Sled Dogs and Rare Earths: Our Journey Through Greenland’s Growing Pains

Sled dogs and rare earths: Our journey through Greenland’s growing pains

ILULISSAT, GREENLAND — Just after midday, we gripped the worn rope handles of a dogsled as 11 dogs surged across the frozen tundra of Western Greenland, inside the Arctic Circle. The wind lashed our faces, while the musher’s sharp cries — quick bursts of “Yip! Yip!” and a trilled “Drrrrr!” — rose above the steady crunch of…