A journey to the white land of arctic Canada
MEMORIES FROM A JOURNEY TO THE WHITE LAND OF ARCTIC CANADA Foreword Arctic Canada with its archipelago is the biggest high arctic area on earth. For thousands of years it has been inhabited by inuits,- specialists of human survival in the extreme cold climate of this land. For centuries […]
The last Kayak-men
A glimpse into the past. …the harpoon run through the air, and plunges the razor sharp point into the back of the narwhal. “Mattaq” shouts the Polar Eskimo Mamarut Kristiansen enthusiastic… – We are in Thule District, an outskirt of the north western corner of Greenland, -close to Canada`s Ellesmere […]
Tunu,- the backside of Greenland
Foreword Tunu is the inuit word for the “Back Side”, and it is not the dark side that is ment, but the word for “The Other Side”,- or the side of Greenland were very few people live, -the east coast. The inuits living there are called Tunumiuts. The east coast […]
Svalbard in winter landscape
A story about a trip to east-Spitsbergen, Svalbard Svalbard Northwards again. The date is April 2nd, and the plane has just departed from Stavanger, Norway. It is a short year since I last time was on Svalbard. This high arctic archipelago was officially discovered by the dutchman Willem Barents in […]
