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Images from an Artist in Residence with the Upernavik Museum, Northwest Greenland, March 2009.

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$Our flimsy tent erected over the sled, which is used as a sleeping platform (a tight fit for 2). Far less sturdy or insulating than either modern tents or traditional igloos, I\'m surprised to learn that this is all the fishermen use while spending most of the winter out here on the ice.$

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$Fishermen return to Nuusuaq with a sledload of halibut, which is loaded onto a commercial ship frozen in the sea ice. They will continue to fish until the ship\'s holds are full. Once the ice breaks, the ship will head south with its cargo.$ $Loading halibut into the ship\'s hold.$

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$Neighbouring communities of Kullorsuaq and Nuussuaq on Greenland\'s Northwest Coast come together for a regional football (soccer) match. The visiting team arrives on a convoy of skidoos and kamatiqs to play a game on the frozen sea ice.$ $Neighbouring communities of Kullorsuaq and Nuussuaq on Greenland\'s Northwest Coast come together for a regional football (soccer) match. The visiting team arrives on a convoy of skidoos and kamatiqs to play a game on the frozen sea ice.$

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$The late-winter Arctic sun casts the players\' shadows across the sea ice.$ $Elizabeth, playing for the Kullorsuaq women\'s team in a match against neighbouring community of Nuussuaq.$

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$Neighbouring communities of Kullorsuaq and Nuussuaq on Greenland\'s Northwest Coast come together for a regional football (soccer) match. Behind, a fishing vessel is frozen into the \'playing field\' (sea ice) for the winter.$ $Neighbouring communities of Kullorsuaq and Nuussuaq on Greenland\'s Northwest Coast come together for a regional football (soccer) match. The visiting team arrives on a convoy of skidoos and kamatiqs to play a game on the frozen sea ice.$ $Karl-Peter scores the final goal for Nuussuaq, resulting in a tied game between neighbouring communities Kullorsuaq and Nuussuaq on Greenland\'s Northwest Coast.$ $Karl-Peter scores the final goal for Nuussuaq, resulting in a tied game between neighbouring communities Kullorsuaq and Nuussuaq on Greenland\'s Northwest Coast.$

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$The extent of \'rush hour traffic\' in Upernavik$

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$Karl-Peter\'s father on his birthday. Nuussuaq$

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