Qaanaaq is the world’s northernmost municipality and the settlement of Siorapaluk is the northernmost inhabited place in the world. Owing to the short distance to North American continent, the region has been the gateway to Greenland for millennia. The most recent immigration took place only 130 years ago.
In this area, you will come closest to the archetype of the traditional way of life of the Greenlandic hunter. They earn their living from hunting for seals, narwhals, walruses and polar bears, and hunting trips lasting several weeks are not uncommon. The fact that the hunting profession is going strong is corroborated by a local preservation regulation.