Kujataa Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap

Farming came to the Arctic first at Kujataa, where Norse settlers from Iceland began raising livestock among south Greenland's fjords in the 10th century. Centuries after their colony vanished, Inuit communities revived agriculture here from the late 18th century onward, combining herding with the hunting of marine mammals in the same green valleys at the edge of the ice cap. This layered story of two cultures farming at the limits of the possible earned Kujataa UNESCO World Heritage status in 2017.