Almost in Nuuk…. Almost…

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 15:44
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Montreal, Canada to Nuuk, Greenland – Via Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Copenhagen, Denmark and Kangerlussuaq, Greenland (and yes! You read all that correctly!)

So, after three days, three time zones and four flights, we (and surprisingly, every last piece of our gear!) arrived safe and sound in Greenland.

The flight from Kangerlussuaq to Nuuk was spectacular.

The plane was filled with Greenlanders, Danes and a handful of European businessmen and researchers. It was a well-travelled, jaded bunch, but views like this from the plane …

…. still had everyone lunging for their cameras.

Lisa, a Dane who was one of our seat mates, said living in Nuuk had changed everything about her life. For example, she told us her and her boyfriend now sit at the dinner table side by side instead of facing each other. Why? So they can watch the whales swimming in the fjord while they eat.

Stories like that are hard to beat, let me tell you.

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic

Eilís Quinn is an award-winning journalist and manages Radio Canada International’s Eye on the Arctic news cooperation project. Eilís has reported from the Arctic regions of all eight circumpolar countries and has produced numerous documentary and multimedia series about climate change and the issues facing Indigenous peoples in the North.

Her investigative report "Death in the Arctic: A community grieves, a father fights for change," about the murder of Robert Adams, a 19-year-old Inuk man from Arctic Quebec, received the silver medal for “Best Investigative Article or Series” at the 2019 Canadian Online Publishing Awards. The project also received an honourable mention for excellence in reporting on trauma at the 2019 Dart Awards in New York City.

Her report “The Arctic Railway: Building a future or destroying a culture?” on the impact a multi-billion euro infrastructure project would have on Indigenous communities in Arctic Europe was a finalist at the 2019 Canadian Association of Journalists award in the online investigative category.

Her multimedia project on the health challenges in the Canadian Arctic, "Bridging the Divide," was a finalist at the 2012 Webby Awards.

Her work on climate change in the Arctic has also been featured on the TV science program Découverte, as well as Le Téléjournal, the French-Language CBC’s flagship news cast.

Eilís has worked for media organizations in Canada and the United States and as a TV host for the Discovery/BBC Worldwide series "Best in China."

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