North America

Greenland

Location

Northern North America, island between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, north-east of Canada.

Personal security, general travel, navigation, off road driving, cold weather injuries, personal hygiene, sanitation / sterilisation, clothing & equipment, emergency first aid, helicopter safety, cultures / customs, communications, emergency shelters.

Local water is safe to drink.

Flat to gradually sloping ice-cap covers all but a narrow, mountainous, barren, rocky coast.

Arctic to sub-arctic; cool summers, cold winters.

Continuous permafrost over northern two-thirds of the island.

No major issues.

Protection of the arctic environment; preservation of the Inuit traditional way of life, including whaling and seal hunting.

No major issues.

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