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Ittoqqortoormiit is one of the world’s remotest settlements, on the east coast of Greenland, with a population of about 350. The name means ’big house dwellers’ and it was founded by a Dane, Ejnar Mikkelsen (his memorial is below left) and 85 inuits, in 1925. The village lives on services, hunting and fishing, and dogsContinue reading “Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland”