Greenland 1945 – Eskimo and Midnight
Sun
This evocative Arctic scene from Greenland
shows an Eskimo in a kayak, with the Sun poised on the distant
horizon – a graphic reminder that, during summer, the Sun
never sets as seen from within the Arctic Circle because of the
Earth’s tilt with respect to the Sun. Conversely, in
winter the Sun never rises so that the land within thr Arctic
Circle is cloaked in eternal night for months on end, with only
a glimmer of twilight around midday to provide relief from the
encompassing gloom.
PS: Greenland’s very first stamp, in
1938, should have been an astro-stamp, featuring an aurora.
However, the King of Denmark thought that his portrait should
feature instead. The original designs were kept and eventually
released in 2001 under the title “The stamps that were
never issued”.
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