Exploring Greenland's majestic history as President-elect Trump shines spotlight on island nation

Before President-elect Trump took a radiance to it, Greenland was already connected the radar of the cruise vessel manufacture with galore vessels choosing picturesque Greenlandic towns for their ports of call. 

Cruise vessel passengers instrumentality photos of fjords successful Greenland (Danuta Hamlin)

One of the ports is Qaqortoq, the largest municipality successful confederate Greenland.

Qaqortoq means "white" successful the Greenlandic language. (Danuta Hamlin)

Sailing from Iceland, the vessel followed successful the footsteps of Eric the Red, a Norseman who settled this country successful 982. As Eric was exiled from Iceland, helium made his location present and called it Greenland. 

Some 80% of the land is covered by icecap and the remaining parts bash not look precise greenish either. 

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Majestic shores of Greenland (Danuta Hamlin)

According to immoderate historians, Eric the Red came up with the sanction simply for promotional purposes. 

He acceptable retired to pull much settlers from Iceland and advertised the land arsenic a greenish land. Some experts accidental that Greenland could person been warmer astatine the time, but starting successful the 15th period it experienced what is known arsenic "The Little Ice Age." 

Children successful Nanortalik, Greenland. (Danuta Hamlin)

Life successful Greenland became excessively harsh for Europeans. But the autochthonal colonisation of the Island recovered ways to persevere. 

Julianehåb River runs done the halfway of Qaqortoq, Greenland.  (Danuta Hamlin)

Nestled successful the midst of a scenic fjord system, with a creek cascading crossed the town, and snowfall capping the upland peaks adjacent successful the spring, Qaqortoq is simply a fascinating spot to explore. 

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Qaqortoq is the fourth-largest municipality successful Greenland.   (Danuta Hamlin)

Building highways successful Greenland is expensive, truthful Qaqortoq is not connected by roadworthy to immoderate different municipality oregon village. However, erstwhile the upwind is warmer, the portion provides ample opportunities for quality hikes, kayaking and fishing. 

Qaqortoq Greenland  (Danuta Hamlin)

The municipality was founded successful 1775, arsenic a commercialized colony, by Norwegian explorer Anders Olsen. With a colonisation of conscionable a small implicit 3,000, it offers a glimpse of Greenlandic life, Viking past and Nordic-inspired architecture.

The hills are peppered with colorful houses, creating a delightful opposition with the terrible peaks of the surrounding fjords. 

A thoroughfare motion successful Greenland. Greenlandic is an Eskimo–Aleut connection with astir 57,000 speakers.  (Danuta Hamlin)

Greenland is an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, but the authoritative connection is Greenlandic. It's a polysynthetic connection which means that, technically, determination is nary bounds to the magnitude of a Greenlandic word. 

Deciphering section signs tin beryllium amusive and challenging astatine the aforesaid time. 

Stone & Man, an open-air creation task successful Qaqortoq, Greenland, featuring stone carvings and sculptures (Danuta Hamlin)

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Although trees are not casual to find, the country is afloat of each kinds of rocks and boulders. Some of them were turned into carvings of faces and whales, successful a tribute called "Stone & Man." This open-air assemblage is the enactment of section Qaqortoq creator Aka Høegh.

Mindebrønden fountain is the older of the lone 2 nationalist fountains successful Greenland.  (Danuta Hamlin)

Qaqortoq boasts the oldest fountain successful the state - Mindebrønden - Memorial Fountain. The fountain was completed successful 1932 and is turned disconnected during the wintertime months.

A food marketplace successful Qaqortoq. Seal nutrient is simply a cardinal constituent successful Greenland's nationalist dish, Suaasat.  (Danuta Hamlin)

The town’s food marketplace sells immoderate has been caught connected a fixed time by section fishermen. It could beryllium fish, oregon it could beryllium whale meat, oregon possibly a seal.

Qaqortoq is, aft all, a fisherman's municipality and seafood plays a captious portion successful Greenland's diet.

Nanortalik is simply a colony connected Nanortalik Island, with immoderate 1,072 inhabitants.  (Danuta Hamlin)

The authoritative religion of Greenland is Evangelical Lutheranism. In different larboard of call, a colony called Nanortalik, members of the section congregation welcomed tourists with a philharmonic performance.

Nanortalik choir singing outdoors successful Greenland successful 2018.  (Danuta Hamlin)

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Nanortalik means the "Place of Polar Bears". No bears, however, were spotted loitering astir the village.

Nanortalik’s aged assemblage larboard country is an open-air museum. (Danuta Hamlin)

Greenland is the world's largest land - a dainty for immoderate tourer adventuresome capable to task there. 

Scenic cruising on Greenland’s fjords. Cruise ships anchor successful Greenland during transatlantic voyages betwixt North America and Europe.  (Danuta Hamlin)