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Greenland is a beautiful nightmare

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625 points zdw | 2 comments | 27 Sep 25 15:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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tptacek ◴[27 Sep 25 16:45 UTC] No.45397384[source]▶
It's funny to me that in portraying Indiana as a "blank state" he's highlighting one of the most beautiful parts of the state (the route through the Dunes along the Michigan lakefront; if you've seen "Road To Perdition", you know what that area looks like). It's not important to the article, a complete tangent, but I can't not call that out.
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curl-up ◴[27 Sep 25 17:01 UTC] No.45397497[source]▶
Having been to Greenland recently, I found his description of it similarly flawed.
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1. ARandomerDude ◴[27 Sep 25 18:07 UTC] No.45398075[source]▶
I’ve never been to Greenland or (to my knowledge) met anyone who has. What is/was your experience like?
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2. curl-up ◴[27 Sep 25 20:18 UTC] No.45399008[source]▶
I tried explaining in the other comment here. In summary, it's beautiful, raw nature, that's different from anything else I've seen. It takes some preparation, but I haven't experience any of these "sun will kill you and ice will kill you too" vibes that the article suggests. It felt like one of the last places on Earth not affected by humans (at least directly through resource exploitation, as it definitely is affected by the warming - but that's another discussion).