Day 23
September 22, 2019
GREENLAND (QAQORTOQ) - pop. 3087 ( pronounced ka-kor-tock )
Greenland originally joined the then-European Community with Denmark in 1973. In 1982 Greenland voted to leave the Union, but it took until 1985 until negotiations, primarily over fishing rights, were completed. That talks were so tough for an island with a population of 56,000 doesn't bode well for a swift divorce by the U.K.
As you know, Greenland's colossal ice sheet is melting. If that ice were to melt - all 680,000 cubic miles of it - the world's sea level would rise by 23 feet. A survey by French scientist Paul-Emile Victor finds that if and when that ice sheet does melt, Greenland will be revealed to be three separate islands.
Our Sunday morning walk around Qaqortoq was uneventful. It's primarily a fishing village. One thing stood out, though - for some reason it reminded us of Newfoundland.
To celebrate Karen's and my arrival, a street was dedicated to us in Greenlandish:
GREENLAND (QAQORTOQ) - pop. 3087 ( pronounced ka-kor-tock )
Greenland originally joined the then-European Community with Denmark in 1973. In 1982 Greenland voted to leave the Union, but it took until 1985 until negotiations, primarily over fishing rights, were completed. That talks were so tough for an island with a population of 56,000 doesn't bode well for a swift divorce by the U.K.
As you know, Greenland's colossal ice sheet is melting. If that ice were to melt - all 680,000 cubic miles of it - the world's sea level would rise by 23 feet. A survey by French scientist Paul-Emile Victor finds that if and when that ice sheet does melt, Greenland will be revealed to be three separate islands.
Our Sunday morning walk around Qaqortoq was uneventful. It's primarily a fishing village. One thing stood out, though - for some reason it reminded us of Newfoundland.
To celebrate Karen's and my arrival, a street was dedicated to us in Greenlandish:
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