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In East Greenland the old Inuit culture of hunting is dying out. Climate change means that the ice arrives later and melts earlier. It makes it harder to hunt over the fjords. "For me as a hunter in this part of the world, the natural world is boss", says Julius Ignatiussen in conversation with the Goiserer. At the same time there are hunting and fishing treaties that are indeed meant well, but disregard the reality of life in Greenland. Poverty, unemployment, alcoholism, an enormously high suicide rate are consequences. Many also hope for climate change, as it melts away the ice, beneath which many natural resources lie. "Then there won't be any more hunters, only workers", says Ignatiussen. In the evenings the bright promises from across the world draw people to the television. But outside is darkness and uncertainty. Or the demand to play, where the temperature difference of the civilisations is apparent. In the village of Semiligap, 200 inhabitants, 100 huskies, only accessible by ship, sled or helicopter, the film crew plays football on the ice with the children beneath the aurora. The children are in sweatshirts, the guests in functional clothing.
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