The reality of tv in Greenland: Ice Cold Gold
Adventure Aften with Ice Cold Gold. Image: Filip Gielda / Torrak Fashion It’s tough work for miners to prospect in front of the camera – perhaps even harder than in real life! ‘Adventure Aften’ at...
View ArticleThe 2013 Happiest Snowmen in the World results released
First sighting of the Greenland snowman this season as reported on The Fourth Continent’s Facebook On top of the world, and on top of the smiling charts for 2013. According to the World Happiness Index...
View ArticleThe rollercoaster ride that was 2013
It’s been one year since I started this blog and found out I was going to Greenland! Exciting, but not always easy. To wrap up the year, I’ve filled-in-some-blanks and highlighted one blog per month...
View ArticleSSS: ‘starved from shopping syndrome’
Fruits of shopping…gifts ready to be shipped off! While my credit card was rejoicing at the fact it was hard for me to spend money on pretty or cool things, I spiralled into the depths of SSS: starved...
View ArticleDancing on prom night: Årsfest
Prom night: it’s every high school girl’s dream. Warm sealskin boots were replaced by 10 cm stilettos. The theme was ‘1920s gangsters’, and the transformation was impressive. The occasion was Årsfest,...
View ArticleHow to get from Down Under to Up Over
Photo: Steve Pearce Photography – An Aussie who travelled to East Greenland! How the heck do you get from Australia to Greenland? Well you certainly can’t walk there! I’ve planned to write this for a...
View ArticleA touch of royalty and moments that matter
Last week, Greenland had a special royal visit from the Danish Royal Family. It was another moment that touched the lives of many. What do I mean by ‘another moment’, you ask? In Greenland, there are...
View ArticleHow to piss off a Greenlander
Photo: Destination Arctic Circle It’s really easy to piss off someone from Greenland, and Tina Egede, a native Inuit explains it much more indignantly than I ever could. She asks you to think about the...
View ArticleExplaining that crazy Nordic family
This is hilarious – Nordic family tree by Ask A Nordic Island. Ever wondered the differences between the Nordic Countries? Me too. Let them explain it themselves… Formula: Put a bunch of Nordic...
View ArticleCulture clashes when Greenland moves to Denmark
It’s a huge step for Greenlanders to move overseas for the first time, and most of them move to Denmark. This is because of the connected social welfare system and existing community already there....
View ArticleMoving from Greenland: when icebergs become trees
Mia among the iceberg forest. Photo: Mighty Graphics Moving from Greenland is just as much an adjustment as moving to Greenland. The everyday of Greenland is certainly not the normal of many other...
View ArticleAre Danes nicer in Greenland?
Photo from springtimeofnations.blogspot.com My friends began the conversation by asking if I could ever see myself living in Australia again. It quickly moved onto speculation that I would end up...
View ArticleSSS: ‘starved from shopping syndrome’
Fruits of shopping…gifts ready to be shipped off! While my credit card was rejoicing at the fact it was hard for me to spend money on pretty or cool things, I spiralled into the depths of SSS: starved...
View ArticleDancing on prom night: Årsfest
Prom night: it’s every high school girl’s dream. Warm sealskin boots were replaced by 10 cm stilettos. The theme was ‘1920s gangsters’, and the transformation was impressive. The occasion was Årsfest,...
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