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Hunter-fishermen never stop working

Karl Timas Kajussen is born and raised in Saqqarliit, the fishing settlement that was abandoned in 1961 due to unsustainable trading conditions – meaning the settlement had no economic foundation. Currently he lives in Sarfannguit, the closest settlement to his childhood home. When he was young, he clearly remembers his…
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Childhood memories in Aasivissuit – summer campsite

Martha Olsen has sat down with the director of Sisimiut and Kangerlussuaq Museum, Dorthe-Katrine Olsen, to tell her childhood memories from 1955 until 1962, during which she as a 9-16 year old accompanied her family as they went to Aasivissuit for the yearly hunt and preservation of caribou meat. The…
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Qaammat Pavilion

By Paninnguaq Boassen The Qaammat Pavilion is an architectural installation made by Konstantin Arkitekter with the assistance of local inhabitant Kloe Andersen and others. It was finished and officially opened for viewing on October 3rd 2021 with the attendance of locals from Sarfannguit and surrounding settlements. It has won the…
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Fishing Cod by Sarfannguit

Contemporary use of Aasivissuit – Nipisat Fishing Cod Jens Fog Jensen & Paninnguaq Boassen Coastal fisheries today in Greenland are done through traps, longlining, and other netting fisheries, though, 90% of the fish are caught through trapping. The season for cod fisheries is from April until Oktober, as the adult…
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