OLLI101722 - Why Greenland?

Course Description

Why Greenland?

Instructor: Marc Kaufman

Day of Week: Thursday

Dates: Feb. 5 - April 2 (8 sessions)

Time: 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Location: In-person at TUCC

Our government’s efforts to gain control over Greenland have created a crisis of extraordinary gravity that could result in the break-up of NATO. The Greenland class will dissect the news as it changes over the semester. The class will also dig beneath the news to learn about the rich history, vast mineral resources, crucial global location, and fast-changing climate of the world’s largest island. The long-term melting of Greenland and the resulting opening of a Northwest Passage are central to the administration’s case for the island, but there is reason to doubt that explanation. Kaufman was a foreign correspondent for many years and has reported from Greenland.

Max: 50

Instructor Bio: Marc Kaufman is a journalist and writer, with long stays as a staff writer at The Washington Post and The Philadelphia Inquirer, including tours as a foreign correspondent. He has written about subjects ranging from NASA science to wars in Afghanistan, from troubled Hmong refugees to scandals at Philadelphia’s Girard College.
He was stationed in New Delhi for almost four years and has traveled extensively around Asia. He also reported from Greenland about a high-stakes scientific dispute regarding what might be the oldest evidence of life on Earth.