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Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat), is one of the last wild and remote places left untouched on Earth, where nature is at its best and where its inhabitants, the Inuit, constitute one of the last remaining breaths of humanity on the planet. We are undoubtedly facing the last inhabited human frontier. The Ammassalimmiut of the east coast of Greenland were part of the last Inuit group to have contact with the "white man". This happened when the Danish explorer Gustav Holm located them in 1884. They are the last direct descendants of the Arctic Dorset and Thule cultures. The relative isolation of the Ammassalimmiut and their strong ties to the past have led to the enormous maintenance of their cultural and survival traditions: even the dialect is archaic compared to that of the majority of the Greenlandic population. Our goal will be to immerse ourselves in this unique Inuit culture, learn from their expertise and witness first-hand their adaptation to the environment. The name Tunu means "the opposite side, back, reverse", since it is precisely on the other side of the island that the greatest human concentration and tourism are found, on the west coast. Thus, this region constitutes "the other side of life, the other side of Greenland". While living with the Inuit, we will learn their ancient hunting and fishing methods, travel by boat, eat traditional foods (whale, halibut, salmon, cod, etc.), visit traditional villages while enjoying the spectacular views of the fjords, glaciers and icebergs of this wonderful Greenlandic region. Possibility of observing seals, whales (basically bowhead whales and narwhals), polar bears and arctic foxes, in addition to the majestic northern lights that can be seen especially from the end of August.