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Life in Greenland's polar desert | Stephen Pax Leonard
Stephen Pax Leonard spent the last year studying the language of the Arctic Inugguit. He was ready for the months of darkness, brutal cold and finally the all-day light. What he didn't anticipate was his creeping horror at the way the rest of us live
Stephen Pax Leonard
29, Oct, 2011 @11:04 PM
At one with nature, Eskimos hunt the walrus through an icy labyrinth
The Polar Eskimos in Greenland's frigid north still celebrate their intimacy with their inhospitable environment in the traditional hunt for the mighty walrus
Stephen Pax Leonard
11, Jun, 2011 @11:04 PM
World's race for economic growth threatens Greenland's pure white wilderness
The ancient way of life of polar Eskimos faces meltdown from the global population explosion and industrial pollution. Even environmentalists are part of the problem as they suppress a hunting culture
Stephen Pax Leonard
02, Apr, 2011 @11:12 PM
Greenland's race for minerals threatens culture on the edge of existence
In his third dispatch from Greenland, Stephen Pax Leonard reports on the changes facing the Inughuit people, as mining of the country's vast untapped mineral wealth looks set to overwhelm their traditions
Stephen Pax Leonard
06, Feb, 2011 @12:04 AM
The disappearing world of the last of the Arctic hunters
In the first of a series of dispatches, Stephen Pax Leonard reports on the unique culture of the Inughuit as the sea ice that has supported their ancient way of life melts beneath them
Stephen Pax Leonard
02, Oct, 2010 @11:07 PM
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