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Greenland offers a roadmap for how to get Inuktut taught in Nunavut’s schools Greenland

Greenland offers a roadmap for how to get Inuktut taught in Nunavut’s schools

When Peter Olsen was in Grade 1, the only language he was allowed to learn in was Danish. Now the minister of education in Greenland, Olsen said his country has made strides toward entrenching the Greenlandic languages in the education system and it's particularly strong in primary schools — but there's still…
bubmag
April 24, 2022
‘Greenland’: 5 Reasons To Watch Gerald Butler’s Disaster-Thriller Greenland

‘Greenland’: 5 Reasons To Watch Gerald Butler’s Disaster-Thriller

It’s time to embrace an alternate reality, one in which a comet comes crashing down into Earth to destroy humanity. After the runaway global success of Gerald Butler’s action vehicle Greenland, the movie is all set to release in Hindi, Tamil, and English exclusively on Lionsgate Play on April 15th, 2022. Award-winning actor Gerald Butler takes the lead as John Garrity who is…
bubmag
April 15, 2022
100-year-old Greenland shark that washed up on UK beach had brain infection, autopsy finds Greenland

100-year-old Greenland shark that washed up on UK beach had brain infection, autopsy finds

Home News An animal autopsy of the stranded Greenland shark discovered in Cornwall, England last month has revealed that the shark had meningitis. (Image credit: © Cornwall Marine Pathology Team) The super-rare Greenland shark that washed ashore in England last month had a brain infection when it died, according to…
bubmag
April 8, 2022
Inuit from Nunavut share culture at drum dancing festival in Greenland Greenland

Inuit from Nunavut share culture at drum dancing festival in Greenland

For days, the Katuarpalaaq drum dancing festival brought performers from Alaska, Canada and Greenland together in Nuuk to share their own ways of dancing and singing. Sylvia Cloutier, who now lives in Montreal, takes part in the Katuarpalaaq drum dancing festival in Nuuk, Greenland. "Sometimes we feel like there's very few of…
bubmag
April 6, 2022
Into the Ice review: An unmissable look at Greenland’s melting ice Greenland

Into the Ice review: An unmissable look at Greenland’s melting ice

A portrait of three intrepid glaciologists brings the reality of climate change and glacial melting into sharp focus in this powerful documentary Humans 6 April 2022 By Davide Abbatescianni Leading glaciologist Alun Hubbard descends into a seemingly bottomless crevasse Courtesy of CPH:DOX 2022 Into the Ice Lars Henrik Ostenfeld CPH:DOX…
bubmag
April 6, 2022
Increasingly Dry Conditions Contributed to Norse Abandonment of Southern Greenland, Study Shows Greenland

Increasingly Dry Conditions Contributed to Norse Abandonment of Southern Greenland, Study Shows

Declining temperature has been thought to explain the abandonment of Norse settlements in southern Greenland in the early 15th century CE, although limited evidence is available from the inner settlement region itself. In a new study, scientists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and elsewhere reconstructed the temperature and hydroclimate…
bubmag
March 23, 2022