Greenland is not green, sorry. It is, however, the size of Australia. Has just 55,000 mainly Inuit people. Contains 10% of the world’s fresh water. Is 80% covered by ice. Is melting fast. Is under an existential threat from Trump. Is transitioning from being a forgotten geography textbook chapter to the world’s stage. 

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What is this icey land really like close-up? I was privileged to visit two realms. First the seascapes – dramatic, glacier-topped fjords feeding Icebergs into the North Atlantic. You may have heard of one berg from Ilulissat having a brief exchange with a British vessel on 15th April 1912. It did not go well. Today, the bergs are still very large. Yes, 70% sits below in the cold waters. I hope the panorama images that follow convey the scale and awe of the ice.

 

My second realm was the small west-coast communities. Presented are the Inuit villages of Sisimuit and Qeqertarsuaq near Disko Bay. Here, life is hard. Infrequent supplies. Small wooden houses with bergs out of the window.

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Summer or Winter, on land or at sea, these Greenlandic people live in the shadow of the apex predator: ICE.