Shadows of change – -Uummannatsiaq ,Greenland -10/21 /09 Stanley Greene (C)NOOR Images- 2009

Piniartorsuaq –
The abandoned village of Uummamannatsiaq

Juucirisi says  » I hear the rumours about people wanting to close our village , and on the radio i hear people talking about Global warming , , but I will not leave , I will die here this is my home , this is all I know I am a hunter, i have hunted polar bears , killed whales and seals for food and skins , we are people of the land , we are the « kings of the Ice  » There are things that scientist do not understand , and can never know for example Whales are returning in large numbers , and disturbing the fishing , fishing is a major export of North Greenland ,because of the lack good ice , I am forced to fish for halibut , he fishes because of need , but would prefer to hunt , He has become a legend ,because he is a great hunter and is called Piniartorsuaq