island

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Vivian Motzfeldt, Greenland’s foreign minister, told reporters after the meeting that she wants to strengthen the island’s ties with the United States.

From Los Angeles Times

He added that Denmark and Greenland were open to the possibility of the US opening more military bases on the island.

From BBC

The Arctic island’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said Tuesday, “If we have to choose between the USA and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark.”

From Barron's

The U.S. in Greenland would surely stoke hopes for more mining activity on the island, too.

From Barron's

The Sirius patrol, tasked with defending a huge, largely uninhabited swathe of the island in the northeast measuring 972,000 square km, travels across the ice by dogsled.

From Barron's