The coast is rugged, with a mean elevation of 561 metres (1,841ft), with deep inlets from the sea.[4]. 169 af 28. juni 1989 vedrrende oprindelige folk og stammefolk i selvstndige stater", "The World Factbook Central Intelligence Agency", "GDP per capita (Current US$) - Greenland | Data", "Joshua Calder's World Island Information", "mtDNA variation among Greenland Eskimos: the edge of the Beringian expansion", "Population density (people per sq. Section 1 of the Government Ordinance on Public Schools (as amended on 6 June 1997) requires Greenlandic as the language of instruction. [120], In 1995, a political scandal in Denmark occurred after a report revealed the government had given tacit permission for nuclear weapons to be located in Greenland, in contravention of Denmark's 1957 nuclear-free zone policy. Greenland ( Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaat, pronounced [kalait nnat]; Danish: Grnland, pronounced [knln]) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. In the Icelandic sagas, the Norwegian-born Icelander Erik the Red was exiled from Iceland for manslaughter. 1997. 16 of 28 October 1993 on Vocational and Technical Education, Scholarships and Career Guidance. Greenland's connection to Denmark was severed on 9 April 1940, early in World WarII, after Denmark was occupied by Nazi Germany. The climate of this ecoregion ranges from low Arctic to high Arctic, except the inner fjord region of the southwestern coast, which is subarctic. After the arrival of missionaries in the 18th century, the drum dance (still popular among Canadian Inuit today) was banned as pagan and shamanistic and replaced by polyphonic singing of secular and church songs. In 2003, a small island, 35m 15m (115ft 49ft) in length and width, was discovered by arctic explorer Dennis Schmitt and his team at the coordinates of 83-42. Now quick, reverse! Some characteristic birds are white-tailed eagle, gyrfalcon, Atlantic puffin, white-fronted goose, whooper swan, snowy owl, rock ptarmigan, common raven, and Arctic redpoll. Plant life is sparse, with scattered fields of heath and fellfields of low herbaceous cushion plants. The ongoing melting of the ice cap, however, will have profound and unpredictable consequences for this ecoregion's biota. Breeding migratory birds include the snow bunting, lapland bunting, ringed plover, red-throated loon and red-necked phalarope. [1][2][3][4] While much of the ecoregion is bare rock or ice, about 50% of the ground is covered in moss and lichen, and another 10% in herbaceous cover, shrubs, and even small stands of trees. Greenland had been a protected and very isolated society until 1940. The lowest temperature ever recorded in the Northern Hemisphere was recorded in Greenland, near the topographic summit of the Greenland Ice Sheet, on 22 December 1991, when the temperature reached 69.6C (93.3F). If it is, it is the northernmost permanent known land on Earth. The Kalaallit Nunaat high arctic tundra ecoregion (WWF ID: NA1112) covers the coastal areas of northern and eastern Greenland (called Kalaallit Nunaat in the Greenlandic language). The vegetation transitions from grassy meadows and rich dwarf-shrub at the coast, to prairie and steppe with occasional salt pans and salt lakes in the interior. Tukumminnguaq Olsen will be representing the Arctic Region from January 2021 to December 2023. . The system is governed by Regulation No. Theories drawn from archeological excavations at Herjolfsnes in the 1920s suggest that the condition of human bones from this period indicates that the Norse population was malnourished, possibly because of soil erosion resulting from the Norsemen's destruction of natural vegetation in the course of farming, turf-cutting, and wood-cutting. (ed. About 5% of the ecoregion is officially protected. Nine species of terrestrial mammals occur in GreenlandArctic fox, Arctic wolf, polar bear, wolverine, reindeer (caribou), musk ox, ermine, Arctic hare, and northern collared lemming. Although the ice cap is declining in size due to global warming, ice-free areas remain limited, to the extent that only two ecoregions are defined for Greenland: the more southern and eastern Kalaallit Nunaat Arctic Steppe and the northern Kalaallit Nunaat High Arctic Tundra. Elsevier Science. Want to learn more about the fascinating species, diverse ecosystems, and natural wonders of the Earth? Many Greenlandic children grew up in boarding schools in southern Denmark, and a number lost their cultural ties to Greenland. Language tests allow students to move from one level to the other. In Kalaallit Nunaat high Arctic tundra, the vegetation growth correlates positively with both AP and AO-P. The northeastern part of Greenland is not part of any municipality, but it is the site of the world's largest national park, Northeast Greenland National Park.[90]. Under the patronage of the Royal Mission College in Copenhagen, Norwegian and Danish Lutherans and German Moravian missionaries searched for the missing Norse settlements, but no Norse were found, and instead they began preaching to the Inuit. In recent decades, the unemployment rates have generally been somewhat above those in Denmark;[169] in 2017, the rate was 6.8% in Greenland,[170] compared to 5.6% in Denmark. Hot springs are common in some areas and have herb-rich willow scrubs. It was used to perform traditional drum dances. Notable rock provinces (metamorphic igneous rocks, ultramafics, and anorthosites) are found on the southwest coast at Qeqertarsuatsiaat. [158] The Church of Denmark is the established church through the Constitution of Denmark. Greenland is a self-governing entity within the constitutional monarchy of the Kingdom of Denmark, in which Queen Margrethe II is the head of state. [124] One of the H-bombs remains lost.[125][126]. The largest national park in the world, Northeast Greenland National Park, protects a majority . Other explanations of the disappearance of the Norse settlements have been proposed: The Thule people are the ancestors of the current Greenlandic population. Although the environment is generally ill-suited for golf, there is a golf course in Nuuk. The Kalaallit Nunaat high arctic tundra is located at 71.7069 latitude and -42.6043 longitude. For admission to Danish educational institutions, Greenlandic applicants are placed on an equal footing with Danish applicants. The Greenland bioregion is part of the Greenland subrealm and is made up of two ecoregions: Kalaallit Nunaat Arctic Steppe [1] and Kalaallit Nunaat High Arctic Tundra [2]. The driest areas are often those closest to the ice-cap; such areas have a dwarf-scrub heath or steppe vegetation. Dont let this picture fool you: we were well behind this iceberg in case it capsized. [16][40] They shared the island with the late Dorset culture inhabitants who occupied the northern and western parts, and later with the Thule culture that entered from the north. Cargo freight by sea is handled by the shipping company Royal Arctic Line from, to and across Greenland. All towns and settlements of Greenland are situated along the ice-free coast, with the population being concentrated along the west coast. Navigating through the growlers can be quite the adventure. The largest national park in the world, Northeast Greenland National Park, protects a majority of the land within the ecoregion. [13] It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. The total land area of this bioregion is approximately 217 million hectares, about one-quarter the size of Australia. This anchorage was in Kangerlussuatsiaq Fjord; glaciers here outflow from the Maniitsoq ice cap, which is separate from the famed Greenland ice sheet. As sea ice continues to thin, it is more and more likely Greenland will find itself a part of major shipping routes, which would bring with it a significant influx of people and infrastructure. The Greenland constituency elect two MP representatives to the Kingdom Parliament (Folketinget) in Denmark, out of a total of 179. In 1500, King ManuelI of Portugal sent Gaspar Corte-Real to Greenland in search of a Northwest Passage to Asia which, according to the Treaty of Tordesillas, was part of Portugal's sphere of influence. urban, sub-arctic environment of Fairbanks, Alaska. This expedition is part of the Dano-Norwegian colonization of the Americas. "[71], On 21 June 2009, Greenland gained self-rule with provisions for assuming responsibility for self-government of judicial affairs, policing, and natural resources. [110], Birds, particularly seabirds, are an important part of Greenland's animal life; they consist of both Palearctic and Nearctic species, breeding populations of auks, puffins, skuas, and kittiwakes are found on steep mountainsides. "Now quick, reverse! When the union between the crowns of Denmark and Norway was dissolved in 1814, the Treaty of Kiel severed Norway's former colonies and left them under the control of the Danish monarch. A majority of the population speaks West Greenlandic, most of them bi- or tri-lingually. Marine mammals include 6 species of seals. The Inuit are indigenous to the Arctic and have traditionally inhabited Greenland, as well as areas in Canada and in Alaska in the United States. There is a year-round station Summit Camp on the ice sheet, established in 1989. In 1979, Denmark granted home rule to Greenland; in 2008, Greenlanders voted in favour of the Self-Government Act, which transferred more power from the Danish government to the local Greenlandic government. [47] The study also found that the lowest winter temperatures of the last 2,000 years occurred in the late 14th century and early 15th century. [129], The European Union has urged Greenland to restrict the People's Republic of China development of rare-earth mineral projects, as China accounts for 95% of the world's current supply. [144] In terms of country of birth, the population is estimated to be of 89.7% Greenlandic origin (Inuit including European-Inuit multi-ethnic), 7.8% Danish, 1.1% other Nordic and 1.4% other. Want to learn more about the fascinating species, diverse ecosystems, and natural wonders of the Earth? Kalaallit nunaat high arctic tundra is located in north greenland. Intercontinental flights connect mainly to Copenhagen. People would gather at certain powerful places and take turns beating the drum and singing to it. Greenland, Kalaallisut Kalaallit Nunaat, the world's largest island, lying in the North Atlantic Ocean. The Constitution of Denmark Section 17. While it is primarily the Crystal Serenity that has been making headlines, I met many smaller, private vessels in Greenland that had either just completed, or were headed toward the Northwest Passage. In 2017, new sources of ruby in Greenland have been discovered, promising to bring new industry and a new export from the country[131] (see Gemstone industry in Greenland). The retreat of the Jakobshavn Glacier has been well documented, and made headlines worldwide in 2015 for potentially calving some of its largest pieces of ice ever. Greenland's flora consists of about 500 species of "higher" plants, i.e. The steppe that covers much of this ecoregion is dominated by grasses such as purple reedgrass, Lapland reedgrass, and Alaskan wheatgrass, and sedges such as weak Arctic sedge and bog sedge.ii Heaths are dominated by black crowberry toward the coast and birch and mountain avens inland. [123] The resulting fire caused extensive radioactive contamination. Greenland became Danish in 1814 and was fully integrated in the Danish state in 1953 under the Constitution of Denmark. The Greenlandic weekly Sermitsiaq is published every Friday, while the online version is updated several times a day. Franais : Aire approximative de l'corgion de la Toundra du Bas-Arctique du Kalaallit Nunaat. Vegetation is strongest on the east coast, with the greatest extents towards the south. This new colony was centred at Godthb ("Good Hope") on the southwest coast. Interpretation of ice core and clam shell data suggests that between 800 and 1300 AD the regions around the fjords of southern Greenland experienced a relatively mild climate several degrees Celsius higher than usual in the North Atlantic[43] with trees and herbaceous plants growing and livestock being farmed. It is named after the mountain Sermitsiaq, located about 15km (9.5mi) northeast of Nuuk. The climate of the ecoregion is Tundra climate (Kppen climate classification ET), a local climate in which at least one month has an average temperature high enough to melt snow (0 C (32 F)), but no month with an average temperature in excess of 10 C (50 F). Alpha diversity was lowest in Kalaallit Nunaat high Arctic tundra and the Taimyr-central Siberian tundra, which had 33-46 species consisting of 12-19 classes (Figure 3a, Figure S5a, Table S14). [3], The ecoregion covers the southern coastal fringe of Greenland, from a high of 75 N latitude at Melville Bay, around the southern coast to 70 N at Scoresby Bay on the east coast. [1][2][3][4]. The Kalaallit Nunaat high arctic tundra is located at 71.7069 latitude and -42.6043 longitude. The northeast of the island composes the unincorporated Northeast Greenland National Park. With a population of 56,081 (2020),[21] it is the least densely populated region in the world. The western portion of this ecoregion lies as close as 25 km to Canadas Ellesmere Island, across the Nares Strait. According to a 2010 census, Greenland holds the highest suicide rate in the world. Greenland is the world's largest island. The casual observer might not realize that mariners have names for different sizes of ice they see theres the piano-sized growlers, followed by the slightly larger bergy bits, and then the icebergs. The following photos are a small sample of my experience visiting a rapidly changing place. Wielgolaski, ed. The Eastern Settlement was likely abandoned in the early to mid-15th century, during this cold period. [36][37][38][39], From 986, Greenland's west coast was settled by Icelanders and Norwegians, through a contingent of 14 boats led by Erik the Red. With the 1953 Danish constitution, Greenland's colonial status ended as the island was incorporated into the Danish realm as an amt (county). ", "A Radioactive Cold War Military Base Will Soon Emerge From Greenland's Melting Ice", "Cataclysmic cargo: The hunt for four missing nuclear bombs after a B-52 crash", "Vejledende folkeafstemning om selvstyre? The legislature specifies the standards allowed for the content in schools, but the municipal governments decide how the schools under their responsibility are run. Fishing accounts for more than 90% of Greenland's exports. Some popular Greenlandic bands and artists include Sum (classic rock), Chilly Friday (rock), Nanook (rock), Siissisoq (rock), Nuuk Posse (hip hop) and Rasmus Lyberth (folk), who performed in the Danish national final for the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest, performing in Greenlandic. There is an account of contact and conflict with the Norse population, as told by the Inuit. Greenland. Disko Bay is full of large icebergs that have calved off the nearby Jakobshavn Glacier by the town of Ilulissat, to the northeast. This ecoregion wraps around the top of Greenland, including the upper half of the west coast and the upper one-third of the east coast. [85] The highest point on Greenland is Gunnbjrn Fjeld at 3,700m (12,100ft) of the Watkins Range (East Greenland mountain range). The wetter coastal areas have a dense cover of mosses and lichens, as well as heath and fellfield vegetation. [99], In July 2021, Greenland banned all new oil and gas exploration in its territory, with government officials stating that the environmental "price of oil extraction is too high. Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) has been a self-governing country within the Danish Realm since 1979. . Greenland's head of state is Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. Greenland was able to buy goods from the United States and Canada by selling cryolite from the mine at Ivittuut. [19] Under the new structure, Greenland has gradually assumed responsibility for a number of governmental services and areas of competence. 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