Tag: Denmark

The Polar Retrospective – A French in Greenland, record Arctic heat, a new view on an old Polar wreck

Polar Journal AG Team

The Polar Retrospective looks at recent stories from around the world’s polar regions. This week we take a look at French President's trip to Nuuk, record-breaking Arctic heat, and a new view on an famous Polar wreck.

Nuuk prison more than full

Camille Lin

A European report describes the conditions of detention in Nuuk prison and denounces a number of shortcomings, while also describing its positive aspects.

Denmark and Greenland Navigating Arctic Geopolitics as Diplomatic Icebreakers

Dr. Michael Wenger

In contrast to the warming of the Arctic, Denmark and Greenland have taken over the chairmanship of the Arctic Council during an icy phase and need to act as icebreakers.

The Polar Retrospective - A portal to the ice, three new vessels, and the pursuit of Antarctic bird flu

Polar Journal AG Team

The Polar Retrospective looks at recent stories from around the world's polar regions. From last week we chose: a new logistics portal, a Chilean hunt for bird flu, and an increase in Arctic military spending.

The Polar Retrospective - Alaskan drilling, Greenlandic protests, and a year of glacial preservation

Polar Journal AG Team

From the week where Donald Trump became president we look at his drilling ambitions in Alaska, continued protests in Greenland, and a year dedicated to glaciers.

Donald Trump wants Greenland again. Could he actually succeed?

The pub Daddy's is known locally in Nuuk as a place where Danish people often go. But while Trump Jr. was there that did not seem to be the case. Photo: Donald Trump Jr. on X

Ole Ellekrog

The Trump plan is clear: Greenland should become part of the US. But could it actually happen?

People of Greenland are protesting the forced removal of their children

Protests outside the Inatsisartut, the Greenlandic parliament, on November 9th. The sign says 'Vi er her for Zammi', - 'We are here for Zammi'. Zammi is the daughter of the Greenlandic woman Keira Alexandra Kronvold who recently had her Zammi removed in a case from Denmark. Photo: Pernille Benjaminsen

Ole Ellekrog

In cases of forced removals of children, Danish authorities do not sufficiently consider how culturally different the people of Greenland are.

Beyond Epica goes back for a million years, under the ice

Camille Lin

Neck and neck with the Australians, Europe's most ambitious drilling project in Antarctica has reached a depth of 2,000 meters and is well positioned to be the first to reach very old ice.

A less ‘green’ parliament could shift the EU’s Arctic priorities

President of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen and Muté B Egede at the colonial harbour in Nuuk, during a meeting in March. In the background is Mette Frederiksen, prime minister of Denmark. Image: Screenshot from EU Commission video

Ole Ellekrog

The current EU Commission has had an increasingly ‘geopolitical’ role, balancing the widely differing interests of its member states.

Najaaraq examines Greenland’s trust in the public institutions

Ole Ellekrog

We do not know how well Greenlanders’ trust values match the ideals of the welfare system that Greenland has inherited from Denmark.