Greenland

Greenland is best known for its large ice plains with ice floes and mountains. As much as 85% of Greenland is covered by an ice sheet, up to 3 meters thick in some places. On the coastline you will find enormous fjords and glaciers. Greenland has few buildings and few inhabitants. The population consists largely of nomads (locally referred to as Kalaallit and/or Inuit). Arctic bears, seals and walruses live in Greenland. There is plenty of fishing around Greenland, including for salmon trout. In Greenland you also have to deal with the polar night/day. This is a natural phenomenon in which there is no sun all day (November 27 to January 15) or sun all day (May 20 to July 22). Like the entire Arctic region, Greenland is affected by global warming. Sea levels have been rising by approximately 0.8 millimeters annually since the year 2000. If all the ice caps on Greenland were to melt, this would mean a sea level rise of about 7 meters.