"There will be so many (tourists) that there will not be enough places for them," predicted Gideon Lyberth, mayor of the town of Maniitsoq a little north of Nuuk. He hopes his town will benefit ...

On the southwestern coast, in Maniitsoq, the sea ice has not been solid enough to walk on since 2018. Residents have also seen it shrink from year to year, in addition to less abundant snowfalls.