A look at the history of Greenland, from Viking raiders to Donald Trump
The Norse explorer Erik the Red arrives in Greenland with a fleet of Viking ships, according to the medieval Icelandic sagas. The Norsemen established two settlements that had a peak population of 2,500-5,000 but disappeared around 1450 for unknown reasons.
The US maintained a military presence throughout the Cold War, using Greenland for early-warning radar and monitoring Soviet activity. In 2009, Greenland gained self-rule over most of its ...
The Cold War was happening. The US seemed to be happy with having its military bases on Greenland. Both Denmark and the US are members of NATO. And so, Greenland was seen as a NATO ...
Increasing international tensions, global warming and the changing world economy have put Greenland at the heart of the ...
Greenlanders have been pushed into the global spotlight in the weeks since U.S. President Donald Trump said America could ...
President Donald Trump told NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Thursday that U.S. control of Greenland is necessary to ...
"We don't want to be Americans. No, we don't want to be Danes," he said. "We want to be Greenlanders, and we want our own independence in the future. And we want to build our own ...
The outgoing prime minister of Greenland on Thursday said he would summon party leaders to strengthen their rejection of US ...
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