Home Greenland: like the beginning of the world In 1721, the pastor Hans Egede set off to evangelise the local populations on behalf of the Kingdom of Denmark and Norway. Gradually, the Inuit moved from shamanism to Lutheranism (here, the Ilulisat church, dating from the end of the 18th century).

In 1721, the pastor Hans Egede set off to evangelise the local populations on behalf of the Kingdom of Denmark and Norway. Gradually, the Inuit moved from shamanism to Lutheranism (here, the Ilulisat church, dating from the end of the 18th century).

Enormous icebergs detached from the Greenland ice sheet, which covers almost the entire country, are waiting in Disko Bay to head out into the open sea. One of them, a gigantic mountain that is more patient than the others, has been there for almost 4,000 years.
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.
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