Qaanaaq

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(kä-näk′)

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Byline: EXCLUSIVE BY NADA FARHOUD Environment Editor in Qaanaaq, North West Greenland

My grandad walked just a mile to hunt. I had to travel 60 miles before I gave up to work in a supermarket; MIRROR SHOCK REPORT: ONCLIMATE CRISIS FRONT LINE; - RASMUS AVIKE, 53, WHO STARTED HUNTING WHEN HE WAS 15

Teenagers in the small town of Qaanaaq play football on the beach during the heatwave

Drone flight over Arctic ice caps shows horrifying impact of North Pole heatwave; The 22c temperatures are melting the Greenland ice at a dangerous rate as the world's climate crisis deepens

Five years ago, working dogs outnumbered the residents of Qaanaaq by 1000 to 630.

My grandad walked just a mile to hunt. I had to travel 60 miles before I gave up to work in a supermarket -; RASMUS AVIKE, 53, WHO STARTED HUNTING WHEN HE WAS 15 shock report:on climate crisis front line EXCLUSIVE

Other Inuit remember the time in May 1953 when the Americans came to their village of Pituffik in the Qaanaaq region of northern Greenland.

NORTHERN EXPOSURE: In the 1950s, two Inuit communities were relocated in northwest Greenland and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though they have managed to carve a life from the icy plains they now call home, it is an existence still fraught with difficulties

THE STORY: In this dystopian story Qaanaaq is a floating slum city that arose to replace the many cities that have gone up in flames or have sunk beneath the waves.

Blackfish City

Transportation to field sites was facilitated by small skiffs operated by experienced walrus hunters from Qaanaaq, Northwest (NW) Greenland, who also deployed the tags.

Walrus Movements in Smith Sound: A Canada-Greenland Shared Stock

Qaanaaq, the northernmost village in Greenland sits just shy of 78 degrees north latitude - deep in the Arctic - yet during the summer, meltwater is everywhere.

A way of life melting away

The United States has a significant number of well-equipped air force bases in the high north: Eielson, Fort Clear, Fort Greely, Fort Wainwright, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and Qaanaaq (Thule) in Greenland.

Five nations Jockey for military influence in Arctic

Denmark became a party to the ICCPR and its Optional Protocol in 1972, (144) almost twenty years after the relocation of the Inughit to Qaanaaq in 1953.

Denial of justice: the latest indigenous land disputes before the European Court of Human Rights and the need for an expansive interpretation of Protocol 1

The expedition team will depart for Narsaq, Greenland, in the south on Friday April 12 and finish at Qaanaaq in the north.

It's snowy, freezing and blowing a gale; ... and kite skiier Mike couldn't be happier

The risky five-day helicopter expedition, dubbed "Petermish", departed from Qaanaaq, the northernmost non-military permanent settlement in the world.

Scientist is speechless as glacier just turns to water; VAST GREENLAND ICE BLOCK MELTS AWAY IN TWO YEARS

In February 2006, scientists associated with the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources in Nuuk interviewed 72 experienced polar bear hunters in the Qaanaaq and Upernavik municipalities of Northwest Greenland.

Polar bears in northwest Greenland; an interview survey about the catch and the climate