Airport Tower, Upernavik, Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat)

Airport Tower, Upernavik, Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat), from The Far North, Portrait of the Arctic, 2006, Chromagenic Print, 20 x 24 inches, edition of 10This view of the airport tower in Upernavik seemed to have a spirit to it, like a sky figure. Cars are often left with engines running and doors unlocked in Upernavik. Any potential thief taking an auto can be caught in one of two places – the port, or the airport. Upernavik is on an island not connected to the rest of Greenland except by water or air. Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat), a newly autonomous nation within the Kingdom of Denmark, is the world’s largest island. More than 80% of its land surface is covered with ice.

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