Greenland is facing a migration pattern that, if it continues, is a matter of national survival: The...
![Twins Sara and Stina Olsvig, 16, twins from Greenland, are both planning to go to school in Denmark for a year, what is known in Denmark as "Efterskole." their current classes, about half the students will go abroad after the summer break. The Greenlandic student association says that of students who go abroad, only about half return to Greenland afterwards to live. Sara says she wants to become and architect, while Stina wants to be an airline crew member. Image by Jonas Bendiksen. Greenland, 2018.](/sites/default/files/03-28-18/bej2018002g0304_1903_0.jpg "Twins Sara and Stina Olsvig, 16, twins from Greenland, are both planning to go to school in Denmark for a year, what is known in Denmark as "Efterskole." their current classes, about half the students will go abroad after the summer break. The Greenlandic student association says that of students who go abroad, only about half return to Greenland afterwards to live. Sara says she wants to become and architect, while Stina wants to be an airline crew member. Image by Jonas Bendiksen. Greenland, 2018.")
Photographer Jonas Bendiksen traveled to Greenland to visualize the demographic challenges of the world's biggest island: As more women than men leave to study or live abroad, there are fewer than nine women for every ten men. What does this mean for the local communities?
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