Below the ice

摘要

She grew up in a remote fishing village. Her father fell through the ice and died when she was seven. She was supposed to marry a hunter, but refused. Now Aleqa Hammond, who is 47 years old, looks set to become Greenland's first female prime minister. At elections on March 12th her social democratic Siumut party won 42.8% of the vote, beating the prime minister, Kuupik Kleist, and his socialist Inuit Ataqatigiit party, which came in at 34%.