Greenland Stars on the Small Screen

The latest season of the hit Danish television show Borgen: Power & Glory (Netflix) and a documentary serious hosted by Game of Thrones star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Amazon Prime) both focus on Greenland — the huge North Atlantic island that features in several Iceland ProCruises.

Borgen (“Castle”) is a nickname for Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, home base of the Danish government. Released in June, the fourth season of the political drama sees dynamic foreign minister Birgitte Nyborg caught up in a despite with Russia over the discovery oil in Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark.

At the other end of the television spectrum, Through Greenland With Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is an adventurous travel documentary that details an incredible journey across his adopted homeland. Married to former Miss Greenland Nukâka Coster-Waldau, the Danish star is become an outspoken advocate of climate change and how it’s impacting both Greenland and the entire planet.