▁culture ▁arriv ing ▁from ▁the ▁north . ▁The ▁area ▁was ▁res ett led ▁by ▁the ▁Nor se ▁between ▁the ▁ 1 0 th ▁century ▁and ▁the ▁ 1 4 th ▁century . ▁Th ule ▁people ▁were ▁the ▁second ▁south bound ▁In uit ▁migration , ▁to ▁arrive ▁in ▁the ▁region ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 5 th ▁century , ▁with ▁the ▁area ▁perman ently ▁settled ▁since ▁then . ▁ ▁The ▁discovery ▁of ▁cry ol ite ▁in ▁I v itt u ut ▁in ▁the ▁inner ▁parts ▁of ▁Ar su k ▁F j ord ▁attract ed ▁the ▁interest ▁of ▁the ▁Dan es ▁during ▁the ▁colonial ▁era , ▁leading ▁to ▁the ▁formal ▁foundation ▁of ▁the ▁settlement ▁in ▁ 1 8 0 5 . ▁The ▁tim ber ▁Luther an ▁church ▁was ▁built ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 0 . ▁ ▁The ▁mines ▁closed ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 7 , ▁with ▁the ▁I v itt u ut ▁settlement ▁abandoned ▁soon ▁there after , ▁leaving ▁Ar su k ▁on ▁the ▁economic ▁peri ph ery ▁despite ▁its ▁tour ism ▁potential . ▁ ▁Transport ▁ ▁Ar su k ▁is ▁a ▁port ▁of ▁call ▁for ▁the ▁Ar ctic ▁Um ia q ▁Line ▁coast al ▁ship , ▁linking ▁the ▁village ▁with ▁Pa ami ut ▁in ▁the ▁north ▁( 6 . 5 ▁hours ), ▁and ▁Q a q ort o q ▁in ▁the ▁sout heast ▁( 9 . 5 ▁hours ), ▁both ▁towns ▁serv iced ▁by ▁Air ▁Green land . ▁ ▁Population ▁ ▁Most ▁towns ▁and ▁settlement s ▁in ▁southern ▁Green land ▁exhib it ▁negative