In this instalment, Arctic Deeply gives you a look into an Icelandic town vying for its place in the global market, not with tourism but with transport. Siggeir Stefánsson introduces us to Þórshöfn, his small Icelandic fishing town which he hopes to diversify in order to keep afloat. “If you live in Reykjavik, you can choose from 100 kinds of…
In Meet the North’s most recent Arctic Deeply story, meet the man behind Iceland’s Arctic Henge. The late Erlingur B. Thoroddsen dreamt of sharing the beauty he saw in the small town of Raufarhöfn through his ‘hobby.’ Thoroddsen explained that the entire structure would be made from locally quarried stone and surrounded by representations of 72 dwarves…
Meet the North’s latest Arctic Deeply story brings you into the workshop of two of Greenland’s traditional sealskin crafters. Soriina Davidsen and Vera Larsen explain the highs and lows of a controversial craft with a longstanding place in the country’s history. Davidsen and her coworker, Vera Larsen, spend long days here cutting, stitching and talking. The pair…
Arctic Deeply ventures to Jan Mayen island to meet the 18 people who compose Norway’s most isolated community. Learn more about Siw Landro, who works as the island’s nurse, librarian and everything in between. Siw Landro fell in love, again, when she arrived on Jan Mayen, Norway. Siw has a partner and children back home, but Mr. Beerenberg…
Check out our latest Arctic Deeply story: Learn with Meet the North as two of Nunavut’s foremost language experts explain how Inuktitut has evolved for the digital age. The Inuktitut word for internet, “ikiaqqijjut,” is often translated as “the tool to travel through layers.” But Eva stresses that it needs more explanation. “The idea is that…
Several of our stories have been featured on the Huffington Post, and the series is finding a new audience around the world. Meet the North seeks to show the rest of the world what life is like in the Arctic – one introduction at a time. With each new reader comes a new introduction, and we couldn’t be happier that…
Check out our most recent story on Arctic Deeply. As luck would have it, Meet the North bumped into local artist Mathew Nuqingaq during a short stop in Iqaluit. Take a tour of his workshop as he explains his passion for creating jewelry and all things metal. In the shop, I noticed a man with a kind face and…
Come along with Arctic Deeply as it continues its journey through Iceland. Stop on the way to meet the owners of a small family dairy farm working in an increasingly tourism driven economy. The lush hayfields look so natural it’s easy to overlook the expertise it takes to grow such a crop in a cool, rainy climate where windstorms blow…
Embark with Arctic Deeply as it makes its way into Iceland. Meet one family as they celebrate the annual Skaftholtsrettir, or sheep round up, in the small municipality of Gnupverjahreppur. “The rettir is like a second Christmas,” said Olga Andreason, the matriarch of Minni-Mastunga farm located about 7 kilometers (4 miles) away. Her six kids and several of…
Join Arctic Deeply as it learns about the kelp business in Sisimiut, Greenland. Meet Maki Ulrik Lybert as he works to revive this traditional food source. Maki had been a schoolteacher for more than 20 years when he envisioned a new business centered on seaweed. In Western Greenland, it’s common to have various jobs throughout the course of one’s…