Ilulissat ice fjord a part of world heritage

Since 2004 the Ilulissat ice fjord has been registered on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. There were several reasons behind the inclusion of which the most important were:

area's unique importance for glaciological science
area's natural beauty
and the evidence of that peoples through approx. 4000 years have settled in, and utilized in an optimal way, the place of abundance of resources.

See UNESCO's own homepage on the Ilulissat ice fjord:

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1149

Cultural Heritage and the Aluminium Smelter Project

The National Museum of Greenland has through the last couples of years carried out archaological surveys in the inland areas, which are going to be affected, if the ALCOA project will start up. Through these surveys many new discoveries has been made. The Final Report concludes that the area is worth conserving for the future!

Read the Report here (shortened)

Report (full version)