Have you ever been to Greenland? I’ve never gotten the chance, but this man wanted to show the world how it’s done. He literally sits on the side of a hill with a butterfly-esque bird net. Just when you think you’ve started to watch the lamest video ever, He catches a bird.
Native Greenlander shows what it takes to be a native Greenlander
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Some Interesting Facts about the snowing island.
Contrary to popular belief, and the Mercator projection, Greenland is not the size of Africa.
| Capital (and largest city) |
Nuuk (Godthåb) 64°10′N 51°44′W / 64.167°N 51.733°W / 64.167; -51.733 |
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| Official languages | Greenlandic (Kalaallisut) | |
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| Ethnic groups | 88% Inuit (and Inuit-Danish mixed), 12% Europeans, mostly Danish | |
| Demonym | Greenlander, Greenlandic | |
| Government | Parliamentary democracy within a constitutional monarchy | |
| - | Monarch | Margrethe II |
| - | High Commissioner | Søren Hald Møller |
| - | Prime Minister | Kuupik Kleist |
| Autonomous constituent country within the Kingdom of Denmark | ||
| - | Home rule | 1979 |
| - | Extended competencies for local government | June 21, 2009 |
| Area | ||
| - | Total | 2,166,086 km2 (13th) 836,109 sq mi |
| - | Water (%) | 83.11 |
| Population | ||
| - | July 2009 estimate | 57,600[1] |
| - | Density | 0.027/km2 (241st) 0.069/sq mi |
| HDI (1998) | 0.927[2] (high) (n/a) | |
| Currency | Danish krone (DKK) |
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| Time zone | GMT (UTC+0 to -4) | |
| Drives on the | right | |
| Internet TLD | .gl | |
| Calling code | +299 | |
Facts Via Wikipedia, Video Via Youtube.
