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At the ice edge. Revisiting North Greenland

Until Wed, 21/10/2026
Nordamerika Native Museum NONAM
An der Eiskante. Unterwegs in Nordgrönland © Markus Bühler, 2025
An der Eiskante. Unterwegs in Nordgrönland © Markus Bühler, 2025
An der Eiskante. Unterwegs in Nordgrönland © Markus Bühler, 2025
An der Eiskante. Unterwegs in Nordgrönland © Markus Bühler, 2025
An der Eiskante. Unterwegs in Nordgrönland © Markus Bühler, 2025
An der Eiskante. Unterwegs in Nordgrönland © Markus Bühler, 2025
An der Eiskante. Unterwegs in Nordgrönland © Markus Bühler, 2025
An der Eiskante. Unterwegs in Nordgrönland © Markus Bühler, 2025

Photographer Markus Bühler has been travelling to Qaanaaq for almost thirty years. In Greenland’s far north, time seems to move at its own pace – and so do the people who live there. The Arctic is ruled by nature and weather, unpredictable and deeply connected to the rhythm of the moment.
Fascinated by life in the far north, Bühler has spent decades capturing the Inuit and the changes shaping their world. His photographs tell of a landscape and a culture undergoing rapid transformation – and of people whose traditional life as hunters is more fragile than ever. The signs of climate change are impossible to ignore. Yet as the ice edge creeps closer, young Inuit are looking back to their roots. They want to relearn how to live and hunt on the ice.

Together with his son, filmmaker Nils Bühler, Markus follows Aleqatsiaq Peary as he teaches his son Jonas how to survive in this harsh environment. Two fathers, two sons – four perspectives on a world in transition.

Nordamerika Native Museum NONAM

Seefeldstrasse 317
8008 Zürich

+41 44 413 49 90
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Accessibility

Tram 11/15, Bus 33, S6/S16: Bahnhof Tiefenbrunnen*
Bus 912/916: Zollikon Bahnübergang
*ca. 650m Spaziergang ab Bahnhof Tiefenbrunnen

Photography allowed

Opening Times

Tuesday: 13–17
Wednesday: 13–17
Thursday: 13–17
Friday: 13–17
Saturday: 13–17
Sunday: 10–17

Until Wed, 21/10/2026

Public holidays: see website

Prices

Adults: CHF 15/8*
Children from 6 years: CHF 6

*reduced

Free admision for children up to the age of 6 and members of amerindias.

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