Traditional Inuit drum dance, Baffin Bay, Northwest Greenland.

A tradtional Inuit drum dance, performed by Ajako Miteq at sunset on the shore of Baffin Bay near Qaanaaq (aka Thule), Northwest Greenland. He is wearing traditional Inuit clothing, including pants made of polar bear fur and seal skin boots. The drum itself is also made from seal skin.

Fishing boats and massive icebergs shed by the Jakobshavn Isbrae glacier in Ilulissat Icefjord at sunset, West Greenland.

Cod hanging to dry outside an Inuit house in the village of Tasiilaq, southeast Greenland.

Hunter's home in the small settlement of Tiniteqilaaq at the edge of Sermilik Fjord in southeast Greenland.

An Inuit ulu knife, resting on the pelt of a ringed seal, in Qaqortoq, South Greenland. For thousands of years the ulu has been used by Arctic people as a knife and scraper for cutting up animals and preparing their skins, and as a general-purpose tool.

The pelt of a polar bear, killed by an Intuit hunter, hangs to dry outside the hunter's home in the small settlement of Tiniteqilaaq at the edge of Sermilik Fjord in southeast Greenland.

Remains of ancient Inuit village site, Kejser Franz Josef Fjord, Greenland.

Along the rainy coast of Paradisdalen, icebergs float near the remains of an ancient Inuit village site dug into a hillside in Kejser Franz Josef Fjord, Northeast Greenland National Park. The small bones and pieces of reindeer antler are very old; they probably date from at least several hundred years ago.

Inuit children playing with a ball in the village of Tasiilaq, southeast Greenland.

Inuit settlement Scoresbysund, Northeast Greenland

The small and extremely isolated Inuit settlement Scoresbysund, perched on the rocky headlands of Scoresby Sund in Northeast Greenland.

Graveyard at Inuit settlement Ittoqqortoormiit (Scoresbysund), Northeast Greenland

Rocky graveyard in the small and extremely isolated Inuit settlement Ittoqqortoormiit (Scoresbysund), perched on the headlands of Scoresby Sund (Scoresby Sound) in Northeast Greenland.

Inuit settlement Ittoqqortoormiit (Scoresbysund), Northeast Greenland

The small and extremely isolated Inuit settlement Ittoqqortoormiit (Scoresbysund), perched on the rocky headlands of Scoresby Sund in Northeast Greenland.

Traveling by dog sled on the sea ice in Sermilik Fjord, southeast Greenland.

Using the traditional jigging method, an Inuit fisherman catches cod through a hole in the sea ice at Kong Oscars Havn, Tasiilaq Fjord, southeast Greenland.

The small settlement of Tiniteqilaaq at the edge of Sermilik Fjord in southeast Greenland.

An Inuit hunter travels by dogsled in fog and snow near Tasiilaq Fjord in southeast Greenland.

An Inuit hunter stealthily approaches a seal lying at its breathing hole on the sea ice in Sermilik Fjord, southeast Greenland.

An Inuit hunter stealthily approaches a seal lying at its breathing hole on the sea ice in Sermilik Fjord, southeast Greenland.

An Inuit woman begins to butcher freshly-killed seals outside her home in the small settlement of Tiniteqilaaq at the edge of Sermilik Fjord in southeast Greenland.

Norse ruins, probably from the 11th Century, in Tasermiut Fjord, South Greenland.

The ruins of a Norse church at the edge of the Qaqortukulooq fjord (Hvalsey) in South Greenland.

Hvalsey Church is the best-preserved Norse ruin in the region known as the Eastern Settlement, and is believed to have been built in the 14th century. A wedding at this site in 1408 is the last documented event to have occurred during the original Norse settlement of Greenland.

Nanortalik Village and Church, South Greenland.

Spotted wolffish and other freshly-caught fish being cleaned and prepared for sale at a fish market in Qaqortoq Village, South Greenland.

Inuit workers harvest a potato crop at the Equaluit Ilua farm in Sermilik Fjord, South Greenland.

Jorsen Adelsen, a 61-year-old Inuit worker at the Equaluit Ilua farm, pauses momentarily while helping to harvest the potato crop in Sermilik Fjord, South Greenland.

Inuit farmer Ole Egede bundles his freshly-harvested Solist potato crop at the Equaluit Ilua farm in Sermilik Fjord, South Greenland.

Lettuce growing at Upernaviarsuk Agricultural Research Center, Qaqortoq, South Greenland.

A young Inuit man helping to cultivate lettuce and other vegetables at the Upernaviarsuk Agricultural Research Center, Qaqortoq, South Greenland.

Hay baling at the Inneruulilak Farm in Tunulliarfik Fjord, South Greenland. The hay is wrapped in plastic for storage to feed sheep during the winter.

Hay baling at the Inneruulilak Farm in Tunulliarfik Fjord, South Greenland. The hay is wrapped in plastic for storage to feed sheep during the winter.

Bales of hay, prepared for storage to feed Greenland sheep during the winter, lie scattered across a field at the Inneruulilak Farm in Tunulliarfik Fjord, South Greenland.

Greenland sheep grazing at Inneruulilak Farm in Tunulliarfik Fjord, South Greenland.

Visitors bathing in Uunartoq hot springs, South Greenland.