Greenland

Greenland Is Still Burning, But The Smoke May Be The Real Problem

1:02pm August 15, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

Wildfires are still burning in western Greenland, close to the Arctic island's ice sheet. As the fires burn, they release black particles that can coat the ice and snow, and make it melt more quickly.

This satellite photograph depicts the wildfire raging in Greenland, as seen from space last week.

PHOTOS: A 'Massive' Wildfire Is Now Blazing In Greenland

6:54pm August 08, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

NASA satellites detected the blaze just over a week ago. Since then, the rare wildfire in western Greenland has continued to burn through a region far better known for its ice and snow.

Orto Ignatiussen outside his home in Tasiilaq, Greenland, in 2016.

Arts

An Inuit Actor Contemplates A Big Break Gone Small

6:00pm February 04, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

When a local theater director in a tiny town in East Greenland landed a part in a Hollywood blockbuster, he thought it might be the beginning of big things for his acting career.

Climate change has made summers in Greenland warmer and drier, leading to a decline in the number of sheep farms on the island.

Greenland's Getting Warmer, But Farmers There Are Struggling More Than Ever

1:37pm November 17, 2016

by Eli Kintisch

Warming and longer summers in Greenland have raised hopes for expansion of agriculture on the island. But the summers have been drier, causing a decline in the number of sheep farms on the island.

Der ligger en lille Ã¸ midt i den gamle havn i Kangeq.

Selvmord i Grønland: Det er ikke mørket, som dræber dig

3:06pm September 23, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

Grønland har verdens højeste selvmordsrate. Og teenagedrenge er i højeste risikogruppe.

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A view of the main trench to the permanent camp at Camp Century, Greenland, in the 1950s. The U.S. Army base was abandoned in 1967, after Greenland's ice sheet began shifting and the Army realized that the tunnels wouldn't last.

Melting Ice In Greenland Could Expose Serious Pollutants From Buried Army Base

5:47pm August 05, 2016

by Christopher Joyce

Camp Century was a research station and test site for deploying nuclear missiles before it was abandoned under the ice in the '60s. Scientists say pollutants left behind may spread as the ice melts.

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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) and Greenland's then-Prime Minister Aleqa Hammond stand on the ice outside the city of Uummannaq, north of the Arctic Circle, in 2014. Greenland held a referendum in 1982 and voted to leave the European Economic C

World News

Britain Won't Be The First To Leave A United Europe. Guess Who Was?

5:25pm June 28, 2016

by Robert Siegel

Britain is being described as the first country to leave the European Union. That may be true on a technicality, but others left the pan-European body in the past.

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An artist's rendering of the Woman of the Sea, part of an Inuit legend, decorates an apartment block in downtown Nuuk, Greenland. Although Inuit culture was beaten down by Danish colonizers, it's now changing and thriving.

The Arctic Suicides: Your Questions Answered

7:00am May 01, 2016

by NPR Staff

You asked: If it's not the dark, is it the cold? Why did you focus on men, not women? And how can we help?

Greenland native Nina-Vivi Andersen visits the old town of Kangeq, off the coast of Greenland's capital Nuuk. She has her own perspective on the word Eskimo: "I don't mind to be called Eskimo — it is neutral for me. But when I saw an ice cream store in

Why You Probably Shouldn't Say 'Eskimo'

6:42am April 24, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

There's a new theory about what the term means. But that doesn't change its controversial past.

A trip to Iceland wouldn't be complete without a dip in the Blue Lagoon, a man-made geothermal pool on Reykjanes peninsula.

#NPRreads: 3 Stories To Soak Up This Weekend

1:36pm April 23, 2016

The premise of #NPRreads is simple: Correspondents, editors and producers from our newsroom share the pieces that have kept them reading and each weekend, we highlight some of the best stories.