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Greenland
Greenla ndic On the “great white”, the mercury can rise.
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heat? Hiking across vast rocky landscapes under 22 hours of blazing sun, “They never believe us”, the woman in covered head to toe to preserve your the cabin said. It’s been said for many blood reserves, means you’re gonyears about Greenlandic summers: na sweat. The irony of this weather “The heat, the sun, the mosquitoes”, forecast aside, disbelievers have tried she droned. You may think we’re talk- many times to greet these shores ing about Sub-Saharan Africa or an without a mosquito net, their confiisland in the Caribbean, but here on dence quickly sucked dry alongside the “great white”, the mercury can rise. their blood. The Greenland Air Force, aka Arctic mosquitoes, are a force to I know what you’re thinking, dear be reckoned with. But for centuries readers. What kind of unequipped travellers have pioneered this island sissy can’t hack 21°C (70°F) degree for the freedom. An expanse so TEXT AND PHOTOS: Jonathan Pozniak
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boundless and remote, a few steps past your cabin and no one can see you and no one can hear you. Your participation in life matters only to the birds and fish. You feel small. Really small. In Greenland, nature is permanent but people are not. Places are named after how things look, because while humans come and go, the earth stays in place. People come here to feel how big nature is, and no matter how small you feel in her presence, Greenland will take you by the hand, lead you down her paths,
