RV Tarajoq is Greenland's flagship fisheries research vessel, operated by the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (Pinngortitaleriffik) on behalf of the Government of Greenland. This ice-strengthened vessel is used to survey fish stocks and map the seabed across Arctic waters. The name means "salt" and is an old Inuit word for the sea itself.
A view of most of Nuuk from the top of Ukkusissaq (Store Malene).
A spring day at Quassussuaq (Lille Malene) with the partly snow-covered Ukkusissaq (Store Malene) in the background.
Nuuk Art Museum on a sunny June day, flying a rainbow flag. The museum showcases Greenlandic art across generations from soapstone, bone, and ivory carvings to classic paintings.
A thin ribbon of cloud cuts across the mountains of Nuup Kangerlua, splitting jagged, snow-dusted peaks from the dark water of Nuuk's fjord below.
HDMS Ejnar Mikkelsen (P571) sits in Nuuk's harbour, a Knud Rasmussen-class Arctic offshore patrol vessel of the Royal Danish Navy, named after the Danish polar explorer. Her ice-strengthened hull can break through ice up to 80cm thick, and alongside her sister ships, she's normally stationed in Greenlandic waters for sovereignty enforcement, fisheries inspection, and search-and-rescue work.
The evening sun bathes Nuuk's Colonial Harbour and old town in golden light on a calm Sunday evening.
A quiet, pebble-and-sand cove at Saqqarliit beach in Nuuk's Rævedalen (Fox Valley) district, with the area's colorful houses scattered along the hillside above.
The start line of a race at Qaannamik Unammersuarneq, Greenland's national kayak championship, on Friday, July 3, in the Nuuk Colonial Harbour.