Rebecca’s Piece #7: An Inuit Actor Reflects on His Role in 2013 Oscar-Winner “Gravity”
When Orto Ignatiussen landed a part in a Hollywood blockbuster in 2011, he thought it might be his big break. At the time, he was the director of a community theater in the small town of Tasiilaq, Greenland, already middle-aged and still hoping he might have a career as a serious actor.
Rebecca’s Piece #6: Embedded Podcast: How the Story Found Rebecca
Rebecca got to know some people in a tiny town on the edge of a massive ice sheet that covers most of Greenland — and that's when the trouble started. One day the story she was reporting on crashed into her life.
Rebecca’s Reporter’s Notebook #4: What I Learned in the Arctic
It’s funny, the things I originally planned to learn during this reporting trip. They were the most vague, grandiose lessons, as if, in a few months, I’d magically master things that have eluded me for decades.
Rebecca’s Piece #5: Two-Way: Back From Greenland
Rebecca spent 10 weeks in Greenland this winter trying to understand why the country has the highest known suicide rate. She speaks with Rachel Martin about it.
Rebecca’s Piece #4: Part 2 of 2 — The Arctic Suicides: It's Not The Dark That Kills You
In January, two young men killed themselves in one Greenland town. The country has the world's highest known suicide rate, and people worried these suicides would become a cluster. So they mobilized to prevent more deaths.
Rebecca’s Piece #3: Part 1 of 2 — The Arctic Suicides: It's Not The Dark That Kills You
Rebecca worked with the NPR Global Health and Visuals teams, plus an entire treasure trove of talented NPR co-conspirators, to create a beautiful multimedia series.
Rebecca’s Piece #2: Dispatches From the Arctic Winter Games
Nuuk, Greenland's capital, hosted about 2,000 people for this year's Arctic Winter Games. Rebecca was one of them.
Rebecca’s Reporter’s Notebook #3: Arctic Travel Zen
It’s something we don’t talk about much: the waiting. International reporting has a (somewhat deserved) reputation for being exciting and scary and full of illuminating anecdotes about far-flung places. And sure, all those things are true. But the sexy parts are the exception.
Rebecca’s Reporter’s Notebook #2: To Ittoqqortoormiit We Go
Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland sits about 400 miles above the Arctic Circle, at the edge of the largest fjord in the world.
Rebecca’s Piece #1: Sunrise in the Arctic Circle
On November 24, the sun set in the tiny Greenlandic town of Ittoqqortoormiit. When Rebecca arrived in mid-January, it had yet to rise again.
Rebecca’s Reporter’s Notebook #1: Because, It Because (Or, Why I’m Not Going to Siberia)
I’m not going to Chukotka this winter. Because, it because. But I will be reporting on the problem of suicide and depression in the Arctic. I’ll be in Ittoqqortoormiit and Nuuk, Greenland. No visa required.