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202 viewsThe river that runs through Kanger, called Akuliarusiarsuup Kuua in Greenlandic, but also known as Watson River. It was a block from the main street. This river is very milky looking because it is formed by melt-water from the ice sheet. The grey rocks surrounding the river are not ice, as some have asked me.
Photo by John Maurer, CIRES/NSIDC, University of Colorado.

199 viewsFrank performs some string art.
Image courtesy Andy Mahoney.

199 viewsSiorapaluk, the world's northernmost community, looms in the snow-filled air late in the day.
Image courtesy Andy Mahoney

197 viewsThe group packs up a dogsled for the journey north.
Image courtesy Andy Mahoney.

195 viewsGreenlandic halibut freeze-drying on a rack.
Image courtesy Andy Mahoney.

195 viewsA dog team waits patiently.
Image courtesy Andy Mahoney

194 viewsThe sled teams leave Siorapoluk and head back to Qaanaaq.
Image courtesy Andy Mahoney

193 viewsAndy Mahoney poses before the dogsled ride north.
Image courtesy Andy Mahoney.

192 viewsA dog team hugs the coast to avoid the wide expanse of water and thin ice.
Image courtesy Andy Mahoney

189 viewsA view of the entire town of Kanger from the top of a nearby hill. You can see the landing strip and airport in the background and the series of buildings that form the main street in the foreground. I was expecting snow and ice when I showed up, but my first experience in Greenland was drab, rocky hills and sandy terrain. The weather was brisk but not very cold.

Photo by John Maurer, CIRES/NSIDC, University of Colorado.