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World Service,01 Jan 2003,22 mins

Qaanaaq – World made of Water

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"We are very warm people in a cold place." Life in one of the most northern communities on earth, Qaanaaq in Greenland, a world made of water all year round – fjord, glaciers, icebergs and snow. "It's a crazy place to live. There are four months of darkness, four months of 24-hour sunshine and only four with day and night."

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