1. Kalaallit Nunaat - Greenland
Country Profile
Kalaallit Nunaat - Greenland

2. Quick Facts CAPITAL CITY: Nuuk POPULATION: 57,000 (1/3 in Nuuk)
LANGUAGE: Greenlandic; Danish common; English is spoken and understood by many
RELIGION: predominantly Protestant; originally shamanic
TIME ZONE: 2 hours behind Iceland

4. Socioeconomics

5. Emergencies For most, no phone service Go to hospital
Get to me, if possible and practical
Ask for help in town
Go in groups of at least 3 when hiking (1 to assist and 1 to get help)

6. Currency Divide by 10 and add half e.g. DKK 50 = 5 + 2.5 = $7.50
Stipend per day DKK 100
(2 meals)

7. Services Laundry service in town Vegetarian food in some restaurants
Internet expensive at cafés
Free at library & university

8. Culture

9. Nuuk
8.6 miles return
4.3 miles
2,500 feet

10. Inuk Hostel
Breakfast included
Conserve water (military-style showers)

11. Greenland and Climate Change
Sealers and whalers at Qaanaaq say that the sea ice is 1 m (3 feet) thinner today than it was earlier.
Glacier heads are pulling back year after year: Ilulissat has pulled back almost 10 km (6 miles) between 2001 and 2004.

12. Questions