Independence Fjord is a large fjord in the eastern part of northern Greenland.
Nares Land is an island in northern Greenland.
I show slides from when I went to northern Greenland in 1995.
Presumably for climatic reasons, northern Greenland was not populated for about 500 years afterward.
It is the only civilian airport north of Upernavik and a lifeline for northern Greenland.
The primary function of the airport as a local hub has unintended consequences for communities of northern Greenland.
By October, the men were wintering on the shore of northern Greenland, making preparations for the trip to the Pole.
The year was 2000 and Qullissat, "the place of the stone lamps" in northern Greenland, had been a ghost town for 30 years.
The station was recognized as important as a gateway to otherwise- inaccessible parts of northern Greenland and was made permanent.
Avanersuaq is the dialect of the area around Qaanaaq in northern Greenland.