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...
When the “Endurance” was finally crushed by the pack ice of the Weddell Sea on November 21, 1915, it marked the start for Shackleton and his men to embark on a seemingly hopeless odyssey. The location of the ship’s sinking was recorded by Captain...
Sir Ernest Shackleton’s “Endurance” was crushed by pack ice while attempting to reach the edge of the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf and sank in November 1915. The upcoming “Endurance22” expedition is to locate, investigate and film the wreck....
Scene from the silent film “A Journey to Greenland” from 1921. Photo: Screenshot Film Centralen Greenland has long held a great attraction for explorers and researchers and has been the destination of numerous expeditions and research voyages over the last...
Today, on the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Canada is honouring the lost Indigenous children and residential school survivors, their families and communities. Image: Government of Canada “Today is an important day, a day where we remember...