Greenland: an island of ice, fjords and walruses, where hardly any people once visited. But that changed about a thousand years ago. The Normans settled in the south in search of furs and agricultural land. Shortly afterwards the Inuit arrived in the north, with their advanced kayaks and harpoons. Those Normans have long since disappeared, but since the eighteenth century the Danes, Norwegians and Americans have set their sights on Greenland. Why do countries keep thinking they can lay claim to the enormous Inuit island?
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- Presentation:
- Gemma Venhuizen
- Guests:
- Hendrik Spiering and Toef Jaeger
- Editing and editing:
- Liz Dautzenberg
- Photo:
- EPA
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