
GREENLAND
Young children play in the snow in Ittoqqortoormiit. School runs through to 16 years old, after that young adults need to leave for Nuuk for further education. Most don't return. East Greenland. Climate change is the single biggest threat to polar be
Young children play in the snow in Ittoqqortoormiit. School runs through to 16 years old, after that young adults need to leave for Nuuk for further education. Most don't return. East Greenland. Climate change is the single biggest threat to polar be
Ittoqqortormit is a remote settlement in Eastern Greenland. There is no airport or road acccess, the only way in is by helicopter. The ocean freezes over for about 9 months of the year but in recent years the ice is arriving later and leaving earlier
Martin Madsen hunts for seals in the semi frozen ocean around Ittoqqortoormiit. Seals are the only main hunting species without quota restrictions. East Greenland. Climate change is the single biggest threat to polar bears. As the sea ice around Itto
Sukhat Arge hunts for seals in the semi frozen ocean around Ittoqqortoormiit. Seals are the only main hunting species without quota restrictions. East Greenland. Climate change is the single biggest threat to polar bears. As the sea ice around Ittoqq
Johan Aaqqii hunts for seals in the semi frozen ocean around Ittoqqortoormiit. Seals are the only main hunting species without quota restrictions. Climate change is the single biggest threat to polar bears. As the sea ice around Ittoqqortoormiit dimi
Johan Aaqqii hunts for seals in the semi frozen ocean around Ittoqqortoormiit. Seals are the only main hunting species without quota restrictions. Climate change is the single biggest threat to polar bears. As the sea ice around Ittoqqortoormiit dimi
The sea outside Ittoqqortoormiit freezing over. The ice is arriving later now as a result of climate change. The lack of ice makes it harder for polar bears to find food. East Greenland. Climate change is the single biggest threat to polar bears. As
ge Hammeken Danielsen, a commercial hunter from Ittoqqortoormiit, drives his sled dogs through Walrus Bay. Åge's village has a quota of 35 polar bears to kill each year. He says the quota is too low and that there are too many polar bears coming int
ge Hammeken Danielsen, a commercial hunter from Ittoqqortoormiit, drives his sled dogs through Walrus Bay. Åge's village has a quota of 35 polar bears to kill each year. He says the quota is too low and that there are too many polar bears coming int
ge Hammeken Danielsen, a commercial hunter from Ittoqqortoormiit, drives his sled dogs through Walrus Bay. Åge's village has a quota of 35 polar bears to kill each year. He says the quota is too low and that there are too many polar bears coming int
ge Hammeken Danielsen, a commercial hunter from Ittoqqortoormiit, drives his sled dogs through Walrus Bay. Åge's village has a quota of 35 polar bears to kill each year. He says the quota is too low and that there are too many polar bears coming int
Erling Madsen, the hunting officer for Ittoqqortoormiit. Erling is in charge of enforcing the hunting quota for polar bears, narwhals, musk ox and other species. He also works on WWF's polar bear patrol. East Greenland. Climate change is the single b
Erling Madsen and Kaare Winther Hansen on the polar bear patrol. Every morning the polar bear patrol does a lap of the village checking for polar bears before kids go to school and people start going to work. Ittoqqortoormiit, East Greenland. Climate
Kaare Winther Hansen and Torben Klose respond to a potential polar bear sighting nears the weather station in Ittoqqortoormiit, East Greenland. Climate change is the single biggest threat to polar bears. As the sea ice around Ittoqqortoormiit diminis
Kaare Winther Hansen uses a thermal camera to check the area around the weather station in response to a potential polar bear sighting in Ittoqqortoormiit, East Greenland. Climate change is the single biggest threat to polar bears. As the sea ice aro