The Girl in the Ice aka A Price for Everything

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There is a price to be paid for everything.

And perhaps the price for centuries of ruthless exploitation of nature was being paid in Disko Bay in Greenland-or a small down payment anyway before the really big instalments fell due, thought the German Chancellor as she stared out over the fjord.

Denmark’s Minister for the Environment involuntarily followed the direction of the chancellor’s gaze. The journalist who was interviewing them did the same. The view was breathtaking. Ice floes of all sizes rocked sluggishly in the chill blue water. The glacier above formed a rugged white wall that reflected the summer sun and made the observers squint. Occasionally an iceberg calved, with a deep rumbling sound that carried through the clear air and echoed around the bay.

After a while the journalist cleared his throat. He wanted an answer to his last question and was discreetly trying to resume the conversation, but as the chancellor kept silent he addressed the Danish minister, this time in English.

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