Investment in Pituffik has been inconsistent, however, and its importance has waned since the Cold War. Renewed attention to ...

From the Reconstruction era to the Cold War, multiple administrations have tried (and failed) to acquire the Arctic island.

Furthermore, increased navigability is expanding potential for exploration and extraction of natural resources. The Arctic region is estimated to hold over 20% of the world’s remaining fossil ...

The Danish-controlled island is coveted by some external actors who see the vast territory as a vector for precious minerals ...

Maritime access and melting glaciers will make it easier to extract minerals, just when the world craves resources from the Arctic’s virgin ... and 30% of untapped natural gas.

Rather than dismissing Donald Trump’s pre-inaugural musings about the importance of the United States acquiring Greenland as ...

The DNR plans to provide 400,000 Arctic grayling eggs to Native American tribes to stock in rivers this spring as reintroduction plan moves ahead.

Yet while Greenland may be sitting on mineral riches, any "gold rush" continues to be slow to materialise. The economy, which ...

President Trump's desire to buy Greenland, which state secretary Rubio confirmed was "no joke," has raised tensions between ...