Why Arctic Airports Are Built With Explosives

Why airport construction in Greenland is (quite literally) booming.

Additional footage and images courtesy of Greenland Airports, Liebherr, tnt Nuuk, Zeso Architects, Christian Sølbeck and Quintin Soloviev/CC BY-SA 4.0.

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[lennartolsen]

I'm from Nuuk, Greenland, and been following B1M for years. It's great to see this!

[realEpicGold]

Yes! A video on Nuuk airport. Been following it for a long time, it's awesome to see the progress, and credits to all the channels posting updates on the progress too.

[HelloHi-gu]

I would LOVE to visit Greenland one day. I like cold remote places as I don’t like people or sweating. Spending time in nature alone here sounds like heaven to me.

[Tartagliasick]

I never expected Greenland to take up such infratructural projects for its sparse population

[kyrirhcp]

I think the purpose of these airports is also to increase availability of goods to the small population. Living on an island I know how sparce some products can be, and how expensive it can be to bring something in. I mean, I've been to some islands where you could be buying the only strawberries on the island at a supermarket, and they cost a fortune. These airports will increase the availability of some rarer products, and bring prices down. It's also likely to increase the availability of jobs, once more services can be offered from Greenland, and make it more attractive to people wanting to move there for said jobs. This would diversify the economy, making it bigger and more resilient. Not much can be said for the eventual environmental effect, but I would suppose this is necessary to ensure the future of the country.

[JD-env]

This vid itself is a great advertisement for Greenland tourism. Never considered it until now.

[GamingGrenade]

Given that the slightest ice or snow grounds airports to a halt here in the UK, it's impressive that they could make an airport in places like this

[drunkpaulocosta]

I now know how to build and Artic Airport. Gonna make one tomorrow

[pastorcoreyadams]

Interesting to hear about projects in Greenland. Thanks for sharing, B1M team.

[mohammedansari]

8:52 am...Iqaluit Airport in Nunavut, Canada is a good example of a successful and efficient Airport completed in the Arctic. I used it numerous A380 was tested there for Arctic winter test!

[rootsoftheland]

I like how they chose to upcycle the dynamited rock back I to the airport runway. That's usually something that's on my mind when construction breaks ground - what did they do with all the escalated material. Excellent method! I like where the mindset is on this project!

[LtSkEt]

The architectural design of the airports seems very modern, while still retaining a sense of warmth and an atmosphere that feels inviting, especially considering the frigid environment in which they are being built. I wish them good luck and hope to visit someday.

[ErnestZDodson]

I support people's right to prosperity, and I recognize Greenland's vast potential. However, promoting tourism in such a pristine landscape seems misguided. I suspect the primary goal is to facilitate access for workers to exploit natural resources for large corporations. While I appreciate significant and innovative construction projects featured on the B1M, this one raises concerns. Thanks for highlighting this issue.

[WorldWide_Dom]

Having flown Air Greenland a few times all i can say is each and every airport in Greenland is an engineering marvel in itself, when simply getting resources to the location is as hard as it is, its becomes all the more impressive!

[mpaulm]

Temperatures can hit far below -25C there. Try -40.

[stickynorth]

I think having Nuuk as a hub with a runway long enough for most narrow body jets will be a real game-changer in terms of accessing Greenland directly from North America. I can also see Nuuk becoming a rival Mid-Atlantic transit hub to Keflavik if Greenland offers free stop overs too! I've been waiting my whole life to visit the second closest nation to Canada and with these recent air improvements it might just happen..

[Jacdk]

Just a small heads up, if you go to Greenland Airports youtube you can see the airports live feed, and can kinda see the building if interested.

[ItzZenTy]

For an aviation enthusiast like me, it is always a blast to watch your videos covering airports and aviation infrastructure. Your videos are always great but I always get thrilled when I see you cover a topic regarding airports. Thanks for your awesome content :)

[gate]

Oh this is gonna be amazing, Im all in for new stuff and airports and infrastructure, I would definitely come visit! As a fellow islander I know the struggle of living in remote places, we also need a bigger airport, but the owners of land around the airport dont want to sell so they cant extend the existing runway, which sucks so much, cuz commute with a ferry/car to the nearest mainland is almost 4 hours

[ckgaming]

"my god how do i say that" this video is amazing