Greenland

Nuuk is hardly what most people would consider a geopolitical hot spot or a hot spot of any kind, with average summer temperatures hovering in the low 40s F. Nevertheless, the city of just 20,000 residents has quickly become one of the most closely watched diplomatic hubs on earth. Canada…

NATO officially launched its Arctic Sentry mission on February 11 in a bid to improve the military posture of the alliance in the Arctic region. The move follows recent tensions between NATO allies Denmark and the United States over the political future of Greenland. When it was first mooted last…

Russia warns that it will take military countermeasures if Western nations expand their military presence in Greenland, amid tensions over Donald Trump’s past annexation remarks. File image of Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov(AP) Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, on Wednesday (local time) threatened that Moscow will take "military" countermeasures if…

SISIMIUT, Denmark – Standing in his boat with binoculars in hand, hunter Malik Kleist scans the horizon for seals. But in February, the sea ice in south-western Greenland has yet to freeze, threatening traditional livelihoods like his. “Normally, the seals are on the ice or in the more calm waters.…

Danish apps designed to help consumers identify and boycott American products experienced a dramatic surge in downloads following tensions over President Trump's expressed interest in acquiring Greenland...Read More

February 9, 2026 2 min read Add Us On Google Add SciAm Humans might have been sailing the sea between Greenland and Canada as long as it’s been unfrozen, archaeological evidence suggests By K. R. Callaway edited by Claire Cameron Crossing over 50 kilometers between Kitsissut and shores of northwest…

Study co-author Mari Kleist documents an Early Paleo-Inuit tent ring on Isbjørne Island, Kitsissut. (Image credit: M. Walls, M. Kleist & P. Knudsen; Antiquity Publications Ltd.) Paleo-Inuit people reached remote islands in the High Arctic off the northwest coast of Greenland nearly 4,500 years ago, according to a new study…

A site on Isbjørne Island where Palaeo-Inuit people erected a circular tent Matthew Walls, Mari Kleist, Pauline Knudsen Humans were voyaging to remote islands off the north-west coast of Greenland 4500 years ago. This required them to cross over 50 kilometres of open water – one of the longest sea…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The makers of mobile apps designed to help shoppers identify and boycott American goods say they saw a surge of interest in Denmark and beyond after the recent flare-up in tensions over U.S. President Donald Trump’s designs on Greenland . The creator of the “Made O’Meter”…

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has taken aim at Europe in a speech at Davos, accusing leaders of being in “Greenland mode” as they waited for leadership from Donald Trump on Ukraine and other geopolitical crises rather than taking action themselves. “Just last year, here in Davos, I ended my speech with the…