What is Nunatta Paasissutissai?

A free, lightweight daily-information panel for Greenland — built for residents and visitors alike. It combines, town by town for 15 settlements (Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat, Qaqortoq, Aasiaat, Tasiilaq, Uummannaq, Upernavik, Qaanaaq, Kangerlussuaq and more): hourly weather and wind gusts, wave height and tide times, sunrise, sunset, polar night and midnight-sun countdowns, an aurora (northern lights) outlook that combines NOAA’s Kp forecast with local cloud cover and darkness, and a flight-weather risk estimate per route based on gusts, visibility and snowfall at both ends. Sea-ice judgement is deliberately left to the official DMI Ice Service charts. Everything loads from public APIs (Open-Meteo, NOAA SWPC) with no account and no app install — it works on slow connections.

Hunting & catch reporting (Piniarneq)

Quotas, seasons and licences in Greenland are set by Naalakkersuisut and change over time; catches must be reported. This panel links to the official channels — Sullissivik for licences and catch reporting and Naalakkersuisut for current regulations — and offers a private, on-device catch log you can export as CSV when you file your official report.

Key companies of Greenland

• Royal Greenland — state-owned seafood group, the country’s largest company
• Air Greenland — national airline (fixed-wing and helicopter network)
• Royal Arctic Line — the sea-freight lifeline for all supply shipping
• Tusass — telecom and postal services nationwide
• Nukissiorfiit — national energy and water utility
• Visit Greenland — tourism board for the fast-growing visitor economy

Give back — charities working for Greenland

All donations should go through each organisation’s official website (card or MobilePay where offered) — never via third parties:

• Foreningen Grønlandske Børn — support for Greenlandic children and youth
• Røde Kors / Kalaallit Røde Korsiat — Red Cross work including Greenland
• Mary Fonden — wellbeing and anti-bullying projects incl. Greenland
• WWF Arctic Programme — Arctic nature and polar-species conservation

Power users: open the >_TERM tab for a terminal with 33 commands — help, aurora, route nuuk ilulissat, tide, night, giving and more. All figures are for information only; official sources are always authoritative.

How to use

1. Choose your town — 15 settlements from Nuuk to Qaanaaq. Your choice is remembered on this device only.
2. Read the cards — current weather and gusts, a 7-day outlook, wave height and tides, sun times with polar-night and midnight-sun countdowns, the aurora outlook, and sea-ice links to the official DMI charts.
3. Plan a route — the flight-weather card estimates route risk from wind gusts, visibility and snowfall at both ends; always confirm against Air Greenland’s own operational information.

Frequently asked questions

Is it free? Do I need an account?

Completely free, no account and no app install. Your town choice and the private catch log live only in your browser’s localStorage and are never uploaded.

How reliable is the aurora (northern lights) outlook?

It combines NOAA SWPC’s Kp forecast with local cloud cover and darkness hours for your town. That makes it a good probability guide for tonight and tomorrow, not a guarantee — geomagnetic activity can change within hours, so check again shortly before heading out.

Why is there no sea-ice map inside the panel?

Deliberately. Sea-ice judgement is safety-critical, and the DMI Ice Service charts are the authoritative source used by professionals. The panel links straight to them instead of re-drawing a simplified — and potentially misleading — version.

What does the flight-weather risk estimate mean?

It is a heuristic that combines wind gusts, visibility and snowfall at the departure and arrival towns to indicate how weather-exposed a route looks. It is not operational flight information: Air Greenland’s departure boards and your airline’s notifications are always authoritative.

What are the polar night and midnight sun countdowns?

North of the Arctic Circle the sun stays below the horizon for part of winter (polar night) and above it for part of summer (midnight sun). The sun card shows today’s sunrise and sunset for your town, and counts down the days until the next transition — useful for planning travel, photography and daily rhythm.

Is the catch log an official report?

No — it is a private, on-device notebook. Official catch reporting still goes through Sullissivik (Piniarneq). The log exists so you can record catches in the field and export a CSV to copy from when you file the official report.