Despite the name, Greenland sharks are not found only around Greenland. They live in the Arctic Ocean, Baffin Bay, the Gulf of St Lawrence and have even been seen as far south as 32° north, in the Atlantic Ocean. Photo: Hemming1952 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0...
Keep your enemies close — and your frenemies even closer (Photo: Siumut) When Greenland’s premier, Múte B Egede (above left) was chosen to lead talks on behalf of his party to form a new government last April, there was just one party that had his interest....
Open water areas in front of the calving front of Helheim Glacier, as seen here in August 2019, have been observed for some time. Photo: Nasa / Josh Willis Greenland is losing huge amounts of ice due to global warming, especially through its marine-terminating...
In large parts of the Arctic, the tundra offers a rich table of berries, mushrooms and edible plants, especially in summer and autumn, which Arctic peoples have always been able to take advantage of. Image: Carlo Lukassen The Arctic is often portrayed as a hostile...
The landscape of the Qassiarsuk region, where the first Europeans settled on Greenland, looks completely un-Arctic and lovely. But appearances are deceptive, as the Vikings also had to learn. After only about 500 years, they disappeared again. Image: Carlo Lukassen...