Greenland

America's Vice-President last night predicted Greenlanders would choose independence from Denmark. In a defiant speech during a fleeting visit to a US base on Greenland, JD Vance warned of threatening Russian and Chinese activity in the Arctic in recent years. He said Donald Trump was right to talk of taking…

The name Greenland was coined by the Norse explorer Erik the Red. Exiled from Iceland for homicide, he landed there in around 982 and settled there a few years later. He chose the name to encourage other settlers, though it was misleading: the Greenland ice sheet, the world's second-largest body…

“It’s cold as f*** here.” Those were US Vice President JD Vance’s first words touching down at US base Pituffik in Greenland. He was referring to the temperature but Vance could just have easily been talking about the reception from the Greenlandic people — whose backlash toward his unsolicited visit…

JD Vance told troops in Greenland that the US has to gain control of the Arctic island to stop the threat of China and Russia as he doubled down on his criticism of Denmark, which he said has “not done a good job”. As the US vice-president toured Pituffik space…

Article content In Washington, Trump on Friday said the U.S. “needs Greenland for international security.” Article content Trump, speaking to reporters soon after Vance’s arrival, alluded to the rising Chinese and Russian interest in the Arctic, where sea lanes have opened up because of climate change. Article content “Greenland’s very…

For the first time, researchers have collected detailed measurements of water vapor high above the surface of the Greenland ice sheet. Their research, aided by a custom-designed drone, could help scientists improve ice loss calculations in rapidly warming polar regions. "We will be able to understand how water moves in…

Politics A Visual Diary of the Vances’ No Good, Very Bad Greenland Visit Turns out that the people of Greenland are not pleased that Trump still keeps going on about acquiring their homeland. “You want me to snap that pic so you can all be in it? Here, let me…

Around 1000 Greenlanders marched on the US consulate building in Nuuk on March 15 to protest US President Donald Trump's remarks on the sovereignty of their country. Photo / Getty Images Trump argues that the United States needs the vast Arctic island for national and international security and has refused…

As President Donald Trump once again reiterated his call for the U.S. to take over Greenland, the vice president and second lady touched down Friday in the semi-autonomous Danish territory for a daylong visit to a U.S. Space Force base. “How we doing? It’s cold as s--- here — nobody…

Vice President JD Vance spent his time in Greenland doubling down on the Trump administration’s threats to take the territory from Denmark. “Our message to Denmark is very simple,” Vance said at a press conference in Greenland on Friday. “You have not done a good job by the people of…