Greenland Institute of Natural Resources’ have collected new data showing that whales spend inactive periods: the researchers believe that the whales are actually asleep when this happens
The Polar Circle Marathon (Kangerlussuaq, Greenland)
The Polar Circle Marathon (28-29 October 2023) takes place in Kangerlussuaq: the endless ice and arctic tundra of this vast country are the backdrop for this unusual race, in which runners race through the soundless arctic desert past glacier tongues and moraine landscapes.
‘Nunatta Katersugaasivia Allagaateqarfialu’: Greenland National Museum & Archives
The museum was started in Nuuk in mid-1960s as the first museum in Greenland and is the country’s largest museum of cultural history.
Aron of Kangek (Greenlandic artist)
Âlut Kangermio - Aron of Kangeq is one of the most famous Greenlandic artists, and oral historian. His woodcuts and watercolors are noted for their documentary effect and depiction of Greenlandic Inuit culture and history
‘Nuuk Nordic Culture Festival’ is a multi arts biennial culture festival, one of the main returning cultural events in Greenland
Oceans may be melting Greenland’s glaciers 100-times faster
Greenland‘s glacier fronts, the part touching the ocean, may be melting 100-times faster than originally thought
‘Naasuliardarpi’: a novel by Niviaq Korneliussen
Published in 2020, ‘Naasuliardarpi’ (‘Flower Valley’) is a novel by Greenlandic author Niviaq Korneliussen that won the ‘Nordic Council Literature Prize‘ in 2021
Being musicians in Greenland and in Faroe
Greenland is a rather complicated place for musicians: there is a lack of places to play, there are no roads connecting the main cities, and so getting there is a challenge…
Greenland’s traditional cuisine
Greenland’s traditional cuisine is heavily influenced by the country’s harsh climate and geography, as well as its history as a hunting and fishing society
Do Greenland and Denmark ‘swap’ their weather?
A claim most people may have heard at one point or another is ‘When the cold “bites” in Denmark, they “sweat” in Greenland‘. Although it is a bit of an exaggeration, there is actually something to the story
A 2-million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland uncovered by environmental DNA
We report an ancient environmental DNA (eDNA) record describing the rich plant and animal assemblages of the Kap København Formation in North Greenland, dated to around 2 million years ago
Denmark apologises to Greenlandic children abducted in 1950s social experiment
Denmark’s prime minister apologised in person to six surviving victims of a “social experiment” of the 1950s: 22 Greenlandic children aged between 4 and 9 were taken from their families and sent to Denmark, then the colonial power, to be re-educated as “little Danes” and integrated into Danish society
‘All things Iceland’ podcast: ‘From Iceland to Greenland: an epic adventure for Nature lovers’
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