Most people directly assume that the climate of Greenland is a polar ice cap climate, but in actuality, the area around Nuuk in the southern part of the island exhibits a polar tundra climate, while the northern uninhabited regions are characterized by a polar ice cap climate.
The tundra climate is mainly distributed along the northern edges of the North American Continent and the Eurasian Continent, parts of the coastline of Greenland, and several islands in the Arctic Ocean.
The ice cap climate, on the other hand, is found in polar regions and their nearby areas, including Greenland, several islands in the Arctic Ocean, and the ice cap plateaus of Antarctica.