A ‘Last-Chance’ Hiking Trip to Greenland – The Wall Street Journal
WE WERE on our first hike across Greenland’s spare tundra, when our guide knelt down to identify the low, yellow-leafed plants we’d been trampling. Just a couple of inches high, they were tiny willow trees. That, we learned, is how trees survive in the Arctic’s harsh, blustery climate: They stick really close to the ground. So began a week-long master class in nature’s survival s…….