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Børne Hjemmet / Children’s Home, located in northwestern Greenland in Uummannaq, is both home and educational institution for the young people of Greenland who are deemed as being in need. The Home teaches modern occupational skills as well as traditional Greenlandic ways. Pictured is the Umánatsiaq field camp on the island of Ikerasak. Camp is located about an hour by water from Uummannaq. Here young people learn traditional ways of the land. In the picture is a hunter’s camp. |
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Partnered with the National Science Foundation is the transportation network that moves research personnel, supplies, and equipment to field location whether it be Greenland or Antarctica. Operating out of Stratton Air Base in upstate Scotia, New York, the New York Air National Guard 109th Air Wing (NYANG 109th) operates a squadron of heavy-lift C-130 aircraft. These are propeller-driven planes with a landing gear configuration of skis and wheels. In image is a C-130 that has just landed at 10,561 feet at Summit Camp – the highest point on the Greenland Ice Cap. |
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Nuugaatsiaq, located on the northern fringe of the District of Uummannaq, is a traditional settlement living by and off the sea through use of dog sledge on ice and boat when ice melts. With a Greenlandic population of 82, there are more than 300 working dogs. For primary food, seal is taken for village consumption and halibut for the commercial market through sale to the local Royal Greenland fish plant. Other fish such as shark and some catfish are used as food for the dogs. |
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