Greenland election: Arctic island prepares to vote amid Trump interest – in pictures

After Trump’s vow to take over Greenland, which is part of the kingdom of Denmark, pro-independence voices are growing louder. Ukrainian photographer Evgeny Maloletka visited the strategically important Arctic island to check the mood before elections on Tuesday

Tracks from boats on a frozen sea inlet near Kapisillit village

HDMS Ejnar Mikkelsen of the Royal Danish Navy patrols near Nuuk, the capital of Greenland

Houses on the coast of a sea inlet in Nuuk

A woman carries political placards for the elections in Nuuk

A boy sits at a bus station in Nuuk, below election posters

A boat sails through a frozen sea inlet outside Nuuk

Polls will open in Greenland on 11 March at 9am local time (1100 GMT)

Houses on the coast of a sea inlet of Nuuk

A man walks his dogs past snow sculptures in Nuuk. Polls will close at 8pm local time on Tuesday

A man shows his child a snow sculpture in Nuuk. Greenland’s election results are expected late on Tuesday night or early on Wednesday

People board a boat in Nuuk

Houses in Nuuk. Greenland has a voting public of only about 40,000 – the total population is 57,000

Waiting for a bus in Nuuk. Independence is a key theme in the election, while Donald Trump has expressed a desire to take over the island

A halo is seen during a sunset on the coast of Nuuk

There is a global spotlight on Greenland’s elections for the first time

Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark, is currently led by the leftwing, pro-independence Inuit Ataqatigiit party

A woman walking her dogs on a beach in Nuuk

A man runs on a road after sunset in Nuuk