Al Jazeera on MSN17d
Mapping Greenland’s resources, population centres and US military base
Greenland covers an area about three times the size of Texas and is home to 56,000 people, mostly Greenlandic Inuits.
What’s the American Base on Greenland? Here’s What to Know.
Since World War II, American forces have been stationed on the island. Today, from a remote outpost, they watch the skies.
The Canadian Press on MSN59m
What to know about the U.S. military's Pituffik Space Base in Greenland
The remote Pituffik Space Base in northwestern Greenland, which Vice President JD Vance is visiting on Friday, is the U.S. Department of Defense's northernmost installation. The base was built ...
newslite.tv9d
The map that reveals why Greenland is so coveted
Far beyond ice, Greenland is a key piece in world geopolitics, combining mineral wealth and military presence in the United ...
MercoPress5y
Trump's attempt to purchase Greenland, puts the Arctic in the geostrategic global map
In 1943 US Air Force built its farthest-north air base at Thule, Greenland. It was a crucial in the Cold War, a first line of monitoring against a potential Russian attack President Donald Trump's ...
Yahoo22d
Distorted maps have misled you: Greenland isn't as big as you think.
Centuries of flawed maps have led to a misconception about Greenland's size, which is nowhere near as big as it looks on the familiar flat world map. It's certainly not a small island: It's about ...