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Film Review: Against the Ice

Film Review: Against the Ice

Posted on 15 May 2022 by Charlotte Gehrke

By Max Modell Man and dog, a love story that spans across time. Few things are as comforting as having a dog by your side, a protector and a best […]

The Inuulluni Project: Inuit Perspectives of the Winter House and Greenlandic Landscape

The Inuulluni Project: Inuit Perspectives of the Winter House and Greenlandic Landscape

Posted on 9 September 2021 by Charlotte Gehrke

By Asta Mønsted According to Nordisk Samarbejde (Nordic Co-operation), the time a private home seeker must wait for a public rental home in Nuuk today is between 10 and 12 years. This […]

Working as a fixer for documentaries & media projects in Greenland before & during the COVID-19 pandemic

Working as a fixer for documentaries & media projects in Greenland before & during the COVID-19 pandemic

Posted on 3 September 2021 by Charlotte Gehrke

By Kim Insuk In 2008 in Korea, a TV documentary series called Tears of the Arctic was released. It was the first documentary that was filmed in the Arctic including Greenland for […]

Interview: Dr. Frigga Kruse and Asta Mønsted talk Polar Archeology and PAN

Interview: Dr. Frigga Kruse and Asta Mønsted talk Polar Archeology and PAN

Posted on 27 May 2021 by Charlotte Gehrke

In late April, we got the change to chat with polar archeologists Dr. Frigga Kruse, a polar historical archeologist based at the Institute of Ecosystem Research at Kiel University in […]

Interview: Dr. Anthony Leiserowitz talks about his work on the new documentary ‘Meltdown’

Interview: Dr. Anthony Leiserowitz talks about his work on the new documentary ‘Meltdown’

Posted on 22 February 2021 by Charlotte Gehrke

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJJdQRBcgMY&feature=youtu.be 'Meltdown' trailer - courtesy of Gravitas Ventures. The documentary Meltdown features climate communication expert Dr. Anthony Leiserowitz and renowned photographer Lynn Davis, as they explore the impacts of the climate crisis […]

The ’Greenland card’ – Arctic Colonialism in the Cold War Era

The ’Greenland card’ – Arctic Colonialism in the Cold War Era

Posted on 7 January 2020 by Charlotte Gehrke

By Iben Bjørnsson The Second World War had significant consequences for Greenland. Greenland was cut off from her colonial metropole and, for the first time in several hundred years, the […]

Peter Freuchen – the colonial adventurer and his legacy

Peter Freuchen – the colonial adventurer and his legacy

Posted on 22 October 2019 by Charlotte Gehrke

By Iben Bjørnsson In Denmark, there is a chapter of The Adventurers’ Club, an early 20th Century gathering of male ‘explorers’ who travelled the world. One might think that such a […]