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Susanne spent over 10 years at Thule Air Base in Greenland. The name of the place in the Inuit language is Pitufik, translated to her by a Greenlandic friend as meaning "The place where you tie your dogs". Greenland is an amazing island with amazing and graceful people. Snow and ice covers the place for eight months of the year, and the port is only open to ships for 6 weeks, with dangerous navigation leading there. Situated close to the Arctic North Pole, and seeing three months of darkness, the celebration of the Sun's return, visible only for a few minutes, on the 22nd of February, marks the beginning of the celebration of life. Below are some photos of the beautiful scenery she experienced while there. These are ever changing moments in time, but also views that the Arctic explorers, like Knud Rasmussen, saw when they came to this remote area of the world.
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Iceberg in Wolstenholme Fjord, Thule Air Base.
View towards Dundas, where Knud Rasmussen lived.
Only 1/10 of an iceberg is showing above water.
A million years in forming - destined to become part of the sea again.
A rainbow over DeLong Pier, Thule Air Base.
A rainbow makes a portal for ships headed for DeLong Pier
(Photo: Poul Erik Christoffersen)
September sunset at Thule Air Base.
In September the Sun starts setting, marking the beginning of the long arctic winter.
11 January, 2011