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Goats and Soda
An aerial view of Tiniteqilaaq, a small settlement on Greenland's east coast.

Numbers Lie Even More Than Usual In Greenland

Apr 21, 2016
Statistics about Greenland both distort and reveal. The average income is $33,000 — that's definitely "high." Yet in some ways it resembles a developing world country.
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Goats and Soda
Schoolkids play in the fading light and surf along a small Nuuk beachfront.

The Arctic Suicides: It's Not The Dark That Kills You

Apr 21, 2016
Greenland has the world's highest suicide rate. And teen boys are at the highest risk.
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Goats and Soda
Isak Pike, 60, has lived in Ittoqqortoormiit his entire life. He hunts the traditional Inuit way, by dogsled. Here, he and his dogs rest at a hot spring at Kap Tobin, a starting point for hunters tracking seals, polar bears and other animals.

In The Arctic Circle, The Sun Will Come Up After 58 Tomorrows

Jan 25, 2016
The people in a tiny town in Greenland manage to stay (reasonably) happy even without the sun. But they're sure glad to have it back.

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