Greenland

Mia Sečová
I.C
Geography

• Area: 2,166,086 km2

• largest non-continental island
• The highest point: Gunnbjørn Fjeld (3,700
m)
Climate

• The lowest temperature ever recorded in

the northern hemisphere (−69.6 °C)
• Climate change makes Greenland lose more
ice than it gains each year
Vegetation and wildlife

• Mainly tundra
• Not enough space to grow
• Mainly mammals and fish
 • First settlers in Greenland around
2500 BCE.
• Norse explorers established
settlements in the 10th century, but
they disappeared by the 15th century.
History • Denmark established colonial control
in 1721.
• Greenland gained home rule in 1979
and self-government in 2009.
Economy
• Largely fishing and trade
• Agriculture not developed
• Mining (used to be the world's
premier source of natural cryolite)
 Politics

• Greenland is an autonomous country within

the Kingdom of Denmark
• Key political parties are Siumut, Demokratiit,
Atassut, and Inuit Ataqatigiit
• Executive power rests with a high
commissioner, and a prime minister heads
the Cabinet
• The high commissioner is appointed by the
monarch and the prime minister is elected
indirectly by parliament elections results for
four-year terms.
Culture
of Greenland
Religion
• Majority -> evangelical Lutheranism
(branch of Protestantism)
• Innuits -> animism
 Gastronomy

• is traditionally based on meat from marine

mammals, birds, and fish
• The national dish is suaasat ( a soup often made
from seal, whale, reindeer, or seabirds)
• Greenlandic coffee -> typically features hot
coffee, whiskey, Kahlúa, Grand Marnier, and
whipped cream
 Greenlandic rock band
Nanook

Music

• Mixture of Inuit and Danish influenced

by the United States and United
Kingdom
• Inuit music is based around singing and
drums

Traditional Inuit drum dance

 National costume

• First appeared in Greenland when in the 17th

century when Europeans came and brought with
them clothing fabrics and glass beads as goods to
trade
• Innuits started using these glass beads to decorate
their clothes.It gradually became prestigious to
use more and more beads.
• Today the Greenlandic national costume is used on
special festive occasions and at festivals such as
Christmas, Easter, Greenland’s National Day,
confirmations and weddings.
 Landmark
.
The Tomb at Qilakitsoq

• In 1972 beneath a rock outcrop the bodies

of eight mummies were found
• They were approximately 500 years old and
are now on display at the Greenland
National museum in Nuuk.
Comparison of politics
Greenland

Slovakia • Unemployment rate 9,1%

• Average income 19 290 $
• Unemployment rate 6,1%
• Currency Danish krone
• Average income 22 060 $
• Currency euro
 • https://scied.ucar.edu/learning-zone/climate-change-impacts/gre
enlands-ice-melting#:~:text=Earth's%20warming%20climate%20
means%20that,more%20days%20of%20melting%20ice.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Greenland#References
• https://visitgreenland.com/about-greenland/traditional-dress/

Sources • https://www.quarkexpeditions.com/blog/the-top-10-historical-sit
es-in-greenland#:~:text=Deltaterrasserne%20Archeological%20Sit
e,archaeological%20sites%20of%20the%20area.
Thank you for
your attention
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