Juana Summers

So we did this story, and this is something I wouldn't have thought about before we started researching this trip, about the intersection of dog sledding and climate change. So we actually got to go out with this woman who's a dog sled musher named Stella. And when she took us out, she kind of warned us, you know, we don't have a lot of snow right now. It's actually pretty hot here.

And when we don't have as much snow, it's harder for the dogs to pull. I think we've righted things. They're picking up speed again. And we're kind of looking out in front of us and you can see some snow. But there's like also these stretches of just sort of rough terrain. There are rocks and moss. We just went across a pretty big rock. It's kind of brown looking.

And when we don't have as much snow, it's harder for the dogs to pull. I think we've righted things. They're picking up speed again. And we're kind of looking out in front of us and you can see some snow. But there's like also these stretches of just sort of rough terrain. There are rocks and moss. We just went across a pretty big rock. It's kind of brown looking.

And when we don't have as much snow, it's harder for the dogs to pull. I think we've righted things. They're picking up speed again. And we're kind of looking out in front of us and you can see some snow. But there's like also these stretches of just sort of rough terrain. There are rocks and moss. We just went across a pretty big rock. It's kind of brown looking.

So we're seeing this in real time. And that is definitely the case when we took off on this dog sled. Like it just, there wasn't enough snow in some stretches, which meant that we were getting off the dog sled at times and running alongside of it.

So we're seeing this in real time. And that is definitely the case when we took off on this dog sled. Like it just, there wasn't enough snow in some stretches, which meant that we were getting off the dog sled at times and running alongside of it.

So we're seeing this in real time. And that is definitely the case when we took off on this dog sled. Like it just, there wasn't enough snow in some stretches, which meant that we were getting off the dog sled at times and running alongside of it.

had you dog sledded before in your life uh nope how would you say you were as a dog sledder i mean i'm i would like to say that i'm very good at following directions um i think it helps that like you i'm a runner so running alongside of it i was definitely looking at my garment like man maybe i should have started my garment my heart rate is really up just get on easier said than done

had you dog sledded before in your life uh nope how would you say you were as a dog sledder i mean i'm i would like to say that i'm very good at following directions um i think it helps that like you i'm a runner so running alongside of it i was definitely looking at my garment like man maybe i should have started my garment my heart rate is really up just get on easier said than done

had you dog sledded before in your life uh nope how would you say you were as a dog sledder i mean i'm i would like to say that i'm very good at following directions um i think it helps that like you i'm a runner so running alongside of it i was definitely looking at my garment like man maybe i should have started my garment my heart rate is really up just get on easier said than done

Yeah, I think it touches every part of life there. When we talked to Stella, the woman who took us out with the dog sleds, or when we talked with a man named Jan Kortzen who took us out on his boat to the icebergs, there is a concern. These are people who have lived in Greenland their whole lives. And they're pointing to these tangible examples every day of how climate has affected them.

Yeah, I think it touches every part of life there. When we talked to Stella, the woman who took us out with the dog sleds, or when we talked with a man named Jan Kortzen who took us out on his boat to the icebergs, there is a concern. These are people who have lived in Greenland their whole lives. And they're pointing to these tangible examples every day of how climate has affected them.

Yeah, I think it touches every part of life there. When we talked to Stella, the woman who took us out with the dog sleds, or when we talked with a man named Jan Kortzen who took us out on his boat to the icebergs, there is a concern. These are people who have lived in Greenland their whole lives. And they're pointing to these tangible examples every day of how climate has affected them.

And the other thing that we heard from them, particularly from Jan Kortzen, is these are all people who depend on tourism, right? They want more people to come to this small town of fewer than 5,000 people to go on their dog sleds, to go out on their boats. But they want to make sure that as Greenland opens up more to the world, the island has invested a ton of money in new airports and stuff.

And the other thing that we heard from them, particularly from Jan Kortzen, is these are all people who depend on tourism, right? They want more people to come to this small town of fewer than 5,000 people to go on their dog sleds, to go out on their boats. But they want to make sure that as Greenland opens up more to the world, the island has invested a ton of money in new airports and stuff.

And the other thing that we heard from them, particularly from Jan Kortzen, is these are all people who depend on tourism, right? They want more people to come to this small town of fewer than 5,000 people to go on their dog sleds, to go out on their boats. But they want to make sure that as Greenland opens up more to the world, the island has invested a ton of money in new airports and stuff.

They want that money to stay locally rather than to benefit outside operators. And that's a really big tension in the small town that we went to, too.

They want that money to stay locally rather than to benefit outside operators. And that's a really big tension in the small town that we went to, too.

They want that money to stay locally rather than to benefit outside operators. And that's a really big tension in the small town that we went to, too.

We were pretty well received. One thing that we were warned about from people that we were talking to in pre-interviews is that there was just a lot of fatigue around international journalists and American journalists. And You could really see that. I mean, as we were walking around Nuke in particular, we saw tons of other journalism, several other big U.S.