Greenland is getting greener – helped by a mining company and a group of tree enthusiasts

Icebergs floating by the town of Narsaq in South Greenland. Shutterstock/Anders Peter Photography

As I walked through passport control in Reykjavik en route to Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, the border agent asked me the standard question of why I was travelling. “To look at trees,” I answered.

He peered at me suspiciously through the glass and said: “There are no trees in Nuuk.”