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people watching a film projected onto an iceberg
October 29, 2015
A Show on Ice
On a clear night in a village along the Uummannaq Fjord in Greenland, an audience takes in a movie projected onto the side of an iceberg trapped in sea ice. The moviegoers arrive on snowmobiles and, in temperatures of about minus 4ºF, wear sealskin to stay warm.
See more pictures from the November 2015 feature story “How Melting Ice Changes One Country’s Way of Life.”
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