Greenland might open a vast uranium deposit to mining. Locals say it could alter their way of life
As Trump threatens to acquire the Danish island territory, residents of a small town are worried about an Australian mining company’s plans
Isolated among icebergs, fjords and mountains in remote southern Greenland, Narsaq is a town that does not worry too much about what the outside world thinks, says Ane Egede.
In her home town of about 1,300 people, there is not much in the way of shops, but there are plentiful opportunities to hunt, fish, and pick berries and herbs. “We are very close to the nature,” she says. “The town is clean and a beautiful place to live in. We live a little bit old fashioned. We’re not so materialistically minded.”
First: Ane Egede in her home in Narsaq. She left the town decades ago and returned with her husband in 2020. They firmly believed that the planned mining project was off the table, but there is still no guarantee. Second: Sodalite, which glows under UV light.
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