Two shy, charming girls about age 8 approached me with delightful smiles—one holding some flowers. I motioned to them that I would like to take their photo, and their smiles grew even broader. They didn’t appear to speak English, so I wordlessly gave them each a chocolate candy bar before waving goodbye as they scampered off to join nearby friends.

Native girls greet passengers from a cruise ship in Nanortalik, Greenland. Photo courtesy of Sharon Whitley Larsen