Kulusuk Village

Kulusuk is a small village of a little over 200 people. It was founded in 1909 and sits around a small harbor. It is an Inuit and Danish settlement. They also speak East Greenlandic.

This is a challenging place to live. The winds here are frequently over 60 miles per hour and it has been recorded at twice that speed. Like Tasiilaq, the winter fills the harbor with pack ice and icebergs. 

This was our first view when walking to the village from our hotel. There was a rise of land between the two locations.

This was as we got closer to the village.

The Inuit tradition is no names on graves. They believe that your name gets passed on to another so that you live on in the next generation. We did see a couple with names, which I assume are Danish graves. One is in this photo.

The harbor is really the center of Kulusuk village. We saw several hunters and fishermen come into the dock while we were near here. People came down to greet them on arrival.

There was no traffic in Kulusuk, unless you count the few local Inuit that we passed walking along the roads.