Icebergs and Snow Attract Tourists in Greenland
(24 Nov 2015) SOURCE: AP TELEVISION RESTRICTIONS: HORIZONS CLIENTS AND AP LIFESTYLE, HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY CLIENTS ONLY LENGTH: 6.17 AP Television Coast near Ilulissat - 19 July, 2015 1. Various of woman on boat tour taking photos of icebergs that have calved from the Ilulissat ice fjord 2. Various of man and woman on boat tour 3. People on deck of boat, tilt up to icebergs 4. People on boat tour 5. Wide of icebergs 6. Greenlandic flag on boat 7. Boat on water AP Television Nuuk - 23 July 2015 8. Set up of Salik Hard, Visit Greenland board of directors 9. SOUNDBITE: (Danish), Salik Hard, Visit Greenland board of directors: "People come to Greenland for many different reasons. But the primary reason is definitely the nature; the ice, the ice sheet, the icebergs and the nature. That's number one." AP Television Coast near Ilulissat - 19 July, 2015 10. Various wide of icebergs 11. Woman looking at icebergs 12. Boat going past, people wave AP Television Nuuk - 23 July 2015 13. SOUNDBITE: (Danish), Salik Hard, Visit Greenland board of directors: "Tourism is important. There is no way of denying that. Tourism is the second biggest export industry in Greenland. We don't have many tourists, but if you look at it in relation to our economy - then it is a lot of money for us." AP Television Coast near Ilulissat - 19 July, 2015 14. Icebergs 15. People inside the boat, looking at icebergs AP Television Ilimanaq - 19 July 2015 16. Tourists climbing up a ladder in the Ilimanaq harbour for a tour of the village 17. Various wide of tourists on tour of Ilimanaq 18. SOUNDBITE: (German), Michael Karisch, tourist from Cologne in Germany "It is a bit different, not like I had thought. I thought it would be a lot colder. We are wearing warm clothes now, but we have been able to walk around in a T-shirt. I didn't expect that." 19. Wide of tour 20. Close of man in tour 21. SOUNDBITE: (English), Ulrike Crespo, tourist from Frankfurt, in Germany "I mean, these huge incredible, million old or a thousand years old ice bergs… And then you have these scatted houses everywhere, very colourful. And the people are, I mean the people are very nice and welcoming. So, I'm enjoying my life here." 22. Low shot with flowers in foreground, tour in background 23. SOUNDBITE: (German), Michael Satke, tourist from Vienna in Austria "It is like a dream. It is so incredibly beautiful. This incredible mix between the rugged landscape and the almost baroque iceberg scenery. It is a mix that is almost unbelievable." 24. Wide of tour 25. SOUNDBITE: (English), Alex Blampied, tourist from Jersey "The scenery is fantastic. You know the ice, you just can't get it anywhere else in the world I don't think." AP Television Coast near Ilulissat - 19 July, 2015 26. People on boat 27. Greenlandic flag on boat 28. Wide of icebergs AP Television Ilulissat - 19 July 2015 29. Set-up Erik Bjerregaard, manager of Arctic Hotel and member of Visit Greenland board of directors 30. SOUNDBITE: (Danish), Erik Bjerregaard, manager of Arctic Hotel and member of Visit Greenland board of directors: "Greenland has received attention in the last year due to climate change and this will probably mean that more tourists come here. The cradle of climate change is here in Greenland, you can see with your own eyes what is happening." AP Television Coast near Ilulissat - 19 July, 2015 31. Wide of icebergs 32. Woman on boat 33. Man taking photo of icebergs STORYLINE: The summer is peak season for tourism in Greenland. But tourism provides an important income, according to Hard. ==== Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
