Blowing Snow and Icebergs Batter Nuuk as Cold Deepens (Full Transcript)
[00:00:00] Speaker 1: It's really hard to do justice to the weather conditions in a video, but I've got my warmest polar mitts on. I've got four layers of trousers on here. If you look out to sea, you can see the winds brought in icebergs onto the coast here. It's whipping the snow up here. We're the only ones standing around on this hill. It's minus 9 degrees Celsius, about 15 degrees Fahrenheit, and it's going to get colder. The conditions in Nuuk and Greenland are harsh to say the least. Denmark reinforcing its troops 200 miles north of here. That's inside the Arctic Circle. They are going to be facing some really extreme weather up here.
- Weather near Nuuk is severe, with high winds and blowing snow.
- Icebergs have been driven onto the coast by winds.
- Temperatures are around -9°C (15°F) and expected to get colder.
- Denmark is reinforcing troops roughly 200 miles north within the Arctic Circle.
- Military operations in the region must contend with extreme Arctic conditions.