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Ittoqqortoormiit (Scoresbysund), East Greenland

Ittoqqortoormiit, formerly known as Scoresbysund, is a settlement in the Sermersooq municipality in eastern Greenland. Its population is 452 as of 2013. The former name Scoresbysund derives from the Arctic explorer and whaler William Scoresby, who was the first to map the area in 1822. The name "Ittoqqortoormiit" means "Big-House Dwellers" in the Eastern Greenlandic dialect. The region is known for its wildlife, including polar bears, muskoxen, and seals. Each year only a few tourist ships reach this remote settlement, and it could be discussed how the future of the settlement could be more closely connected to the management of the Greenland national park in some distance to the North and thereby could be made more attractive for tourism.

Year: 2014

From album: Northeast Greenland National Park

Photographer: Peter Prokosch

Tags: Greenland

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Alternating layers of limestone and dolomite, Eleonore Bay, Northeast Greenland National Park

Alternating layers of limestone and dolomite, Eleonore Bay, Northeast Greenland National Park

Alternating layers of limestone and dolomite, Eleonore Bay, Northeast Greenland National Park

Alternating layers of limestone and dolomite, Eleonore Bay, Northeast Greenland National Park

Alternating layers of limestone and dolomite, Eleonore Bay, Northeast Greenland National Park

Alternating layers of limestone and dolomite, Eleonore Bay, Northeast Greenland National Park

Alternating layers of limestone and dolomite, Eleonore Bay, Northeast Greenland National Park

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Bear Islands, Ofjord, Northeast Greenland National Park

Bear Islands, Ofjord, Northeast Greenland National Park

Bear Islands, Ofjord, Northeast Greenland National Park

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Blue Iceberg, Rødefjord, Northeast Greenland National Park

Blue Iceberg, Rødefjord, Northeast Greenland National Park

Blue Iceberg, Rødefjord, Northeast Greenland National Park

Blue Iceberg, Rødefjord, Northeast Greenland National Park

Blue Iceberg, Rødefjord, Northeast Greenland National Park

Blue Iceberg, Rødefjord, Northeast Greenland National Park

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Dwarf Birch (Betula nana) and Vaccinium Uliginosum in autumn colours, Northeast Greenland National Park

Dwarf Birch (Betula nana) in autumn colours, Northeast Greenland National Park

Iceberg in front of Jameson Land, North Coast of Scoresby Sund, East Greenland

Iceberg in front of Jameson Land, North Coast of Scoresby Sund, East Greenland

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Iceberg, Rødefjord, Northeast Greenland National Park

Icebergs, Kaiser Franz Josef Fjord, Northeast Greenland National Park

Icebergs, Kaiser Franz Josef Fjord, Northeast Greenland National Park

Icebergs, Kaiser Franz Josef Fjord, Northeast Greenland National Park

Icebergs, Kaiser Franz Josef Fjord, Northeast Greenland National Park

Icebergs, Scoresby Sound, Greenland

Icebergs seen from Bear Islands, Ofjord, Northeast Greenland National Park

Icebergs seen from Bear Islands, Ofjord, Northeast Greenland National Park

Icebergs seen from Bear Islands, Ofjord, Northeast Greenland National Park

Icebergs seen from Bear Islands, Ofjord, Northeast Greenland National Park

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Jameson Land, North Coast of Scoresby Sund, East Greenland

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Mountain Bearberries (Arctostaphylos alpina) in autumn colours, Northeast Greenland National Park

Mountain Bearberries (Arctostaphylos alpina) in autumn colours, Northeast Greenland National Park

Mountain Bearberries (Arctostaphylos alpina) in autumn colours, Northeast Greenland National Park

Mountain Bearberries (Arctostaphylos alpine) and Salix Arctica in autumn colours, Northeast Greenland National Park

Mountain Bearberries (Arctostaphylos alpine) and Salix Arctica in autumn colours, Northeast Greenland National Park

Mountain Bearberries (Arctostaphylos alpine) in autumn colours, Northeast Greenland National Park

Mountains and glaciers at Alpefjord, Northeast Greenland National Park

Mountains at Alpefjord, Northeast Greenland National Park

Mountains at Ofjord, Northeast Greenland National Park

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Permian red sediments in Røde Fjord, Northeast Greenland National Park

Permian red sediments in Røde Fjord, Northeast Greenland National Park

Permian red sediments in Røde Fjord, Northeast Greenland National Park

Remains of simple fox trap, Ella Ø, Kong Oskar's Fjord, Northeast Greenland National Park

Salix arctica and mushroom, Northeast Greenland National Park

Salix Arctica, Northeast Greenland National Park

Salix Arctica, Northeast Greenland National Park

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Stripy cliffs in Segelsällskarpet Fjord, Northeast Greenland National Park

Stripy cliffs in Segelsällskarpet Fjord, Northeast Greenland National Park

Tourists on Bear Islands, Ofjord, Northeast Greenland National Park

Tourists studying alternating layers of limestone and dolomite in Segelsällskapet Fjord, Northeast Greenland National Park

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Tourists studying permian red sediments in Røde Fjord, Northeast Greenland National Park

Vaccinium Uliginosum in autumn colours, Northeast Greenland National Park

Vaccinium Uliginosum in autumn colours, Northeast Greenland National Park

Watching birds on a tundra pond, Blomsterbukta, Northeast Greenland National Park

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