Freezers full of seal meat: How Greenland's hunting culture helps emergency preparedness


FILE PHOTO: A butcher cuts a seal at his shop in Nuuk's old harbour, Greenland, March 7, 2025. REUTERS/Marko Djurica/File Photo

KAPISILLIT, Greenland, Jan 22 (Reuters) - While many Greenlanders ‌have been alarmed by U.S. President Donald Trump's demands to acquire their homeland, others such as ‌Kaaleeraq Ringsted have stayed calm, trusting in food stockpiles and traditional ways of life to navigate ‌the uncertainty.

"I'm not scared," 73-year-old Ringsted said, standing beside one of his two chest freezers packed with reindeer meat, halibut, cod, redfish, and seal meat in his home in the Kapisillit settlement in the Nuuk fjord.

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