Living with climate change in Greenland - in pictures

A glacier in Kangerlussuaq Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Ellen Martin (L) from the department of geological sciences at the University of Florida, crosses in front of a glacier as she works with her team to analyse the water chemistry coming out of the glacial environment to understand how the melt is effecting the sea waters in Kangerlussuaq Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Water on part of the glacial ice sheet that covers about 80% of the country Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Icebergs float near the shore in Ilulissat Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Potato farmer Arnaq Egede stands on the front steps of her home in Qaqortoq. The farm, the largest in Greenland, has seen an extended growing season due to climate change Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Fisherman Inunnguaq Petersen hunts for seals as he waits to catch fish on his line in Ilulissat Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Pilu Nielsen and his brother Kunuk try to capture one of their goats at the bottom of a cliff near their farm in Qaqortoq. Many Greenlanders simply do what they've always done: adapt. 'Were used to change,' says Pilu. 'We learn to adapt to whatever comes. If all the glaciers melt, we'll just get more land' Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Trout caught in a stream in Qaqortoq Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Arnaq Egede stands among the plants on her family's potato farm in Qaqortoq Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Potato farmers Arnaq and Ferdinan Egede eat lunch together Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Laundry hung between homes in Ilulissat Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Children skateboard in Nuuk Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Karl Peter Jakobsen and Miki Lange practise their guitars as they enjoy a warm summer day in Nuuk Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Professor David Noone uses a snow pit to study the layers of ice in the glacier at Summit station on the glacial ice sheet Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Noone crawls into a snow pit that he uses to study the layers of ice in the glacier Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Shawntel Stapleton, a science technician, at Summit station, where year-round monitoring of key climate variables is conducted to study air-snow interactions Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

The surface of the glacier in Kangerlussuaq Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

A Musk Ox and other parts of dead animals are seen on the ground in Kangerlussuaq Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Constuction cranes being used to build apartment blocks in Nuuk. The capital of about 56,000 people is where the government is trying to balance the discovery of minerals and other new opportunities brought on by climate change Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

People dressed as polar bears ride the escalator at Nuuk Centre, a recently opened mall in Nuuk Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Boats - a crucial mode of transportation and work at the port in Qaqortoq Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Ottilie and Adam Olsen on Qeqertaq Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

People watch as local football teams play in Ilulissat Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Bottles of alcohol in a bar are seen reflected overlooking homes in Nuuk Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Icebergs from the nearby Twin glaciers in Qaqortoq Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Seagulls sit on an iceberg in Ilulissat Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

A boat passes among icebergs that broke off from the Jakobshavn glacier, as the sun sets in Ilulissat Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images