My Geographical World

Anukaq

Me

I Live in Qaanaaq, in northern Greenland.

I live with my mum-my dad is nearly always away hunting.

I go to school. There are 165 people at my school and 18 teachers.

Qaanaaq-my community

• Qaanaaq is home to 650 people, mostly Inuits, like me.

• There is a small library, open once or twice a week.

• There is a gym which is free, and local radio.

My schoolMy school

There are no jobs apart from There are no jobs apart from hunting, fishing and teachinghunting, fishing and teaching

Greenland

• Greenland is owned by Denmark. It became semi-independent in 1953.

• Denmark is in charge of defence and foreign policy

• 56,000 people live in Greenland.

• Greenland is a member of the European Union

Global Impact

• Because of global global warming warming some of the Ice caps are melting, affecting the wildlife we hunt. If it continues then the wildlife might die out.

• We get some Tourists here, and they stay in the Hotel Qaanaaq. If the wildlife go then the tourists might stop coming