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Category: greenland

Meter per degree longitude

Spurred by a mnemonic game while hiking in both fog and mountains, I am now trying to memorize GPS coordinates. But just how many of those little digits must I keep in my head? How big is a degree of longitude anyway? Naively, we can divide the 40 megameter earth circumference by 360° and divide [...]

All But Green

These are photos from Nuuk between mid January and mid February, 2010. They are not in chronological order; Rather, they are generally set from north to south, and morning to evening — roughly my walk to the office (when I’ve remembered to take my camera) — where I hope to work, if I ever get [...]

Melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet

Once upon a time, long long ago, a fluffy snow flake fell gracefully from the heavens and landed softly somewhere on the ice sheet of Greenland. Inevitably, more snow fell on top of him. And more snow, and more snow. He was happy to have so many friends. It was crowded but cozy. And day [...]

Stilheden

Halfdan Rasmussen – Stilheden Jeg er stilheden. Jer er den lyttende grav. Den talende død, som tålmodigt og uden krav byder dit øre at lytte, dit øje at se. Jeg er stilheden. Jeg er det lydløse tog af tøvende ord, som tegn i et renere sprog end det dine læber har talt. Jeg er ordenes [...]

Loulou and Sermitsiaq