For all its beauty and remoteness, Greenland is also at the forefront of the impact of global warming and the development of the mining industry so the communities I visited are facing tough challenges.
It's too late to stop the effects of climate change, manifested here by melting ice and wildlife changes which threaten to remove the underpinning of daily life in many of the communities visited. Capitalism too, which has brought improved material wellbeing at a cost of social cohesion, is about to present new challenges as areas previously concealed by ice are developed for large-scale mining. Even with the backing of Denmark, the government of a country of only 56,000 people will be no match for powerful mining companies.
Through generations the Inuit have formed their own distinctive way of life. Arts and crafts, traditional drum dance, kayak performances and colourful national costumes are all cultural expressions that are very much alive today. At the same time, those communities are having to come to terms with economic, political and environmental change.