Photos from Greenland

A broad slab of glacial ice drifts on the dark water deep in Nuup Kangerlua on an August day, about 25 km up the fjord from Nuuk.

Isle Hessner's weathering-steel sculpture stands by Ilimmarfik, the campus of the University of Greenland (Ilisimatusarfik) in Nuuk, unveiled in 2015. It is called "Hyldest til fangerkonerne" in Danish, which roughly translates to "Tribute to the Hunters' Wives." It honours the wives of Greenland's hunters through the form of the ulu ("ulo" in Greenlandic), the traditional women's knife. Because the ulu takes a different shape on Greenland's east and west coasts, Hessner united both forms in a single work, a symbol of community between the two coasts.

A mural by street artist Cheeky wraps around a concrete wall in Nuuk, a blue-toned face and a mask held by a hand beside the words "Stay True," rendered in her bold, comic-influenced line work. The paired face and mask explore the idea of wearing a mask, and taking it off. Cheeky has described how many Greenlanders, especially young people, feel they must mask themselves and endure prejudice when they move to Denmark. With this artwork she wanted to bring those experiences to a wider audience. Someone has since added "cool" above the original text, so it could now be read as "Stay True, Stay Cool."