Home Greenland: like the beginning of the world Anchored to the frozen sea, the boats are not blocked in Ilulisat harbour. With the help of the snow, two men were enough to push them, sledge-style, into the water.

Anchored to the frozen sea, the boats are not blocked in Ilulisat harbour. With the help of the snow, two men were enough to push them, sledge-style, into the water.

Charcot, Gustav Holm, Admiral Peary: explorers followed in the footsteps of the evangelists and set out to conquer the Pole. The man best placed to study Eskimo culture was Knud Rasmussen, who was born on the edge of this fjord.
What if, rather than capturing the atmosphere of American cities, Edward Hopper had been fascinated by the polar regions? The result might have been scenes like these, melancholy and silent.