There is no second lady, no problem: Greenland’s dog Sled race is barked

At the foot of the scattered mountain – “king of the mountains” – Sisimiut, Greenland, hundreds of audiences, insulated jackets, insulated pants and heavy boots, hung a snowy trail on Saturday.

Low sun shone from ice. Snowly skinny, delicate and dry as flour. The red and white Greenland flags caught all over the poles, glued to the hood, and flew into the assembled hands.

For more than three decades, Greenland, Grenandand, Avannaata Gimusserua in the north race, Avannaata Gimussersa championship. This year, more than 25 musers, including more than 25 mushers, and more than 25 musers, including at least 400 dogs, came together. This is not only animals of dogs, but a deep-rooted tradition in the culture of the country where they live. And in general, the race does not attract very international attention.

However, this year, the White House vice-president JD Vance’s wife and sons will be one of his wife and sons, a great geopolitical storm. Ms. Vance has canceled the trip to protest the Grenanders.

Ms. Vance was trying to frame his visit as a cultural assessment gesture. Greenlanders did not buy. President Trump, Greenland’s – Denmark was built on the territory of the territory and said, as he said, “Buying or others” continued his conversation.

Many Grenand (and Danes) saw their visit as a threat. They said they did not point out the organizers quickly. A spokesman for Mrs. Vance rejected this by saying that the second lady received more than one invitation.

Mrs. Vance came to Greenland with her husband and some other officers, but on Friday, in the northern bank of Grenanda on Friday, less than three hours less than three hours.

The race continued as planned, though. Daily care for rivals and dogs was the culmination of the last years of discipline and deep mutual understanding.

Saturday afternoon, a voice fluttered with a voice above the speakers, as they cut a voice 26 miles on opponents. The kids jumped to stay warm. Distance, sharp shells are reflected along the mountain.

“We don’t try to impress anyone.” “We just want to be close to nature and each other.”

Like many, many of them saw the incident not only as a race – the place where people from distant settlements meet, celebrate and re-contact people. Sisimiaut, who participated in the competition this year, is the second largest city in Greenland, a population of about 5.000.

Mikaela Eliassen, an entrepreneur of Sisimiut, stood in the finish line with his children. He said, because I was a little disappointing.

“We never get visitors.” “So when I finally heard of someone important here, I was excited.”

Grenanders work with Sled dogs for hundreds of years. They used them to travel to distant villages and hunt seals and deer.

In 1968, the US nuclear armed bomber, now crashed from the ice near the pituffic base, and Sled IT groups were called to help with cleanliness. The ability to go through the fragile ice of dogs made it important for effort.

Today, dogs are still important, even the ice fishing, sliding, even by pulling tourists for walking.

Only one sex is allowed in the Arctic region of Greenland: the oven-rector Greenlandic SLED dog. This breed developed in the cold for centuries and is going to work in the cold, any mixing can damage his stiffness.

The former Muser himself, Ms. Eliassen began driving sled at the age of 6.

“Dog Sledding is not just a sport,” he said. “Teaches responsibility, patience and respect.”

“They say the dogs are the most respected of him,” he said.

As the last series and appearance of the first sled, the crowd erupted. A 26-year-old Musher Henrik Jensen from Ilulissat in Northern Greenland, broke the finish line – the dog and frosty with ice and foam, but strongly pulled.

Their supporters went forward. Some are wearing black jackets in the back jackets “Team Henrik”.

Sled, whipped and stunned, a group of fans, a group of fans, a group of fans, wooden sled heights – dogs still bark and twist in the facilities, the people have energy by the roar.

“I have been preparing for it for years,” his father smiled with his hand in his shoulder.

And if there were any American tuning, he said, this is a good thing.

“It is very good that you are following the road, “he said. Here should be a place for everyone. “