"Dogs outnumber people in this surreal and remote settlement with no more than 15 houses in total. If the population falls below 50, government ministers have talked about stopping the supply ships that pass through every few weeks between May and December and relocating the people of Niaqornat. When their fish factory closed a few years ago, the villager’s main source of income, the fishermen had to sail 100km just to sell their fish. Within in a few years, the villagers raised what little money they had spare and managed to re-open the factory. This is a village bravely fighting for survival."
I've never been to Niaqornat, but I've been to dozens of such settlements in that part of the world. You either love these kind of places, or you loathe them.
ReplyDeleteI would not consider it a misfortune to spend my life in such a place, collecting sewage in the mornings, and then go hunting... :-)
One minor correction to the article: The End of The World is further north. I've seen it.
And/or fishing! Also, you'd better get along with the neighbors, because there is no escaping them!
DeleteBeautiful pics - the top one would make a really neat 2,000 piece jigsaw puzzle!
ReplyDeleteAlways the practical one, eh, Chickenmom? A bit entrepreneurial as well!
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