Intermediate Level - The Town of the Greenland Halibut - Student's book 

The sea and the fjords function as a main road. In winter you drive with sled dogs on the ice. In summer you sail with boats. Most of the time, the halibut is the reason for all of this activity.

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The settlements Eqi and Sermermiut are situated on either side of the mouth of the Icefjord. The distance between the two settlements is approximately 10 km.

Here I found the largest group of people I have ever seen any place in Greenland, about 20 quite big houses, like a small village. They bragged about this and asked whether I had ever seen so many people in one place anywhere else in Greenland. I immediately sensed, from the way they talked and from their behaviour, that they were proud of being so many and of the good catch they were making.

Student's book for the intermediate level

Many years ago, when the people of Sermermiut went to visit the inhabitants of Eqi, their shaman fell on his bum. When he got up again, he said, "You must cut a hole here and fish!" They then made a fishing rod of whalebard and a hook of seal, cut a hole in the ice and caught a huge halibut.

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Did you know? The Greenland halibut is a valued and good edible fish that is of great importance to Greenland. It is caught with nets, longlines or by trawl. In winter the halibut fishing from the ice near Ilulissat is quite considerable. It is the only flatfish that does not only live at the bottom of the sea. Halibut fishing has been going on for more than 4000 years in the sea around Ilulissat.

👉🏾 It lives in the ocean 👉🏾 It can become up to 130 cm long&nbsp; 👉🏾 It can weigh up to 45-50 kg 👉🏾 The female is normally the biggest 👉🏾 It lays up to 60.000 eggs 👉🏾 It spawns from May till August 👉🏾 It eats fish; for example small codfish and shrimps

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Welcome to the Icefjord Centre. The Icefjord Centre is a house holding many stories of ice and life with the ice. The Centre is located at Ilulissat in Greenland.

Now you have to search for different kinds of fish. Find pictures of: 👉🏾 a plaice,&nbsp; 👉🏾 a sole and&nbsp; 👉🏾 a halibut Read about the fish and record an audio file where you tell a little about the fish.

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This is what it looks like at the Icefjord Centre in wintertime. On the next page you will see where Ilulissat is located.

Now you will listen to a podcast called The Town of the Greenland Halibut. You will hear the story about how the halibut turns Illulissat into a town that never sleeps. You will also hear about the peoples of the Stone Age, the shaman, the missionary and about the difference between the fish in Northern and Southern Greenland.

Welcome to the Icefjord Centre Map Ilulissat Towns and settlements in Greenland I live here The sea and the fjords Listen and talk The shaman Poul Egede's diary The halibut from the Icefjord Flatfish My reference book The town of the halibut fishermen

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