Greenland

Democracy Dies in Darkness While some saw the remarks as reassuring, key European leaders renewed calls for more independence from the U.S. amid tensions over issues like Greenland and Ukraine. Updated February 14, 2026 Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday. (Thilo Schmuelgen/Reuters) MUNICH —…

Politics Canada and Denmark have signed a new defence co-operation agreement aimed at strengthening Arctic security amid lingering tensions over U.S. annexation threats toward Greenland. The pact enhances collaboration on surveillance and joint operations but does not go beyond existing NATO Article 5 commitments. Pact enhances collaboration on surveillance and…

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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…