Sheep herding near Tasiusaq | Greenland

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The world's largest island is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark. When you look at this postcard you wouldn’t think that the climate in Greenland is extremely harsh. More than 80% of the island is covered by an ice cap 4km thick in places.   

The card shows sheep herding near Tasiusaq in the most southern part of Greenland. Compared to the rest of the country it has a relatively mild climate. Tasiusaq is within the boundairies of Unesco World Heritage site  inscribed under the name Kujataa Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap. The landscape represents the earliest introduction of farming to the Arctic, and the Norse expansion of settlement beyond Europe.  

 

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(right) Jørgen Brønlund was a Greenlandic polar explorer. He participated in two Danish expeditions to Greenland in the early 20th century. He died in 1907 at age 30.