Homeless in the Arctic


People walking on a snow-covered street in Nuuk, Greenland. — Reuters

A FLIMSY tent rises up behind a snowdrift, home for nearly two years to one of the many homeless left behind by a wave of modernisation in Greenland, living rough in the harsh Arctic cold.

To keep warm in a region where the temperature can drop to -20°C at night in winter, Anders Maqe insulates his tent with cardboard boxes, heats it “with one or two candles” and slips into a sleeping bag.

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