At the edge of the ice. Travelling in North Greenland

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For three decades, photographer Markus Bühler has travelled to Qaanaaq. In Greenland’s northernmost part, time ticks differently — and so do the people. The Arctic is shaped by nature and the weather, unpredictable and entirely in the rhythm of the moment. Fascinated by life in the far north, Bühler documents the Inuit over time. His images tell of a world changing rapidly and of people whose traditional way of life as hunters is more threatened than ever. The traces of climate change are impossible to miss. As the ice edge moves closer, young Inuit are nonetheless returning to their traditions. They want to learn again how to hunt on the ice. Bühler documents, together with his son, the emerging filmmaker Nils Bühler, how Aleqatsiaq Peary teaches his son Jonas to survive on the ice. Two fathers, two sons, four views of a world in transition.