Greenland is the largest island in the world, covering almost 2,200,000 square kilometers. In Greenlandic, the country “Kalaaliit Nunaat“ means “Land of the People.“ It is home to the largest national park in the world (Kalaallit Nunaanni nuna eqqissisimatitaq). The official language is Greenlandic (Kalaallisut) which closely resembles the language of the Inuit people in Canada and Alaska. However, Danish is also an official language taught in most schools and widely spoken. The population of Greenland is around 56,000, with around one third living in the capital, Nuuk. Greenland also has the second largest body of ice in the world, the Greenland ice sheet which covers almost 2,900 kilometers.