Last man standing

Greenland's ferry, only means of transport until air travel took over, sets sail again

China Daily Global | Updated: 2026-04-13 10:03
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Crew members de-ice the bow of the vessel after it became stuck in the ice, while a Danish frigate fades into the mist in the background, in Sisimiut, Greenland, on March 15. FLORENT VERGNES/AFP

It's a Friday night and the port of Nuuk is a hive of activity. Passengers loaded down with heavy bags hurry aboard a rusty red and white ship — Greenland's last ferry.

Among them are an ethnologist and a few Danish tourists, but most are Greenlanders from the 74 villages and settlements that dot the west coast, a thin strip of land squeezed between the ice sheet and the open sea just south of the Arctic Ocean.

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