Every month of May, a small group of scientists gather at Swiss Camp, a climate research station on Greenland’s ice sheet. For over thirty years, climatologist Konrad Steffen has been monitoring and witnessing the changing of the ice, due to climate change.

photos: © Corina Gamma

Greenland’s small population of 56’000 people, consisting mostly of Inuit and also Danish, live along the coastline. Their culture is maritime and fishing is their main income. In the Northern area Avannaata, most families rely only on subsistence hunting. Therefore, their existence depends on the yearly sea ice. Many hunters have noticed that already in the eighties, the sea ice began to melt and that the water got warmer. In a place where environment, culture, and food are intertwined, the change of sea ice forces people to other means of income. 

photos: © Corina Gamma

photos: © Corina Gamma