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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Passengers sit at a table in Sarfaq Ittuk's cafe, chatting while playing cards on March 14. FLORENT VERGNES/AFP

In the bay, the ice rippling in the ship's wake had something magical about it, but not for Ludvig Larsen. He was bored.

"The helicopter was canceled, so I had to take the boat," said the 60-year-old referee headed to Ilulissat for a football tournament.

In recent years, he's started flying instead of taking the ferry, enabling him to reach Greenland's "iceberg capital" in just 25 minutes.

Now he was spending the day at sea.

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