Archive for the ‘Greenland’

  • Greenland Music – Sing the Song of Culture here Greenland Music – Sing the Song of Culture here
    While in Greenland, you would surely know about the culture and the tradition here. Greenland music is a mixture of two kinds of musical styles – Danish and Inuit. There is a lot of influence on Greenland Music originating from the United Kingdom and the United States. The biggest record of Greenland Music is the ULO which originates from the area of Sisimuit. This kind of music was created by the Karsten Sommer and Malik Hoegh. The record ULO releases rock bands like Greenland rock band like Sume and also Rasmus Lyberth who is of the pop category. The hip hop music includes artists like Nuuk Posse. You also have a great deal of Inuit folk music. There are lots of Greenland music tones in the Danish musician kristian Blak’s works. Music  [...]
    November 22nd, 2011
  • Greenland tourism – Get Sporty here Greenland tourism – Get Sporty here
    Come to the land of Greenland and enjoy the tourism adventure here. Here is where you can find the best of sporting activities. The culture of Greenland began with the end of the ice age. It was the Norwegian Vikings with the best of settlements, who started living in the southern islands here. The Thule Inuit culture started here in the northern part of the island and then went southwards. There is a lot of culture difference between the two sides of Greenland. The entire island was completely dominated by the culture of Inuit. Thus the European culture was completely in sync with the tradition. Thus the culture of Greenland is a total combination of Kalaallit, and the culture of Scandinavia. The music culture in Greenland is a combination  [...]
    November 15th, 2011
  • Northern Lights – The Light of Greenland Northern Lights – The Light of Greenland
    What are northern lights? Lights in the north? No they are the display of natural light in the sky. This is seen mostly in the Arctic regions and also the Antarctic zones. Also known as the Aurora which means light, these northern lights are a result caused due to energetic particles colliding against each other in the atmosphere at a great height. The magnetosphere gives rise to these particles accompanied by the solar wind and these are directed to the atmosphere due to the earth’s magnetism. Aurora could be diffused aurora and discrete aurora. These are found in an area called the auroral zone. This zone is actually around ten to twenty degrees away from the magnetic pole. This magnetic pole is a result of the earth’s magnetic dipole.  [...]
    November 8th, 2011
  • Greenland cruises – A preamble to Greenland tourism Greenland cruises – A preamble to Greenland tourism
    So you are on a vacation in Greenland? You want to experience the best in Greenland tourism? Go ahead and enjoy all the Greenland cruises that you could know of. Enjoy this one arctic experience which is full of knowing how best to adapt to the environment that the Arctic provides. This is the best way you could survive the Arctic wildlife. The main key to Arctic experience is the way to adapt and to change your attitude to the existing environment. This is the main way you could enjoy the Greenland cruises. Conditions change here suddenly and visibility is reduced due to fog all on a sudden. Sometimes a tundra valley could even capture hot air to the extent that you would want to wear casual clothing. Suddenly it could change to being icy cold.  [...]
    November 1st, 2011
  • Inuit culture – A blast from the past Inuit culture – A blast from the past
    When you come across indigenous people living in the northeastern portion and the central parts of the Arctic region then you would know that you have reached the Inuit space. Yes this is the Inuit culture that thrives here and the traditional style that they have adapted is due to the climatic situations here. They are trained for trapping and hunting. It was never possible for them to do agriculture in these icy areas of Siberia till the areas of North America and Greenland. So hunting was their main way of life and was so till some time back when they have adapted to modern ways. Inuits were earlier known as the Eskimo, but they don’t like that term and Eskimo means eaters of raw flesh. The Inuit means people singularly known as Inuk. Starting  [...]
    October 18th, 2011
  • Dog Sledding in Greenland tourism Dog Sledding in Greenland tourism
    When you are in Greenland , dog sledding is one thing that you should do. These dog sledding tours in Greeenland tourism give you the way of life that represents Arctic life to the maximum. This also incidentally the ancient way of transport in this part of the world. Formed by the Inuit many many years back, this is still the main means of communication for many in Greenland but has become a major part of Greenland tourism today. The seasons of spring and winter see the onset of such kind of travel, and travelling great distances in this frozen land and also are the main way that the polar bear, hunting seal, are all hunted. The dog sled is the only best way of transport here. The dog sleds have various kinds of design. Made mainly of wood,  [...]
    October 11th, 2011
  • Stay green eating Greenland cuisine in Greenland tourism? Stay green eating Greenland cuisine in Greenland tourism?
    So you are in Greenland and you have embarked on one of those beautiful Greenland tourism expeditions. What do you expect when you go to a place? Any place will have its required share of scenic beauty and grace and charm besides its historical monuments and other places of interest to see. But a tourist would be more comfortable if he knows what the food he would get there is. So just read on to know what Greenland cuisine would offer you. Traditionally food in Greenland is majority meat based and this meat comes from the marine mammals, the birds, and also the fish. It has high protein content. But from the time of colonization, and from the time tirade went international, the entire cuisine here in the land of Greenland has had Danish and  [...]
    October 5th, 2011
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