Neither the pitch conditions, nor the ambient temperature, nor the lack of filming nor the date can stop the desire to play a derby. And like every December 31, the veterans of B-67 Nuuk (Boldklubben in 1967) and the GSS Nuuk (Grønlands Seminariums Sportklub Nuuk) of Greenland They face each other on a frozen field. Well, this year half frozen.
A pleasant temperature
Climate change, which affects the entire planet and wreaks havoc with rising temperatures, has also been noticed this year on Earth’s largest island. Veterans (+45 years), some with several leagues behind them, jumped into training camp at only -6º. It can be said that it is a pleasant temperature for the time of year considering that between parallels 60 and 75 they reach -15º in some places.
And in the coming days the thermometer will show unusually comfortable temperatures in this region close to 0º.
Other years the match is played at -12º. The ability to play in the attached hangar built in the nation’s capital (Nuuk, 16,000 registered), choose to roll the ball in snow and ice. This is tradition and, from now on, it is due to climate change.
League finals in a week
Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat‘land of the kalaallit’) faced, for centuries, a harsh climate that conditioned the daily life of the Inuit inhabitants and the colonizers who occupied this land since the 10th century.
Accustomed to adapt to any bad weather with the idea of development, since the 70s they have decided to formalize the local league of the country, focusing on matches between the months of June and August and finishing the last phase a week in the summer. This was done because of the enormous distances that the various teams had to travel, and the practical non-existence of roads. Sea travel is faster. In August, the champion was proclaimed B-67 for the 14th time (leading the championships) while the GSS He has won five times. They are the two oldest teams in the island’s capital and the healthy rivalry, in a small community, runs through the streets. As in other editions, the result is not so important.
What matters is football. And the weather. The Norwegian Erik the Red he named her Grønland (‘green land’) to “sell” the benefits of the island to its citizens. It’s coming soon
Source: La Verdad
I’m Rose Herman and I work as an author for Today Times Live. My expertise lies in writing about sports, a passion of mine that has been with me since childhood. As part of my job, I provide comprehensive coverage on everything from football to tennis to golf.
