Soccer at the Edge of the World


During the week of the Greenland national soccer tournament, the astroturf soccer field in Sisimiut was in near constant use.
"SISIMIUT, Greenland — The boat journey along Greenland’s wild, rocky coast lasted three days. It was long and slow, calling in at what felt like every village on the way to pick up passengers and drop off supplies. The scenery was spectacular: sheer, snow-capped mountains rising from the sea, fjords cutting into untouched wilderness. After a while, though, Inuk Mathaussen found even that started to pall. It was, as he remembers it, pretty 'boring.' All that time at sea was not Mathaussen’s only sacrifice. He had left his partner and their 1-year-old at home for a couple of weeks. He had cashed in valuable vacation time. He had spent hundreds of dollars, too: for transportation and accommodations, for equipment and membership fees. In return, once the boat reached its destination, he would have the dubious pleasure of spending seven nights on a mattress in a school gymnasium, struggling to sleep in a room filled with a few dozen friends and strangers. ..."
NY Times
W - Greenland national football team
Guardian: The unlikely success story of football on the massive island of Greenland

The fog rolls into Sisimiut every few days, blanketing the town with a low-slung, white cloud.

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