In Greenland village, shorter winters cast doubts over dog sledding

BEST FRIENDS. Kunuk Abelsen, a 27-year-old Greenlandic musher with his dogs kept on an island near Kulusuk, a settlement in the Sermersooq municipality on the southeastern shore of Greenland on August 19, 2019. Photo by Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP

But as the ice that covers 85% of Greenland melts and its winters grow unpredictable, climate change is casting a shadow over the much loved tradition in Denmark's autonomous territory.Snowmobiles are not used to hunt in east Greenland as hunting from boats has long been seen as an easier way to track seals and whales in these parts of the North Atlantic.

Like most of the village's 250 inhabitants, Bajare is Inuit, an indigenous people who make up some 90% of Greenland's population. For centuries, hunters like Bajare have sledded with Greenland dogs, a distinct breed similar to Alaskan huskies.With the Arctic region warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet, Bajare's worries are not unique to Kulusuk's dozen or so mushers: 79% of the island's population think local sea ice has become more dangerous to travel on in recent years.

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