Return of the Sun!

After four months without it, the sun returned on the 17th of February, but is was cloudy so we didn't see it. The girls of 5th grade Avanersuup Atuarfia braved the -25 C plus windchill to take some photos a few days later!

 

 

Communications with the outside world are important ... so we have to take turns to hold up the satellite dish!

The 4th graders were really nice to us and had hot chocolate ready for when we came back to school! Thanks guys (and Lone)!

It is good to see the sun again! :O)

Watching Bruce Parry "Arctic" in the Arctic

Today we watched the Greenland episode of Bruce Parry's "Arctic". Bruce was here in Qaanaaq in April 2010 and many of the children from school recognised themselves and their family in the programme.

 

The teachers were impressed with the programme and feel that it presented a sympathetic view of hunting as a challenging way of life in the modern age, rather than the typical view of "hunting is bad" that so many films have shown in the past. It was also encouraging to see that climate change was not the main or only focus and time was taken to see how much things cost in the shops, how difficult it can be to make sufficient money from hunting and the fact that hunters have to, and are ready to, adapt to changing conditions.

Shooting Star in Qaanaaq!