Murder In The Arctic (Scandi True Crime Documentary) [4k] | Real Stories

How do you solve a murder in the Arctic Circle?
In Ilulissat, Greenland, a frontier town 250 miles north of the Arctic Circle, lives a community of hunters and fishermen with five regular policemen, one amateur judge and a crime rate 18 times higher than that of Denmark.
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[@glennmcg8104]

That poor woman, my heart broke from the pain she endured from the murder of her mother to the fear she had endured as a beaten wife. I hope she finds happiness in her furure.

[@molliemae6855]

How are these 2 crimes even comparable??!! She killed her husband in self defense! He almost killed his wife because he was pissed and drunk?! She deserves a medal and he deserves more prison time!

[@SweetTater]

Another woman punished for being abused. Why are men entitled to beat women and women have no recourse????

[@sharondanya]

One year for murder and you're complsining

[@thetruthwillsetyoufree9209]

@@richardtaylor1468 stop being an internet creep

[@fannjohnson5608]

I dont even know this woman but she absolutely definitely is a victim. Its written all over her face.

[@Paul-yq2ls]

Yes you can see it for sure... and she is so sorry for killing him, even though she was just protecting herself. I'm so pleased she wasn't locked up for life with no chance of parole, like she would of copped if she lived in the USA

[@wc5436]

Could definitely see it in her eyes . ..

[@narnilawson869]

Course his bother is gonna believe she's the offender and his bother innocent. Probably beats his own wife. Poor woman.

[@richardtaylor1468]

Hello Narni

[@sgili586]

This is Tribal Justice. Finding the reason why, not ignoring why. Then judging as a group or Tribe together what should be done.

[@stalag14]

I think this is the best documentary Iv watched in months.

[@Magical_Thinking]

I watched it because of your comment and am so glad that I did. I’m originally from a small town in Alaska and saw how damaging alcohol was. We weren’t as remote or isolated as in her village, but there’s tragedy in forcing indigenous people to leave their villages and intrinsic way of life. It pulls their souls out of their bodies and dampens their spirit. I happen to agree with their community’s way of punishment for crimes. It wouldn’t work in 1st world societies, but is the best solution for places like that.

[@prettymamita]

I would love to know where Naalu Jeremiassen is today and what her situation is like.. there’s no info on her or her case on google. Maybe in Greenlandic there’d be more.

[@Sarah-xj9il]

He is “harboring a grudge”? (Over an act he did) Gee, wonder what he will get out and do….🙄🤦🏻‍♀️ BEAT HER AGAIN!!

[@richardtaylor1468]

Hello Sarah

[@mackivers7618]

Why is judging in a compassionate way so scary for some people when what is REALLY scary is judging from hatred or even worse judging in indifference??

[@biking-viking-claus-andersen]

The problem is that too many people have grown up with the teachings of the old testament. A truly disgusting book that teaches hatred and revenge.

[@cheryljones-paulse8335]

Naalu's father in law begged her to take her abusive husband back. Confided in her that their son had beat up his mother as well & had numerous women on the side. Yet they cannot understand why she did what she did??? WTF??

[@heidibear44]

This made me so sad. All these incidences are actually symptoms of the break down of their society. Introduction of city living and alcohol are deteriorating the fabric of their communities. Makes my heart so sore because I see this in Africa too...

[@teresanoel4035]

Beaten to Almost deaths and the guy gets two years that’s freaking amazing and he sits there and acts like nothing happened and he should just get a fine and go home freaking people

[@d1313]

Beautiful documentary❤️damn alcohol😔

[@obedan3990]

Interesting video👍 Alcohol = Problems!!!!!!

[@lanny1076]

this is the most logical kind of justice...I wish u could hug her and her dad...and to her dad..I wish I was like that too 😞 may the Lord forgive us 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@richardtaylor1468]

Hello Lanny

[@lambertofattori8759]

@@hokaha4575 ++÷

[@lanny1076]

@@richardtaylor1468 hello 😊

[@richardtaylor1468]

@@lanny1076 How are you doing ?

[@lanny1076]

@@richardtaylor1468 I am good Richard 😊 how are you?

[@olgacarvalho4811]

Thank you fir this. Very informative and sad

[@fredericksullivan1894]

If my wife did to me what she did to her husband for the reasons described I wouldn't hold it against her and I deserved what got.

[@deanfuller1702]

All revolving around alcohol.

[@corrinetomlyanovich305]

It's too cold to live there!! People always drink in cold climates!

[@lisahinton9682]

@C orrine Tomlyanovich People drink, period. Even elephants and monkeys will get drunk off of over-ripe fruit hanging on trees. It feels good to get a bit tipsy, and sometimes people (and animals) overdo it. The problem is most Inuit and Asian peoples don't have the gene (?) to process alcohol properly. Many people who have this condition turn bright red after a single drink. If they continue with more drinking, they have a physical problem - their bodies just cannot process alcohol normally.

[@crystalhughes1783]

This was truly sad. But good

[@BenteJobsz]

So very sad,but a beautiful movie. Mange Tak!

[@cherylmclaverty2182]

No lawyers or judges this place sounds like a very scary place to live God Bless for those who really want to get away from there and can’t.

[@tinawindham6958]

Get out and get the dogs out along with any other pets you leave outside.

[@sabineeins2651]

Following the police officer's statement would two years in an open institution make a better human being of Jens Reimer? Definitely not. No remorse at all. No sympathy with the victim in his family either. So what was their success rate on making people better? It certainly had no effect on wife battering it seems.

[@yukiefromoz2573]

An interesting doco about an interesting way of life.

[@moodfoul8470]

Their way of Justice is definitely different up there in Greenland......I like it.....I wish things were like that here in the U.S.

[@heatherbowlan1961]

My number one documentary channel ! I’m addiced to documentary’s !than you Real Story’s

[@AlexAndra-iy5zu]

With the exception of courts Greenland is very similar to Alaska. Great Documentary 👍🏼

[@Paul-yq2ls]

It's punishment enough to live in a place called Green Land..... with nothing green in sight!

[@AlexAndra-iy5zu]

@@Paul-yq2ls Ha! RIGHT?!? Then we have Iceland 🤔 No ice just greenery. Well I think it’s like 10% ice? I don’t know but I do know it’s mostly greenery 🤦🏻‍♀️ perhaps it was opposite day like they have an elementary school when it comes to naming?

[@tedeshaharriott6510]

@@Paul-yq2ls 😂

[@biking-viking-claus-andersen]

@@Paul-yq2ls It was called Greenland in order to attract settlers, back in the days when Denmark colonised the island.

[@coraleedennis8034]

My heart is heavy for what this community is enduring. For both victims and offenders, trying to cope with such a different way of life, and the damage done by alcohol. I applaud the humanity of the more traditional way of justice being practiced.

[@jtdodgeutube]

Powerful.

[@banditeastlick2471]

We ain't all that way, we JUST don't drink

[@catman8670]

Wouldn’t want to live in this crazy place!

[@keikurooka5105]

What an incredible Open Institution...! A vast expanse of endless ice all around! I cant survive in cold places esp in artic regions whole year around 🥶🥶

[@vickiss3750]

What is an open institution? Hard labor in the snow?

[@keikurooka5105]

@@vickiss3750 the vast open fields of snow and punishment is fishing by drilling holes into thick ice

[@Sarah-xj9il]

I disagree with that officer. Thinking of how they are as a person, therefore not really getting in trouble is WHY the physical crime is so high. NOT getting in real trouble for your alcoholic abuse!!

[@AndrewJackson2000]

God damn...tough life outhere...

[@AnnabelleJARankin]

Depressing.

[@MegaTinni]

good for her

[@tartarochieng8755]

Very cool documentary

[@mommabear007]

Drinking is the biggest problem in the world

[@richardtaylor1468]

Hello Hennie

[@SHARON.I]

😂😂😂😂

[@kerry7216]

And legal, go figure

[@dietlindvonhohenwald448]

And drugs!

[@ttbaby1342]

Thats so sad😒

[@Visionery1]

Are they referring Denmark's crime rate before the outsiders arrived, or afterwards?

[@mollyhorse]

I can't believe those dogs don't have kennels!!!

[@mussydesign7933]

to these people KILLING is like a walk in the park WTF 😱

[@tedeshaharriott6510]

Lol

[@dnd1007]

Was looking for this comment! Drunk and angry? Kill someone. Wife cheating on you? Kill her! Good grief. LOL I guess because they get a few years of night prison it's like, may as well!

[@patriciacrompton6290]

I HATE Alcohol!!! It's responsible for my husbands death. This poor woman has been through the worst nitemare possible! May God bless her w/happiness the rest of her days.

[@Singing-elephant]

Denmark has a great justice system..so simple but full of compassion...law are for reform punishment is only the last resort. Not like the USA..they put minority and black into prison for a minor offense and breaking up family..

[@lisahinton9682]

@Viestcorp F-G This story was out of Greenland.

[@restinwalken]

12:54 Oh my gawd ahh g n safety just ahh

[@ojoudrills3916]

Well what do you know

[@nellyphillips5688]

They were slaves to their fists...

[@grima0482]

I wonder how things are now, considering that this documentary was filmed 2 decades ago. It would be great to have a new documentary on this situation, to shed light on how and if things have gotten somewhat better in terms of crime. I guess that the situation is mostly the same though, since the issues caused by colonialism cannot be resolved that easily.

[@karmayt8956]

Alcohol makes people violent while marijuana makes people laugh, eat, dance, and sleep. So legalize alcohol and outlaw marijuana? Sounds about as stupid as it can be.

[@tinawindham6958]

Yeah that’s not true for everyone.

[@lisahinton9682]

@Karma Yi Alcohol doesn't "make people violent". Alcohol impedes the impulse control, which is entirely different from "making people violent".

[@BockaufBiken]

Description says its 4k but its actually 0k.

[@lindageorge8209]

Still many unanswered questions. Who will look after the children? How will they support themselves when she's out? Should another culture be imposed upon these people?

[@Catastropheshe]

Sounds like a cold case... Ye sorry I had to 😂😂😂

[@richardtaylor1468]

Hello cath

[@mrtinythumb5363]

well. wish we still had those laws. seems very much like old viking laws. but i like it.

[@maryannbannister5829]

Yet another people messed up by the damn colonists.

[@lisahinton9682]

@Maryann Bannister And how many children did YOU have? I'll bet you had plenty. There are too many people on this planet. Soon we will all be one color and speaking one language. It's not that far into the future that this will happen.

[@trishdelacour8746]

This is the very sad and common outcome of many first nation peoples of the world. Their ways and societies are broken down by colonialism and modernity and then the scrouge of alchohol was introduced which is the worst possible thing in their fragile situation. Take away alchohol and at least 80% of these crimes would not have been committed!

[@vickiss3750]

Is this dutch law on a tribal country or just a wild west Denmark?

[@lisahinton9682]

@Vic Kiss Greenland used to be a colony of Denmark, but now it's its own independent nation. Denmark still has an influence, same as Great Britain still has an influence on the USA and all over the world. Once colonized, part of the culture seeps in.

[@sabineeins2651]

Equipping a convicted criminal with a loaded gun while he is serving his sentence makes the completely weird in my opinion. Ten years before he unloaded a gun into his wife and is free lamenting about his crime in his home. Weirdos. Ah yes, and of course it was the wife's fault.

[@lisahinton9682]

@SabinaEins I agree with you! The cold way he said, "Someone made me angry" sent chills down my back. No one "makes" us angry, as we alone are in charge of our emotions. And "someone"? He can't say his wife's name, or even "my wife"? The guy is a cold-blooded sociopath and now plays the victim with zero remorse for taking the life of his children's mother.

[@yvonnerizo874]

Oh my God they kill seals I know they have to eat but damn!

[@Roc-Righteous]

Are you kidding? They have been doing that for years! It's their life.

[@lisahinton9682]

@Yvonne Rizo They do it for fun. There are grocery stores in Greenland. And it was gross, just gross, to include such graphic visuals in this documentary. I had to skip forward, and I consequently missed what was being said.

[@muazbaharom8868]

I Like dog👍

[@tinawindham6958]

Frozen???

[@tinawindham6958]

From the get go seeing those dogs out in that weather just sickens my stomach. It’s time animal abuse was treated an any other crime against a family member. Chained up and where was their igloo???

[@papercut..]

Tina that was my first thought instantly. The chains make it even more horrific. Just let the dogs free if you clearly have zero interest in those poor animals' well being. If you're using the energy to walk over and chain the dogs just bring a food bowl or a blanket with you. I mean this is a whole different kind of animal abuse. Literally keeping those dogs for the sole reason to watch them suffer...

[@rainbowbeatsgl98]

these dogs live outside they are called Greenlandic dogs that are outside and the cold doesnt bother them they are arctic animals google it urself before commenting something like this

[@graceyoung3771]

Well there's hardly any snow or seals left so I assume their whole lifestyle is now gone.

[@mollyhorse]

don't be silly

[@gabia.6213]

One year for taking someone's life? What a scary place to live,

[@mackivers7618]

2 years and 8 months if you had listened carfully.... have you ever bin beaten by a husband? Have you ever bin locked up for even a day?

[@tinawindham6958]

I have been…at least for a day

[@lisahinton9682]

@Gabi A. One year? What are you talking about? The sentence was four years, and with good behavior she'll be out in two years, eight months. Work on your listening skills!

[@foxtailedcritter]

Basicly two years in jail for m urder. What an absolute joke.

[@lisahinton9682]

@foxtailedcritter Four years, reduced with good behavior to two years and eight months. Don't exaggerate. By the way, have you ever been routinely beaten for everything and nothing? Lived in fear 24 hours/day for years on end? Did whatever it took (pop out kids, don't pop out kids, go to a church you don't like, eat foods you don't like, lose weight, gain weight, walk on eggshells literally 100% of the time), so as to not get beaten? She was probably beaten nearly every day, raped, and verbally abused. You can see it on her face - she was traumatized by the man. She should have been given therapy (for the no-doubt PTSD she has) and weekly massages until she was feeling better, and zero jail time. But go on and sit in judgment for a situation you clearly know nothing of.

[@Baionno]

More like Brrrrrrrrrrder in the Arctic am I right?!?

[@banditeastlick2471]

I taught All My Children to be kind with a heavy hand

[@RootHistoryChannel]

Third

[@issievdhorst]

Cannot read all the time....pity.

[@reneallergak9275]

First

[@RyanCoomer]

at a buffet, i personally sneak corndogs into the buffet so others can enjoy them. I hide 6 corndogs in my jacket pockets. it then, is a joy for me to see other patrons of the establishment eat my corndogs thinking they were part of the buff

[@williamonodika94]

Wtf?

[@randomvintagefilm273]

@@williamonodika94 he's a fool

[@jameshughes525]

@@randomvintagefilm273 I second that

[@lilyrrichard236]

Gross

[@portillamail]

What are mexicans doing in the artic????

[@tinawindham6958]

Looking for work

[@Hopdog230]

Those are Inuit people. The indigenous people of Greenland and other Arctic lands.

[@parisvioletha]

All indigenous people are mexicans?

[@randomvintagefilm273]

Another crime is leaving those poor dogs outside

[@heinedenmark]

No. They are built for it..

[@casssndrakarakoulas4854]

It's actually worst to bring those dogs into hot countries just for sake of having one!

[@deanfuller1702]

It's forever been this way. As long as they're fed they're fine.

[@sonogabri1]

Absolutely true.😡

[@johannachin2921]

My auntie raised sled dogs. Most of them hated to be inside.

[@karmayt8956]

Alcohol makes people violent while marijuana makes people laugh, eat, dance, and sleep. So legalize alcohol and outlaw marijuana? Sounds about as stupid as it can be.

[@karmayt8956]

Alcohol makes people violent while marijuana makes people laugh, eat, dance, and sleep. So legalize alcohol and outlaw marijuana? Sounds about as stupid as it can be.

[@karmayt8956]

Alcohol makes people violent while marijuana makes people laugh, eat, dance, and sleep. So legalize alcohol and outlaw marijuana? Sounds about as stupid as it can be.

[@Kinksgalore]

Not safe if it's laced.

[@helenbartoszek243]

@@Kinksgalore Then it's not just marijuana is it?

[@karmayt8956]

Alcohol makes people violent while marijuana makes people laugh, eat, dance, and sleep. So legalize alcohol and outlaw marijuana? Sounds about as stupid as it can be.