Sisimiut, Greenland
Sisimiut and time for some adventures with @tukummis and #meethenorth. I’m making the most of 48 hours here … including seaweed, kalaaliminit, and birthday parties. Read the next posts.
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Prince Regent Inlet, Nunavut
Gifts come in all shapes and sizes. I wanted to include at least one introduction to the polar bear with #meetthenorth. Here are two yearling cubs hanging out on the sea ice below the bow of our ship. This is an iPhone photo. No zoom, no filter.
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Athlete in Pond Inlet, Nunavut
I have left the Canadian Arctic for the time being, but I keep thinking back to the warm welcome we received in Pond Inlet. The cultural show, complete with incredible feats like this high kick, involved community members of all ages. An elder lit the qulliq; a toddler sat in his mother’s amauti while she…
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Pond Inlet, Nunavut
I met Agnes in Pond Inlet where I took this photo after hearing this story. In 1986, some visitors came and took pictures of Agnes and her family at their camp outside of Igloolik. Recently, she found the pictures online. They are being sold as puzzles, cups, and t-shirts. “It’s no fair to me or…
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The Craftsman, Ilulissat, Greenland
(Post 1 of 3) The Craftsman’s table
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(Post 2 of 3) The Craft
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(Post 3 of 3) The Craftsman Ole Kristian Sandgreen Kunstvorksted Workshop Ilulissat, Greenland
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Family ties, Sisimiut, Greenland
Meet Tukumminnguaq Olsen. You can call her Tuku, and this is her great grandfather, Gustav Olsen. Tuku’s from Thule, West Greenland’s northernmost community, and this is a monument to her great grandfather which stands outside the church in Sisimiut. He was a Greenlandic missionary, and the plaque commemorates him and his wife, Ane-Sophia Olsen. “The…
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Greenland arrival
I’ve arrived in West Greenland, and it’s beautiful. Photo @ralphleehopkins.
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Svalbard gift delivery, Ottawa, Canada
Full circle moment. In June, I delivered a gift from World of Maps in Ottawa, Canada to the museum in Longyearbyen, Svalbard. Yesterday I got to deliver the gift from Svalbard back to Ottawa. It was so much fun, and now I know how Santa feels. Brad and Petra loved the package and went crazy…
