a recent video<\/strong><\/a> responding to the political debate, Olsen \u2014 who backs independence for the island \u2014 states \"to achieve independence we [Greenland] must establish business connections with countries beyond Denmark\", adding that she hoped Greenlanders would \"strengthen connections with Inuits in Canada and Alaska\".<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 90% of Greenland's population of 57,000 are Inuits, according to a survey by the Minority Rights Group. Organisations such as the Inuit Circumpolar Council founded in 1977 promote and celebrate the unity of 180,000 Inuits from Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and Chukotka in Russia's Far East. <\/p>\n<h2>Trump pitting Greenlanders against Denmark?<\/h2><p>Olsen \u2014 like many other Greenlanders \u2014 hopes Trump's keen interest in Greenland will spur Denmark to appreciate the value of the island. <\/p>\n<p>For Thorsten Borring Olesen, professor of contemporary history at Denmark's Aarhus University, \"the incoming Trump administration is trying to stir up problems because they feel they may more easily have their way with Greenlanders alone than, with the Danes\". <\/p>\n<p>Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has warned Trump that it is up to Greenland to decide its own future.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with Fox News, US Vice President-elect JD Vance said that \"Denmark has not done a good enough job at protecting Greenland\", adding that \"Donald Trump is good at making deals and I think there is a deal to be made in Greenland\".<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8976420,8963950\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//news//2025//01//16//greenland-lawmaker-touts-stronger-eu-role-in-islands-critical-raw-materials/">Greenland lawmaker touts stronger EU role in island's critical raw materials<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//01//11//we-do-not-want-to-be-americans-says-greenlands-pm-as-trump-hints-at-land-grab/">'We do not want to be Americans' says Greenland's PM as Trump hints at land grab<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Trump began showing interest in buying Greenland during his first presidency and reopened a consulate on the island's capital of Nuuk in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Greenland was a Danish colony until 1953, but is now a self-governing territory. In 2009, a self-rule law was passed giving it the right to claim independence with a referendum. <\/p>\n<p>According to a 2019 poll by the universities of Copenhagen and Greenland, just over two-thirds of Greenlanders wanted independence from Denmark within the next two decades.<\/p>\n<p>But in practice, achieving independence will be complex. <\/p>\n<p>Greenland is heavily reliant on Denmark funding of its public services and infrastructure, receiving a block grant of around \u20ac576 million from Denmark in 2024 \u2014 which represents 53% of the Greenlandic government's revenue.<\/p>\n<h2>'A love hate relationship'<\/h2><p>Greenlander Josepha Lauth Thomsen grew up in Nuuk, but now lives in Denmark permanently \u2014 like some 17,000 other Greenlanders. The island is one of 13 Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) associated with the EU due to its ties with member state Denmark. This means that Greenlanders have EU citizenship. <\/p>\n<p>\"There's like a love hate relationship between Greenland and Denmark. Things Danes say about Greenland can be harsh, but hearing someone external to the debate \u2014 like Trump \u2014 talk about Greenland in that way made me just think 'wait, what?'\", Thomsen, 37, tells Euronews. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-large widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1.5\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//96//28//44//534x797_cmsv2_b3b81eec-1e6d-502f-aebf-4a50b8855210-8962844.jpg/" alt=\"Greenlander Josepha Lauth Thomsen grew up in Nuuk, but now lives in Denmark permanently.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/28\/44\/384x576_cmsv2_b3b81eec-1e6d-502f-aebf-4a50b8855210-8962844.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/28\/44\/640x960_cmsv2_b3b81eec-1e6d-502f-aebf-4a50b8855210-8962844.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/28\/44\/750x1125_cmsv2_b3b81eec-1e6d-502f-aebf-4a50b8855210-8962844.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/28\/44\/828x1242_cmsv2_b3b81eec-1e6d-502f-aebf-4a50b8855210-8962844.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/28\/44\/1080x1620_cmsv2_b3b81eec-1e6d-502f-aebf-4a50b8855210-8962844.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/28\/44\/1200x1800_cmsv2_b3b81eec-1e6d-502f-aebf-4a50b8855210-8962844.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/28\/44\/1920x2880_cmsv2_b3b81eec-1e6d-502f-aebf-4a50b8855210-8962844.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 40vw, 490px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Greenlander Josepha Lauth Thomsen grew up in Nuuk, but now lives in Denmark permanently.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\"> Josepha Lauth Thomsen<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A history of colonisation as well as a list of scandals breed many Greenlanders' resentment towards Denmark. One such scandal was the forced fitting of contraceptive coils (IUDs) on 4,500 young Inuit women, without their consent or their families, during the 1950s and 1960s. Danish authorities carried out the campaign with the aim of limiting the birth rate in the Arctic territory.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8948248,8931348\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//news//2025//01//03//greenlands-pm-pushes-for-independence-from-denmark-amid-trumps-interest/">Greenland's PM pushes for independence from Denmark amid Trump's interest<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//12//25//denmark-to-boost-greenlands-defence-after-trump-repeats-controversial-remarks-seeking-us-o/">Denmark to boost Greenland's defence after Trump repeats controversial remarks seeking US ownership<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"I just wish we would talk more about the people living here, rather than think of them as something you can just take\", adds Thomsen. <\/p>\n<p>Thomsen works for organisations and charities that raise awareness of the island's history and promote sustainable tourism. With US carrier United Airlines set to fly direct from Nuuk to New York from July, Thomsen believes Greenland will attract even more tourism after attracting so much press in the wake of Trump's comments. <\/p>\n<p>However, she also has some concerns. \"I am worried Greenland will experience the 'Iceland effect'. There was an overtourism boom, tourism wasn't spread across the country, and it didn't last\", she says.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6795085696951312\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//96//28//44//808x550_cmsv2_b2ab7772-a893-59d6-a5da-ec5e3c26c502-8962844.jpg/" alt=\"Johannes Heilmann, 69, watches as his catch of the day is raised off his boat after fishing for cod off the coast of Nuuk, Greenland, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. \" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/28\/44\/384x261_cmsv2_b2ab7772-a893-59d6-a5da-ec5e3c26c502-8962844.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/28\/44\/640x435_cmsv2_b2ab7772-a893-59d6-a5da-ec5e3c26c502-8962844.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/28\/44\/750x510_cmsv2_b2ab7772-a893-59d6-a5da-ec5e3c26c502-8962844.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/28\/44\/828x563_cmsv2_b2ab7772-a893-59d6-a5da-ec5e3c26c502-8962844.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/28\/44\/1080x734_cmsv2_b2ab7772-a893-59d6-a5da-ec5e3c26c502-8962844.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/28\/44\/1200x815_cmsv2_b2ab7772-a893-59d6-a5da-ec5e3c26c502-8962844.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/28\/44\/1920x1305_cmsv2_b2ab7772-a893-59d6-a5da-ec5e3c26c502-8962844.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Johannes Heilmann, 69, watches as his catch of the day is raised off his boat after fishing for cod off the coast of Nuuk, Greenland, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. <\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">David Goldman\/Copyright 2017 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In addition to sustainable tourism, the issue of sustainable industry is also under consideration. In 2021, Greenland passed a law banning mining uranium as part of its focus on tackling the impacts of climate change. <\/p>\n<p>As a result, one Chinese-linked Australian mining company is reportedly suing Greenland for $11.5 billion (\u20ac11.2 billion) over lost revenue.<\/p>\n<p>\"Contrary to what people think, Greenland's economy \u2014 asides from fishing \u2014 is not that developed\", says Olesen of Aarhus University. Fishing represented\u00a0roughly 95% of Greenland's total exports in 2021, valued at \u20ac589 million that year, government data shows.<\/p>\n<h2>Greenland's complex history<\/h2><p>While Greenland's Prime Minister M\u00fate B. Egede has condemned Trump's desire to acquire the island, he stated that Greenland is a part of the North American continent, \"a place that the Americans see as part of their world\".<\/p>\n<p>Greenland's first inhabitants arrived 4,500 years ago, living off hunting and fishing. However, the reason that Greenland is on the European map is down to one individual, Hans Egede, a Danish-Norwegian missionary who arrived there in 1721. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//96//28//44//808x539_cmsv2_027c6ae3-1902-592a-93e3-eb02eeba73c9-8962844.jpg/" alt=\"New York University student researchers sit on a rock overlooking the Helheim glacier in Greenland, Aug. 16, 2019. \" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/28\/44\/384x256_cmsv2_027c6ae3-1902-592a-93e3-eb02eeba73c9-8962844.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/28\/44\/640x427_cmsv2_027c6ae3-1902-592a-93e3-eb02eeba73c9-8962844.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/28\/44\/750x500_cmsv2_027c6ae3-1902-592a-93e3-eb02eeba73c9-8962844.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/28\/44\/828x552_cmsv2_027c6ae3-1902-592a-93e3-eb02eeba73c9-8962844.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/28\/44\/1080x720_cmsv2_027c6ae3-1902-592a-93e3-eb02eeba73c9-8962844.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/28\/44\/1200x800_cmsv2_027c6ae3-1902-592a-93e3-eb02eeba73c9-8962844.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/28\/44\/1920x1280_cmsv2_027c6ae3-1902-592a-93e3-eb02eeba73c9-8962844.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">New York University student researchers sit on a rock overlooking the Helheim glacier in Greenland, Aug. 16, 2019. <\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Felipe Dana\/Copyright 2019 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Also known as the Apostle of Greenland, Egede established a colony, forming relationships with Greenlandic Inuit Kalaallit people. When Denmark and Norway separated in 1814, Greenland was transferred to the Danish crown. <\/p>\n<p>During World War Two, Greenland drew increased interest from the US. With Denmark under German occupation, it established military bases in Greenland to guard against Nazi incursions. <\/p>\n<p>The island has since become a highly strategic spot in the North Atlantic, with Russia and China stepping up their military and commercial activities in the Arctic, as well as conducting joint military exercises.<\/p>\n<h2>A route to independence?<\/h2><p>Greenlander Aaja Chemnitz \u2014 who is one of the Greenland's two MPs sitting in the Danish Parliament \u2014 represents the pro-independence\u00a0Inuit<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////en.wikipedia.org//wiki//Inuit_Ataqatigiit/"> <\/a>Ataqatigiit party. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6670022652907123\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//96//28//44//808x539_cmsv2_946b3a2e-1324-5f82-98bf-84db6787daa5-8962844.jpg/" alt=\"An election poster for parliamentary candidate Aaja Chemnitz, in Nuuk in Greenland, Denmark on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/28\/44\/384x256_cmsv2_946b3a2e-1324-5f82-98bf-84db6787daa5-8962844.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/28\/44\/640x427_cmsv2_946b3a2e-1324-5f82-98bf-84db6787daa5-8962844.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/28\/44\/750x500_cmsv2_946b3a2e-1324-5f82-98bf-84db6787daa5-8962844.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/28\/44\/828x552_cmsv2_946b3a2e-1324-5f82-98bf-84db6787daa5-8962844.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/28\/44\/1080x720_cmsv2_946b3a2e-1324-5f82-98bf-84db6787daa5-8962844.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/28\/44\/1200x800_cmsv2_946b3a2e-1324-5f82-98bf-84db6787daa5-8962844.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/28\/44\/1920x1281_cmsv2_946b3a2e-1324-5f82-98bf-84db6787daa5-8962844.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">An election poster for parliamentary candidate Aaja Chemnitz, in Nuuk in Greenland, Denmark on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Christian Klindt Soelbeck\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>She believes independence can be achieved, but not in the short term. Chemnitz also recognises the value of US partnerships. \"We have everything in place for our country and an interest in getting US investments in rare earth extractions,\" she says, while warning that \"it's very important to have a firm and steady hand\" when dealing with Trump. <\/p>\n<p>Chemnitz believes that Europe can also play a bigger role in Greenland.<\/p>\n<p>\"The EU has an office in Nuuk but it would make sense to get Ursula Von der Leyen to come to Greenland again\", says Chemnitz. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"7979300,7939672\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//10//03//forced-contraception-greenland-women-seek-compensation-in-denmark/">Forced contraception: Greenland women seek compensation in Denmark<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//10//19//a-chance-to-act-researchers-say-it-isnt-too-late-to-save-greenlands-ice-sheet/">/u2018A chance to act\u2019: Researchers say it isn\u2019t too late to save Greenland\u2019s ice sheet<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>European leaders have strongly condemned Trump's comments on Greenland, with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warning him against threatening \u201csovereign borders.\" Greenland is covered by the North Atlantic Treaty \u2014 meaning that an attack on it would compel other NATO allies to defend it.\u00a0That technically includes the US. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665714285714286\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//96//28//44//808x539_cmsv2_ed1dd32c-66db-5e80-b67f-56c89c91c622-8962844.jpg/" alt=\"President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, second left, Greenland's Prime Minister Mute B. Egede, left, and Denmark Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, center.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/28\/44\/384x256_cmsv2_ed1dd32c-66db-5e80-b67f-56c89c91c622-8962844.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/28\/44\/640x427_cmsv2_ed1dd32c-66db-5e80-b67f-56c89c91c622-8962844.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/28\/44\/750x500_cmsv2_ed1dd32c-66db-5e80-b67f-56c89c91c622-8962844.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/28\/44\/828x552_cmsv2_ed1dd32c-66db-5e80-b67f-56c89c91c622-8962844.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/28\/44\/1080x720_cmsv2_ed1dd32c-66db-5e80-b67f-56c89c91c622-8962844.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/28\/44\/1200x800_cmsv2_ed1dd32c-66db-5e80-b67f-56c89c91c622-8962844.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/96\/28\/44\/1920x1280_cmsv2_ed1dd32c-66db-5e80-b67f-56c89c91c622-8962844.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, second left, Greenland's Prime Minister Mute B. Egede, left, and Denmark Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, center.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Leiff Josefsen\/Leiff Josefsen Box 1050, 3900 Nuuk<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Last March, European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen travelled with Denmark's PM Frederiksen to open an office of the Commission in Nuuk. Greenland has been granted \u20ac225 million in EU support for sustainable development, education and green growth sectors for the 2021-2027 period, according to the Commission. <\/p>\n<p>And it's money that is likely to hold the key to Greenland's independence push. <\/p>\n<p>\"Political parties in Greenland are pro-independence, but what differs between different parties is their timing schedule. If you are really radically pushing for this, then you might think that US money can actually create a quick route to independence\", Olesen says.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1736515672,"updatedAt":1737140343,"publishedAt":1737130575,"firstPublishedAt":1737130575,"lastPublishedAt":1737140343,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","altText":"People walk in the town of Aasiaat, in western Greenland, located on its namesake island in the heart of Aasiaat Archipelago in Greenland, Saturday, June 29, 2024. ","callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"caption":"People walk in the town of Aasiaat, in western Greenland, located on its namesake island in the heart of Aasiaat Archipelago in Greenland, Saturday, June 29, 2024. 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does Trump want Greenland? Resource-rich country has a key place due to climate change","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Why does Trump want Greenland? Resource-rich country has a key place due to climate change","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Climate change has put \u2018insanely beautiful\u2019 Greenland in the spotlight","titleListing2":"Why does Trump want Greenland? Resource-rich country has a key place due to climate change","leadin":"Climate scientists describe Greenland as an open refrigerator door for a warming world.","summary":"Climate scientists describe Greenland as an open refrigerator door for a warming world.","keySentence":"","url":"why-does-trump-want-greenland-resource-rich-country-has-a-key-place-due-to-climate-change","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2025\/01\/08\/why-does-trump-want-greenland-resource-rich-country-has-a-key-place-due-to-climate-change","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Remote, icy and mostly pristine, Greenland plays an outsized role in the daily weather experienced by billions of people and in the climate changes taking shape all over the planet.\n\nGreenland is where climate change, scarce resources, tense geopolitics and new trade patterns all intersect, said Ohio University security and environment professor Geoff Dabelko.\n\nThe world's largest island is now \"central to the geopolitical, geoeconomic competition in many ways,\" partly because of climate change, Dabelko said.\n\nSince his first term in office, President-elect Donald Trump has expressed interest in acquiring Greenland, which is a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark, a longtime US ally and a founding member of NATO. It is also home to a large US military base.\n\nWhy is Greenland coveted?\n\nThink of Greenland as an open refrigerator door or thermostat for a warming world, and it's in a region that is warming four times faster than the rest of the globe, said New York University climate scientist David Holland.\n\nLocked inside are valuable rare earth minerals needed for telecommunications, as well as uranium, billions of untapped barrels of oil and a vast supply of natural gas that used to be inaccessible but is becoming less so.\n\nMany of the same minerals are currently being supplied mostly by China, so other countries such as the United States are interested, Dabelko said. Three years ago, the Denmark government suspended oil development offshore from the territory of 57,000 people.\n\nBut more than the oil, gas or minerals, there's ice - a \"ridiculous\u201d amount, said climate scientist Eric Rignot of the University of California, Irvine.\n\nIf that ice melts, it would reshape coastlines across the globe and potentially shift weather patterns in such a dramatic manner that the threat was the basis of a Hollywood disaster movie.\u00a0\n\nGreenland holds enough ice that if it all melts, the world's seas would rise by 7.4 metres. Nearly a foot of that is so-called zombie ice, already doomed to melt no matter what happens, a 2022 study found.\n\nSince 1992, Greenland has lost about 182 billion tonnes (169 billion metric tonnes) of ice each year, with losses hitting 489 billion tonnes a year (444 billion metric tonnes) in 2019.\n\nGreenland will be \u201ca key focus point\u201d through the 21st century because of the effect its melting ice sheet will have on sea levels, said Mark Serreze, director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado. \"It will likely become a bigger contributor in the future.\u201d\n\nThat impact is \u201cperhaps unstoppable,\u201d NYU's Holland said.\n\nAre other climate factors at play?\n\nGreenland also serves as the engine and on\/off switch for a key ocean current that influences Earth's climate in many ways, including hurricane and winter storm activity. It's called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, and it's slowing down because more fresh water is being dumped into the ocean by melting ice in Greenland, Serreze said.\n\nA shutdown of the AMOC conveyor belt is a much-feared climate tipping point that could plunge Europe and parts of North America into prolonged freezes, a scenario depicted in the 2004 movie \u201cThe Day After Tomorrow.\u201d\n\n\u201cIf this global current system were to slow substantially or even collapse altogether - as we know it has done in the past - normal temperature and precipitation patterns around the globe would change drastically,\u201d said climate scientist Jennifer Francis of the Woodwell Climate Research Center.\n\n\u00a0\u201cAgriculture would be derailed, ecosystems would crash, and \u2018normal\u2019 weather would be a thing of the past.\u201d\n\nGreenland is also changing colour as it melts from the white of ice, which reflects sunlight, heat and energy away from the planet, to the blue and green of the ocean and land, which absorb much more energy, Holland said.\n\nGreenland plays a role in the dramatic freeze that two-thirds of the United States is currently experiencing. And back in 2012, weather patterns over Greenland helped steer Superstorm Sandy into New York and New Jersey, according to winter weather expert Judah Cohen of the private firm Atmospheric and Environmental Research.\n\nBecause of Greenland's mountains of ice, it also changes patterns in the jet stream, which brings storms across the globe and dictates daily weather. Often, especially in winter, a blocking system of high pressure off Greenland causes Arctic air to plunge to the west and east, smacking North America and Europe, Cohen said.\n\nWhy is Greenland's location so important?\n\nBecause it straddles the Arctic circle between the United States, Russia and Europe, Greenland is a geopolitical prize that the US and others have eyed for more than 150 years. It's even more valuable as the Arctic opens up more to shipping and trade.\n\nNone of that takes into consideration the unique look of the ice-covered island that has some of the Earth's oldest rocks.\n\n\u201cI see it as insanely beautiful. It's eye-watering to be there,\u201d said Holland, who has conducted research on the ice more than 30 times since 2007.\u00a0\n\n\"Pieces of ice the size of the Empire State Building are just crumbling off cliffs and crashing into the ocean. And also, the beautiful wildlife, all the seals and the killer whales. It\u2019s just breathtaking.\u201d\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Remote, icy and mostly pristine, Greenland plays an outsized role in the daily weather experienced by billions of people and in the climate changes taking shape all over the planet.<\/p>\n<p>Greenland is where climate change, scarce resources, tense geopolitics and new trade patterns all intersect, said Ohio University security and environment professor Geoff Dabelko.<\/p>\n<p>The world's largest island is now \"central to the geopolitical, geoeconomic competition in many ways,\" partly because of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//12//18//from-destruction-to-deadly-heat-photojournalists-capture-the-reality-of-climate-change-in-/">climate change<\/strong><\/a>, Dabelko said.<\/p>\n<p>Since his first term in office, President-elect <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//11//06//drill-baby-drill-what-trumps-victory-could-mean-for-the-future-according-to-climate-expert/">Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a> has expressed interest in acquiring Greenland, which is a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark, a longtime US ally and a founding member of NATO. It is also home to a large US military base.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8954308,8956566\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//01//07//an-epic-ocean-victory-can-bidens-new-offshore-drilling-ban-outlast-trump/">/u2018An epic ocean victory\u2019: Can Biden\u2019s new offshore drilling ban outlast Trump?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//01//08//wait-and-see-brussels-keeps-mum-over-trumps-military-threats-against-greenland/">Wait and see: Brussels keeps mum over Trump's military threats against Greenland<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Why is Greenland coveted?<\/h2><p>Think of Greenland as an open refrigerator door or thermostat for a warming world, and it's in a region that is warming four times faster than the rest of the globe, said New York University climate scientist David Holland.<\/p>\n<p>Locked inside are valuable <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//02//11//mining-europes-biggest-rare-earth-deposit-could-make-life-impossible-for-sami-communities/">rare earth minerals<\/strong><\/a> needed for telecommunications, as well as uranium, billions of untapped barrels of oil and a vast supply of natural gas that used to be inaccessible but is becoming less so.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the same minerals are currently being supplied mostly by China, so other countries such as the United States are interested, Dabelko said. Three years ago, the Denmark government suspended oil development offshore from the territory of 57,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>But more than the oil, gas or minerals, there's <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//10//19//a-chance-to-act-researchers-say-it-isnt-too-late-to-save-greenlands-ice-sheet/">ice - a \"ridiculous\u201d amount, said climate scientist Eric Rignot of the University of California, Irvine.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//95//78//92//808x454_cmsv2_15311c1c-72bc-51ae-8a81-1369fab7d0a1-8957892.jpg/" alt=\" Large icebergs float away as the sun rises near Kulusuk, Greenland, August 2019.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/78\/92\/384x216_cmsv2_15311c1c-72bc-51ae-8a81-1369fab7d0a1-8957892.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/78\/92\/640x360_cmsv2_15311c1c-72bc-51ae-8a81-1369fab7d0a1-8957892.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/78\/92\/750x422_cmsv2_15311c1c-72bc-51ae-8a81-1369fab7d0a1-8957892.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/78\/92\/828x466_cmsv2_15311c1c-72bc-51ae-8a81-1369fab7d0a1-8957892.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/78\/92\/1080x608_cmsv2_15311c1c-72bc-51ae-8a81-1369fab7d0a1-8957892.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/78\/92\/1200x675_cmsv2_15311c1c-72bc-51ae-8a81-1369fab7d0a1-8957892.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/78\/92\/1920x1080_cmsv2_15311c1c-72bc-51ae-8a81-1369fab7d0a1-8957892.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\"> Large icebergs float away as the sun rises near Kulusuk, Greenland, August 2019.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Felipe Dana<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>If that ice melts, it would reshape coastlines across the globe and potentially shift weather patterns in such a dramatic manner that the threat was the basis of a Hollywood disaster movie.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Greenland holds enough ice that if it all melts, the world's seas would rise by 7.4 metres. Nearly a foot of that is so-called zombie ice, already doomed to melt no matter what happens, a 2022 study found.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1992, Greenland has lost about 182 billion tonnes (169 billion metric tonnes) of ice each year, with losses hitting 489 billion tonnes a year (444 billion metric tonnes) in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Greenland will be \u201ca key focus point\u201d through the 21st century because of the effect its melting ice sheet will have on sea levels, said Mark Serreze, director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado. \"It will likely become a bigger contributor in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That impact is \u201cperhaps unstoppable,\u201d NYU's Holland said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8854942,8443442\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//18//why-is-trumps-son-in-law-allowed-to-build-in-europes-first-wild-river-national-park-delta/">Why is Trump\u2019s son-in-law allowed to build in Europe\u2019s first wild river national park delta?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//11//17//black-sand-storms-an-icelandic-climate-mystery-scientists-are-hoping-to-crack/">Black sand storms: An Icelandic climate mystery scientists are hoping to crack<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Are other climate factors at play?<\/h2><p>Greenland also serves as the engine and on\/off switch for a key ocean current that influences Earth's climate in many ways, including hurricane and winter storm activity. It's called the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//10//24//this-tipping-point-would-be-catastrophic-for-europe-but-scientists-are-unsure-when-well-re/">Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation<\/strong><\/a>, or AMOC, and it's slowing down because more fresh water is being dumped into the ocean by melting ice in Greenland, Serreze said.<\/p>\n<p>A shutdown of the AMOC conveyor belt is a much-feared climate tipping point that could plunge Europe and parts of North America into prolonged freezes, a scenario depicted in the 2004 movie \u201cThe Day After Tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf this global current system were to slow substantially or even collapse altogether - as we know it has done in the past - normal temperature and precipitation patterns around the globe would change drastically,\u201d said climate scientist Jennifer Francis of the Woodwell Climate Research Center.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201c<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//07//07//we-are-the-first-impacted-by-climate-change-why-europes-rural-farmers-support-green-polici/">Agriculture would be derailed, ecosystems would crash, and \u2018normal\u2019 weather would be a thing of the past.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Greenland is also changing colour as it melts from the white of ice, which reflects sunlight, heat and energy away from the planet, to the blue and green of the ocean and land, which absorb much more energy, Holland said.<\/p>\n<p>Greenland plays a role in the dramatic freeze that two-thirds of the United States is currently experiencing. And back in 2012, weather patterns over Greenland helped steer Superstorm Sandy into New York and New Jersey, according to winter weather expert Judah Cohen of the private firm Atmospheric and Environmental Research.<\/p>\n<p>Because of Greenland's mountains of ice, it also changes patterns in the jet stream, which brings storms across the globe and dictates daily weather. Often, especially in winter, a blocking system of high pressure off Greenland causes <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//01//22//expert-us-hiker-dies-in-waist-deep-snow-as-turn-from-arctic-blast-to-warm-thaw-brings-floo/">Arctic air<\/strong><\/a> to plunge to the west and east, smacking North America and Europe, Cohen said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8908484,7567794\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//14//spy-planes-over-the-north-pole-could-climate-change-fuel-war-in-the-arctic/">Spy planes over the North Pole: Could climate change fuel war in the Arctic?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//01//01//inside-svalbard-seed-vaults-critical-mission-to-stop-our-favourite-fruit-and-veg-from-goin/">Inside Svalbard seed vault\u2019s critical mission to stop our favourite fruit and veg from going extinct<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Why is Greenland's location so important?<\/h2><p>Because it straddles the Arctic circle between the United States, Russia and Europe, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2025//01//07//if-the-oceans-die-we-die-anti-whaler-paul-watson-on-activism-prison-and-not-giving-up-hope/">Greenland is a geopolitical prize that the US and others have eyed for more than 150 years. It's even more valuable as the Arctic opens up more to shipping and trade.<\/p>\n<p>None of that takes into consideration the unique look of the ice-covered island that has some of the Earth's oldest rocks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see it as insanely beautiful. It's eye-watering to be there,\u201d said Holland, who has conducted research on the ice more than 30 times since 2007.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"Pieces of ice the size of the Empire State Building are just crumbling off cliffs and crashing into the ocean. And also, the beautiful wildlife, all the seals and the killer whales. It\u2019s just breathtaking.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1736347109,"updatedAt":1736359327,"publishedAt":1736348251,"firstPublishedAt":1736348251,"lastPublishedAt":1736359327,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/78\/92\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_290e1c0c-db3e-5560-baf3-f8d5521ff9e7-8957892.jpg","altText":"An iceberg floats in the Scoresby Sund, on 12 September 2023, in Greenland. ","caption":"An iceberg floats in the Scoresby Sund, on 12 September 2023, in Greenland. 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Trump's Greenland and NATO comments spark defence stocks rally","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Trump's Greenland and NATO comments spark defence stocks rally","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Trump's Greenland and NATO comments spark defence stocks rally","titleListing2":"Trump's Greenland and NATO comments spark defence stocks rally","leadin":"European defence stocks rallied on Wednesday after President-elect Donald Trump reaffirmed his stance on increasing NATO spending and highlighted Greenland's strategic importance during a press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday.","summary":"European defence stocks rallied on Wednesday after President-elect Donald Trump reaffirmed his stance on increasing NATO spending and highlighted Greenland's strategic importance during a press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday.","keySentence":"","url":"trumps-greenland-and-nato-comments-spark-defence-stocks-rally","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2025\/01\/08\/trumps-greenland-and-nato-comments-spark-defence-stocks-rally","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Shares in Leonardo SpA rose 4.8%, Rheinmetall AG jumped 6.1%, SAAB AB rose 3.8% Kongsberg Gruppen ASA gained 2.9% during midday trading in Europe, as markets reacted to speculation that Trump's comments could pressure European nations to ramp up defence budgets significantly.\u00a0\n\nTrump puts NATO spending under scrutiny\n\nTrump doubled down on his long-standing criticism of NATO allies for not contributing sufficiently to the alliance.\u00a0\n\nHe reiterated that NATO's current 2% of GDP spending benchmark is insufficient, suggesting that the target should be much higher. Trump argued that a higher percentage would ensure better military readiness and a fairer distribution of financial responsibility among NATO allies.\u00a0\n\n\"At that point, it was 2%, it should be 5%... not 2%\", he said, underlining the need for greater military readiness and equitable financial contributions among member states.\n\nDuring the press conference, Trump also recounted his earlier efforts to secure increased NATO funding.\u00a0\n\n\"I raised over $680bn (\u20ac652bn) by saying if you don't pay, we\u2019re not going to protect you. And as soon as I said that, the money came pouring in,\" he said.\n\nNATO members paid up in 2024\n\nAccording to NATO's latest report, 2024 marked a record year for military spending compliance, with 23 of the alliance's 31 members meeting the 2% of gross domestic product (GDP) target.\u00a0\n\nPoland led the Europe's bloc with military expenditures at 4.1% of GDP, while Estonia and Latvia followed at 3.4% and 3.1%, respectively.\n\nHowever, some nations, including Italy, Portugal, Spain, Slovenia, Croatia and Belgium, remain below the 2% benchmark.\u00a0\n\nExcept for Belgium, all NATO members allocated at least 20% of their defence budgets to equipment, meeting alliance guidelines.\n\n\u00a0\n\n\u00a0\n\n\u00a0\n\nGreenland: A \"national security\" priority\n\nShifting his focus to Greenland, Trump underscored its importance to US national security, citing increased Russian and Chinese military activity in the Arctic.\u00a0\n\n\"We need Greenland for national security purposes\", he said. \"If [Denmark] does [have legal rights], they should give it up, because we need it for national security.\"\n\nAlthough no specific proposals were unveiled, Trump floated the possibility of imposing steep tariffs on Denmark should negotiations over Greenland's status reach an impasse.\n\nDenmark responded symbolically to the remarks, with King Frederik updating the royal coat of arms to prominently feature Greenland, reaffirming the kingdom's sovereignty over the territory.\n\nTrump on the Russia-Ukraine Conflict\n\nTrump also addressed the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, blaming its escalation on the Biden administration's handling of the situation.\n\n\"Russia would have never, ever gone in\", he said, calling the conflict \"a disaster\" and lamenting its devastating human toll.\u00a0\n\n\"The number of people being killed in that war - people don't know, mostly soldiers now - but the towns have been obliterated\", he said.\n\n\"This was a Biden fiasco\", he added, asserting that the conflict could have been avoided under different leadership.\n\nLooking ahead, Trump acknowledged that resolving the war has become significantly more challenging due to the scale of destruction. \"It's a much tougher [situation] than it would have been before it started\", he said.\n\nTrump also criticised Europe's limited financial contribution to Ukraine compared to that of the United States.\u00a0\n\n\"I said it to President Zelenskyy, Europe is in for a tiny fraction of the money that we're in. Now, whether you like that situation or not, Europe is much more affected than the United States.\"\n\nAs the conflict continues, Trump's remarks signal his intent to push for a reassessment of Europe's financial role in global defence and security alliances.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Shares in Leonardo SpA rose 4.8%, Rheinmetall AG jumped 6.1%, SAAB AB rose 3.8% Kongsberg Gruppen ASA gained 2.9% during midday trading in Europe, as markets reacted to speculation that Trump's comments could pressure European nations to ramp up defence budgets significantly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Trump puts NATO spending under scrutiny<\/strong><\/h2><p>Trump doubled down on his long-standing criticism of NATO allies for not contributing sufficiently to the alliance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated that NATO's current 2% of GDP spending benchmark is insufficient, suggesting that the target should be much higher. Trump argued that a higher percentage would ensure better military readiness and a fairer distribution of financial responsibility among NATO allies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8956378,8938428\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//12//29//swedens-opposition-wants-nato-article-invoked-after-cable-break/">Sweden's opposition wants NATO article invoked after cable break<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//01//08//german-politicians-rebuke-trump-over-nato-defence-spending-demand/">German politicians rebuke Trump over NATO defence spending demand<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"At that point, it was 2%, it should be 5%... not 2%\", he said, underlining the need for greater military readiness and equitable financial contributions among member states.<\/p>\n<p>During the press conference, Trump also recounted his earlier efforts to secure increased NATO funding.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"I raised over $680bn (\u20ac652bn) by saying if you don't pay, we\u2019re not going to protect you. And as soon as I said that, the money came pouring in,\" he said.<\/p>\n<h2>NATO members paid up in 2024<\/h2><p>According to NATO's latest report, 2024 marked a record year for military spending compliance, with 23 of the alliance's 31 members meeting the 2% of gross domestic product (GDP) target.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Poland led the Europe's bloc with military expenditures at 4.1% of GDP, while Estonia and Latvia followed at 3.4% and 3.1%, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>However, some nations, including Italy, Portugal, Spain, Slovenia, Croatia and Belgium, remain below the 2% benchmark.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Except for Belgium, all NATO members allocated at least 20% of their defence budgets to equipment, meeting alliance guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-flourish widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart u-min-height-375\" data-src=\"visualisation\/21078415?92060\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Greenland: A \"national security\" priority<\/h2><p>Shifting his focus to Greenland, Trump underscored its importance to US national security, citing increased Russian and Chinese military activity in the Arctic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"We need Greenland for national security purposes\", he said. \"If [Denmark] does [have legal rights], they should give it up, because we need it for national security.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//95//75//78//808x454_cmsv2_55181646-7488-5980-856c-97284c8f65c0-8957578.jpg/" alt=\"Greenland, the country President-elect Donald Trump has his eyes on\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/75\/78\/384x216_cmsv2_55181646-7488-5980-856c-97284c8f65c0-8957578.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/75\/78\/640x360_cmsv2_55181646-7488-5980-856c-97284c8f65c0-8957578.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/75\/78\/750x422_cmsv2_55181646-7488-5980-856c-97284c8f65c0-8957578.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/75\/78\/828x466_cmsv2_55181646-7488-5980-856c-97284c8f65c0-8957578.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/75\/78\/1080x608_cmsv2_55181646-7488-5980-856c-97284c8f65c0-8957578.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/75\/78\/1200x675_cmsv2_55181646-7488-5980-856c-97284c8f65c0-8957578.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/75\/78\/1920x1080_cmsv2_55181646-7488-5980-856c-97284c8f65c0-8957578.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Greenland, the country President-elect Donald Trump has his eyes on<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Chris Szagola <\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Although no specific proposals were unveiled, Trump floated the possibility of imposing steep tariffs on Denmark should negotiations over Greenland's status reach an impasse.<\/p>\n<p>Denmark responded symbolically to the remarks, with King Frederik updating the royal coat of arms to prominently feature Greenland, reaffirming the kingdom's sovereignty over the territory.<\/p>\n<h2>Trump on the Russia-Ukraine Conflict<\/h2><p>Trump also addressed the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, blaming its escalation on the Biden administration's handling of the situation.<\/p>\n<p>\"Russia would have never, ever gone in\", he said, calling the conflict \"a disaster\" and lamenting its devastating human toll.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"The number of people being killed in that war - people don't know, mostly soldiers now - but the towns have been obliterated\", he said.<\/p>\n<p>\"This was a Biden fiasco\", he added, asserting that the conflict could have been avoided under different leadership.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8955874,8954266\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//01//08//trumps-ukraine-envoy-postpones-a-planned-trip-to-kyiv/">Trump's Ukraine envoy postpones a planned trip to Kyiv<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//01//07//putin-asks-russian-orthodox-church-patriarch-to-consecrate-christmas-gifts-for-troops-in-u/">Putin asks Russian Orthodox church patriarch to consecrate Christmas gifts for troops in Ukraine<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Looking ahead, Trump acknowledged that resolving the war has become significantly more challenging due to the scale of destruction. \"It's a much tougher [situation] than it would have been before it started\", he said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also criticised Europe's limited financial contribution to Ukraine compared to that of the United States.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"I said it to President Zelenskyy, Europe is in for a tiny fraction of the money that we're in. Now, whether you like that situation or not, Europe is much more affected than the United States.\"<\/p>\n<p>As the conflict continues, Trump's remarks signal his intent to push for a reassessment of Europe's financial role in global defence and security alliances.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1736340552,"updatedAt":1736342550,"publishedAt":1736341956,"firstPublishedAt":1736341956,"lastPublishedAt":1736341956,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Emil Stach\/AP","altText":"The plane carrying Donald Trump junior arrives in Nuuk, Greenland","callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"caption":"The plane carrying Donald Trump junior arrives in Nuuk, Greenland","url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/75\/78\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_9d780c51-92c4-55a4-ad01-b80d77d0d28a-8957578.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":1280},{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Chris Szagola 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Jr Greenland","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Trump Jr travels to Greenland after his father renews calls to buy it","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Trump Jr travels to Greenland after his father renews calls to buy it","titleListing2":"Trump Jr travels to Greenland after his father renews calls to buy it","leadin":"President-elect Donald Trump has claimed that Greenlanders would \u2018benefit tremendously\u2019 by joining the US.","summary":"President-elect Donald Trump has claimed that Greenlanders would \u2018benefit tremendously\u2019 by joining the US.","keySentence":"","url":"trump-jr-travels-to-greenland-after-his-father-renews-calls-to-buy-it","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/01\/07\/trump-jr-travels-to-greenland-after-his-father-renews-calls-to-buy-it","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Donald Trump Jr is due to visit Greenland on Tuesday afternoon, the autonomous Arctic territory his father has controversially said should become part of the US. \n\nThe 47-year-old is travelling to the world\u2019s largest island, which is part of the Kingdom of Denmark and which houses a large US military base, in a personal capacity to shoot some video for his podcast, Triggered. \n\nIn the latest episode of the show, which was released on Monday, Trump Jr described his Tuesday visit as a \u201cvery long, personal day trip\u201d. \n\n\u201cWe want to meet people,\u201d he said. \u201cThey seem like a great bunch of people.\u201d\n\nAccording to the Danish broadcaster DR, Mininnguaq Kleist, the head of foreign affairs in Greenland, said Trump Jr would not be meeting any government officials. \n\nIt is unclear what sort of reception Trump Jr will receive. But it might well be frosty, given his father\u2019s language about Greenland in recent weeks. \n\nDuring his first presidential term, Trump Sr mused about the outlandish possibility of buying Greenland. Ahead of his inauguration on 20 January, he has renewed calls for the territory to become American. \n\nWriting on his social media site Truth Social on Monday, he said: \u201cMy son, Don Jr, and various representatives, will be travelling there to visit some of the most magnificent areas and sights.\u201c \n\n\u201cGreenland is an incredible place, and the people will benefit tremendously if, and when, it becomes part of our nation,\u201d the president-elect claimed. \u201cWe will protect it, and cherish it, from a very vicious outside world. Make Greenland Great Again.\u201d\n\nWithout citing any evidence, the billionaire Elon Musk, who is a close Trump ally, suggested on Monday that Greenlanders would support the president-elect\u2019s idea. \u201cThe people of Greenland should decide their future and I think they want to be part of America,\u201d he wrote on X, the social media platform that he owns. \n\nThis suggestion ignores comments made in December by Greenland\u2019s Prime Minister M\u00fate B Egede, who dismissed Trump\u2019s idea as fanciful. \n\n\u201cWe are not for sale and will never be for sale,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cWe must not lose our years-long fight for freedom.\u201d\n\nGreenland gained home rule from Denmark in 1979. However, Egede would like the territory to become independent, saying in his new year speech that it was time to shake off \u201cthe shackles of colonialism\u201d. \n\nWith tensions high between Greenland and Denmark, Danish King Frederik changed the royal coat of arms this month to give greater prominence to the symbols of a polar bear and a ram, which represent Greenland and the Faroe Islands, respectively.\n\nSpeaking of Greenland, \u201cwe belong together,\u201d the monarch said.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Donald Trump Jr is due to visit Greenland on Tuesday afternoon, the autonomous Arctic territory his father has controversially said should become part of the US. <\/p>\n<p>The 47-year-old is travelling to the world\u2019s largest island, which is part of the Kingdom of Denmark and which houses a large US military base, in a personal capacity to shoot some video for his podcast, Triggered. <\/p>\n<p>In the latest episode of the show, which was released on Monday, Trump Jr described his Tuesday visit as a \u201cvery long, personal day trip\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to meet people,\u201d he said. \u201cThey seem like a great bunch of people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the Danish broadcaster DR, Mininnguaq Kleist, the head of foreign affairs in Greenland, said Trump Jr would not be meeting any government officials. <\/p>\n<p>It is unclear what sort of reception Trump Jr will receive. But it might well be frosty, given his father\u2019s language about Greenland in recent weeks. <\/p>\n<p>During his first presidential term, Trump Sr mused about the outlandish possibility of buying Greenland. Ahead of his inauguration on 20 January, he has renewed calls for the territory to become American. <\/p>\n<p>Writing on his social media site Truth Social on Monday, he said: \u201cMy son, Don Jr, and various representatives, will be travelling there to visit some of the most magnificent areas and sights.\u201c <\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreenland is an incredible place, and the people will benefit tremendously if, and when, it becomes part of our nation,\u201d the president-elect claimed. \u201cWe will protect it, and cherish it, from a very vicious outside world. Make Greenland Great Again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Without citing any evidence, the billionaire Elon Musk, who is a close Trump ally, suggested on Monday that Greenlanders would support the president-elect\u2019s idea. \u201cThe people of Greenland should decide their future and I think they want to be part of America,\u201d he wrote on X, the social media platform that he owns. <\/p>\n<p>This suggestion ignores comments made in December by Greenland\u2019s Prime Minister M\u00fate B Egede, who dismissed Trump\u2019s idea as fanciful. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8953388,8948248\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//news//2025//01//03//greenlands-pm-pushes-for-independence-from-denmark-amid-trumps-interest/">Greenland's PM pushes for independence from Denmark amid Trump's interest<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//01//07//trump-repeats-musings-about-taking-control-of-canada-and-greenland/">Trump repeats musings about taking control of Canada and Greenland<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are not for sale and will never be for sale,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cWe must not lose our years-long fight for freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Greenland gained home rule from Denmark in 1979. However, Egede would like the territory to become independent, saying in his new year speech that it was time to shake off \u201cthe shackles of colonialism\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>With tensions high between Greenland and Denmark, Danish King Frederik changed the royal coat of arms this month to give greater prominence to the symbols of a polar bear and a ram, which represent Greenland and the Faroe Islands, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Greenland, \u201cwe belong together,\u201d the monarch said.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1736255297,"updatedAt":1736256531,"publishedAt":1736256011,"firstPublishedAt":1736256011,"lastPublishedAt":1736256011,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/95\/47\/14\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_73ffdaa2-dc67-5bda-a5c0-6652b864fb11-8954714.jpg","altText":"Donald Trump Jr speaks at a campaign rally in Michigan on 5 November, 2024. ","caption":"Donald Trump Jr speaks at a campaign rally in Michigan on 5 November, 2024. ","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":4428,"height":2490}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3272,"urlSafeValue":"sullivan","title":"Rory Sullivan","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":129,"slug":"greenland","urlSafeValue":"greenland","title":"Greenland","titleRaw":"Greenland"},{"id":11900,"slug":"donald-trump","urlSafeValue":"donald-trump","title":"Donald Trump","titleRaw":"Donald Trump"},{"id":9637,"slug":"american-politics","urlSafeValue":"american-politics","title":"American politics","titleRaw":"American politics"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2396840}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":"AP","additionalReporting":"","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":4437,"urlSafeValue":"greenland","title":"Greenland","url":"\/news\/europe\/greenland"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":["84011001","84031001","84032001","84091001","84092030","84111001","84112005","84211001","84212001"],"slugs":["arts_and_entertainment","business","business_general","hobbies_and_interests","hobbies_and_interests_social_networking","law_gov_t_and_politics_legal_politics","law_government_and_politics","society","society_general"]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/2025\/01\/07\/trump-jr-travels-to-greenland-after-his-father-renews-calls-to-buy-it","lastModified":1736256011},{"id":2718624,"cid":8948248,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"250103_E3SU_57424740","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"GREENLAND DENMARK INDEPENDENCE","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Greenland's PM pushes for independence from Denmark amid Trump's interest","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Greenland's PM pushes for independence from Denmark","titleListing2":"Greenland's PM pushes for independence from Denmark ","leadin":"The self-governing Danish territory has been in the spotlight since US President-elect Donald Trump reiterated his wish to buy the island.","summary":"The self-governing Danish territory has been in the spotlight since US President-elect Donald Trump reiterated his wish to buy the island.","keySentence":"","url":"greenlands-pm-pushes-for-independence-from-denmark-amid-trumps-interest","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/2025\/01\/03\/greenlands-pm-pushes-for-independence-from-denmark-amid-trumps-interest","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Greenland's Prime Minister Mute Egede has called for the North Atlantic island to pursue independence from its former colonial ruler Denmark in a New Year speech.\n\nThe world's biggest island \u2014 which is home to about 57,000 people \u2014 was a Danish colony until it become a self-governing territory of Denmark in 1979. Since 2009, Greenland has held the right to declare independence through a referendum.\n\n\"The history and current conditions have shown that our cooperation with the Kingdom of Denmark has not succeeded in creating full equality,\" said Egede, who is a member of the pro-independence Community of the People (IA) party.\n\n\"It is now time for our country to take the next step,\" he added. \"Like other countries in the world, we must work to remove the obstacles to cooperation \u2013 which we can describe as the shackles of colonialism \u2014 and move forward.\"\n\nEgede's speech this week came after US President-elect Donald Trump last month repeated his desire to purchase Greenland from Denmark, having first expressed the wish in 2019 during his first term in office. Responding to Trump's latest comments, Egede last week said that Greenland is \"not for sale and will never be for sale\".\n\nAn independence movement is gaining momentum partly because of multiple revelations of misconduct by Danish authorities last century, including a forced contraception campaign in the 1960s and 1970s.\n\nEgede suggested an independence referendum could coincide with parliamentary elections in April. \n\n\"Work has already begun on creating the framework for Greenland as an independent state,\" he said. \u201cIt is necessary to take major steps ... The upcoming new election period must, together with the citizens, create these new steps.\"\n\nGreenland \u2014 whose capital Nuuk is nearer to New York than Copenhagen \u2014 is rich in mineral, oil, and natural gas resources, but it relies on annual subsidies from Denmark worth some \u20ac500 million a year. \n\nHome to a large US Air Force air base, Greenland is strategically vital for the US military. Following Trump's latest remarks about buying the island last month, Denmark announced it would increase defence spending there by at least \u20ac1.3 billion \u2014 though Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said the timing was just an \"irony of fate\".\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Greenland's Prime Minister Mute Egede has called for the North Atlantic island to pursue independence from its former colonial ruler Denmark in a New Year speech.<\/p>\n<p>The world's biggest island \u2014 which is home to about 57,000 people \u2014 was a Danish colony until it become a self-governing territory of Denmark in 1979. Since 2009, Greenland has held the right to declare independence through a referendum.<\/p>\n<p>\"The history and current conditions have shown that our cooperation with the Kingdom of Denmark has not succeeded in creating full equality,\" said Egede, who is a member of the pro-independence Community of the People (IA) party.<\/p>\n<p>\"It is now time for our country to take the next step,\" he added. \"Like other countries in the world, we must work to remove the obstacles to cooperation \u2013 which we can describe as the shackles of colonialism \u2014 and move forward.\"<\/p>\n<p>Egede's speech this week came after US President-elect Donald Trump last month repeated his desire to purchase Greenland from Denmark, having first expressed the wish in 2019 during his first term in office. Responding to Trump's latest comments, Egede last week said that Greenland is \"not for sale and will never be for sale\".<\/p>\n<p>An independence movement is gaining momentum partly because of multiple revelations of misconduct by Danish authorities last century, including a forced contraception campaign in the 1960s and 1970s.<\/p>\n<p>Egede suggested an independence referendum could coincide with parliamentary elections in April. <\/p>\n<p>\"Work has already begun on creating the framework for Greenland as an independent state,\" he said. \u201cIt is necessary to take major steps ... The upcoming new election period must, together with the citizens, create these new steps.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8931348,6255556\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//12//25//denmark-to-boost-greenlands-defence-after-trump-repeats-controversial-remarks-seeking-us-o/">Denmark to boost Greenland's defence after Trump repeats controversial remarks seeking US ownership<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//11//23//indigenous-greenlanders-demand-compensation-from-denmark-over-failed-colonial-experiment/">Indigenous Greenlanders demand compensation from Denmark over failed colonial experiment<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Greenland \u2014 whose capital Nuuk is nearer to New York than Copenhagen \u2014 is rich in mineral, oil, and natural gas resources, but it relies on annual subsidies from Denmark worth some \u20ac500 million a year. <\/p>\n<p>Home to a large US Air Force air base, Greenland is strategically vital for the US military. Following Trump's latest remarks about buying the island last month, Denmark announced it would increase defence spending there by at least \u20ac1.3 billion \u2014 though Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said the timing was just an \"irony of fate\".<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1735918043,"updatedAt":1735923014,"publishedAt":1735922151,"firstPublishedAt":1735922151,"lastPublishedAt":1735922151,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/94\/82\/48\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_5708cb02-cf0b-532b-9f52-5f112b6291cc-8948248.jpg","altText":"FILE PHOTO: Homes are illuminated after the sunset in Tasiilaq, Greenland, Friday Aug. 16, 2019.","caption":"FILE PHOTO: Homes are illuminated after the sunset in Tasiilaq, Greenland, Friday Aug. 16, 2019.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Felipe Dana\/Copyright 2019 The AP. All rights reserved.","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":575}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3238,"urlSafeValue":"guilbert","title":"Kieran Guilbert","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":129,"slug":"greenland","urlSafeValue":"greenland","title":"Greenland","titleRaw":"Greenland"},{"id":70,"slug":"denmark","urlSafeValue":"denmark","title":"Denmark","titleRaw":"Denmark"},{"id":388,"slug":"independence","urlSafeValue":"independence","title":"Independence","titleRaw":"Independence"},{"id":11900,"slug":"donald-trump","urlSafeValue":"donald-trump","title":"Donald Trump","titleRaw":"Donald Trump"},{"id":13363,"slug":"united-states","urlSafeValue":"united-states","title":"United States ","titleRaw":"United States "}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2493330},{"id":2396840}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"europe-news","urlSafeValue":"europe-news","title":"Europe News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/europe-news\/europe-news"},"vertical":"my-europe","verticals":[{"id":2,"slug":"my-europe","urlSafeValue":"my-europe","title":"Europe"},{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":2,"slug":"my-europe","urlSafeValue":"my-europe","title":"Europe"},"themes":[{"id":"europe-news","urlSafeValue":"europe-news","title":"Europe News","url":"\/my-europe\/europe-news"},{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":56,"urlSafeValue":"europe-news","title":"Europe News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":4437,"urlSafeValue":"greenland","title":"Greenland","url":"\/news\/europe\/greenland"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":["84061001","84062010","84111001","84112005","84211001","84212001"],"slugs":["family_and_parenting","family_and_parenting_pregnancy","law_gov_t_and_politics_legal_politics","law_government_and_politics","society","society_general"]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/my-europe\/2025\/01\/03\/greenlands-pm-pushes-for-independence-from-denmark-amid-trumps-interest","lastModified":1735922151},{"id":2705548,"cid":8917104,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"241217_E3SU_57300478","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"DENMARK WHALING ACTIVIST","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Denmark frees anti-whaling activist Paul Watson and refuses Japan extradition request","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Denmark frees anti-whaling activist Paul Watson from jail in Greenland","titleListing2":"Denmark frees anti-whaling activist Paul Watson and refuses Japan extradition request","leadin":"Watson, the founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, has been the subject of a Japanese arrest warrant for more than a decade.","summary":"Watson, the founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, has been the subject of a Japanese arrest warrant for more than a decade.","keySentence":"","url":"denmark-frees-anti-whaling-activist-paul-watson-and-refuses-japan-extradition-request","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/2024\/12\/17\/denmark-frees-anti-whaling-activist-paul-watson-and-refuses-japan-extradition-request","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was released from prison in Greenland on Tuesday and will not be extradited to Japan over criminal charges dating back to 2010, according to Danish authorities. \n\nThe US-Canadian citizen, 74, had been in custody in Greenland \u2014 an autonomous territory of Denmark \u2014 since July when he was arrested under a Japanese warrant after his ship docked at the island's capital, Nuuk. \n\nJapan had issued an international arrest warrant for Watson, the founder and former head of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, over an encounter with a Japanese whaling research ship in 2010. Watson was accused of obstructing the crew\u2019s official duties by ordering the captain of his own vessel to throw explosives at the whaling ship.\n\nDenmark's justice ministry said it had rejected an extradition request by Tokyo because it had not received adequate guarantees from Japanese authorities that the time Watson had already served in custody would be counted against any sentence he would receive in Japan. There was no immediate comment from the Japanese embassy in Copenhagen.\n\nWatson's charity, the Captain Paul Watson Foundation, said the activist faced a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison in Japan. \n\n\"After five months it\u2019s good to be out and ... good to see that they are not going to send me to Japan, and so have a go-home for Christmas,\" Watson said in a video posted by his foundation on social media after his release.\n\n\"The only hard part was my two little boys ... I haven\u2019t seen them since June,\" he added.\n\nFormerly a leading member of Greenpeace, Watson left the organisation in 1977 due to a dispute over his tactics and set up Sea Shepherd to take a more aggressive approach.\n\nSea Shepherd has waged campaigns to protect whales, dolphins and other marine animals. The group is notorious for its direct action tactics, including high-seas physical confrontations with whaling vessels. Some of its campaigns have drawn backing from major celebrities and were featured in the reality television series \u201cWhale Wars\u201d.\n\nIn particular, Watson has received widespread support in France \u2014 where he has been living with his family since 2023 \u2014 including from French President Emmanuel Macron.\n\nAnti-whaling activists and protesters have argued that the arrest warrant against Watson is part of a politically motivated effort to sanitise Japan\u2019s whaling practices, which the Japanese government claims are sustainable and focused on scientific research. \n\nJapan withdrew from the International Whaling Commission in 2019 and has since resumed commercial whaling within its exclusive economic zone.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was released from prison in Greenland on Tuesday and will not be extradited to Japan over criminal charges dating back to 2010, according to Danish authorities. <\/p>\n<p>The US-Canadian citizen, 74, had been in custody in Greenland \u2014 an autonomous territory of Denmark \u2014 since July when he was arrested under a Japanese warrant after his ship docked at the island's capital, Nuuk. <\/p>\n<p>Japan had issued an international arrest warrant for Watson, the founder and former head of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, over an encounter with a Japanese whaling research ship in 2010. Watson was accused of obstructing the crew\u2019s official duties by ordering the captain of his own vessel to throw explosives at the whaling ship.<\/p>\n<p>Denmark's justice ministry said it had rejected an extradition request by Tokyo because it had not received adequate guarantees from Japanese authorities that the time Watson had already served in custody would be counted against any sentence he would receive in Japan. There was no immediate comment from the Japanese embassy in Copenhagen.<\/p>\n<p>Watson's charity, the Captain Paul Watson Foundation, said the activist faced a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison in Japan. <\/p>\n<p>\"After five months it\u2019s good to be out and ... good to see that they are not going to send me to Japan, and so have a go-home for Christmas,\" Watson said in a video posted by his foundation on social media after his release.<\/p>\n<p>\"The only hard part was my two little boys ... I haven\u2019t seen them since June,\" he added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8879484,8763040\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//12//11//denmarks-carbon-tax-on-livestock-a-model-for-europe/">Denmark/u2019s carbon tax on livestock: a model for Europe?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//09//30//denmark-cleans-up-damage-after-floods-wreak-havoc/">Denmark cleans up damage after floods wreak havoc <\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Formerly a leading member of Greenpeace, Watson left the organisation in 1977 due to a dispute over his tactics and set up Sea Shepherd to take a more aggressive approach.<\/p>\n<p>Sea Shepherd has waged campaigns to protect whales, dolphins and other marine animals. The group is notorious for its direct action tactics, including high-seas physical confrontations with whaling vessels. Some of its campaigns have drawn backing from major celebrities and were featured in the reality television series \u201cWhale Wars\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In particular, Watson has received widespread support in France \u2014 where he has been living with his family since 2023 \u2014 including from French President Emmanuel Macron.<\/p>\n<p>Anti-whaling activists and protesters have argued that the arrest warrant against Watson is part of a politically motivated effort to sanitise Japan\u2019s whaling practices, which the Japanese government claims are sustainable and focused on scientific research. <\/p>\n<p>Japan withdrew from the International Whaling Commission in 2019 and has since resumed commercial whaling within its exclusive economic zone.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1734447603,"updatedAt":1734506272,"publishedAt":1734451142,"firstPublishedAt":1734451142,"lastPublishedAt":1734451142,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/91\/71\/04\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_7ff9e38d-0fb7-5e3f-8735-038dc4ee19f7-8917104.jpg","altText":"File photo: Paul Watson, founder and President of the animal rights and environmental group Sea Shepherd Conservation, is pictured in Berlin, Germany, 23 May, 2012.","caption":"File photo: Paul Watson, founder and President of the animal rights and environmental group Sea Shepherd Conservation, is pictured in Berlin, Germany, 23 May, 2012.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Markus Schreiber\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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WHALING ACTIVIST PAUL WATSON DETENTION DENMARK","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson's extradition process further delayed","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson's extradition process delayed","titleListing2":"Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson's extradition process further delayed","leadin":"The controversial founder of a marine conservation activist group has applied for political asylum in France to avoid a trial in Japan, where he faces up to 15 years in prison.","summary":"The controversial founder of a marine conservation activist group has applied for political asylum in France to avoid a trial in Japan, where he faces up to 15 years in prison.","keySentence":"","url":"anti-whaling-activist-paul-watsons-extradition-process-further-delayed","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2024\/10\/24\/anti-whaling-activist-paul-watsons-extradition-process-further-delayed","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A court in Greenland has extended the the custody of anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson until 13 November. \n\nDenmark is currently considering an extradition request from Japan, where the Sea Shepherd founder faces up to 15 years in prison for allegedly attacking a ship. \n\nWatson is accused by the Japanese coast guard of ordering the captain of his ship to throw explosives at a Japanese whaling vessel, in the process obstructing its official duties. \n\nHe was first arrested in July when his ship docked in Greenland's capital, with a Danish court approving his detention. Danish authorities are still deciding whether to extradite him. \n\nLast week, Watson asked France\u2019s president for political asylum. Watson had delivered a letter to President Emmanuel Macron, who previously expressed his support for Watson and emphasised the importance of the case for environmental advocacy and human rights.\n\nFrance has yet to respond to Watson's letter and request, which a lawyer for Sea Shepherd France said was \"largely symbolic and aimed at securing his release\".\n\nIt was unclear when Denmark will decide whether or not to send him to Japan, which does not have an extradition treaty with the Scandinavian country.\n\nProtesters in France and Belgium have taken to the streets to demand Watson's release. In September, EU lawmakers stood outside of the Danish embassy in Brussels to protest against his detention.\n\nSeveral celebrities have also fought his case, with Irish actor Pierce Brosnan posting on Instagram in support of the activist. \n\nWatson, a 73-year-old Canadian-American citizen, is a former head of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, which he departed in 2022. \n\nFormerly a leading member of Greenpeace, he left that organisation in 1977 amid disagreements over his tactics, at which point he set up Sea Shepherd to take a more aggressive approach.\n\nSea Shepherd has waged campaigns to protect whales, dolphins and other marine animals. The group is notorious for its direct action tactics, including high-seas physical confrontations with whaling vessels.\n\nSome of its stunts have drawn support from A-list celebrities and were featured in the reality television series \u201cWhale Wars\u201d.\n\nProtesters argue Watson's arrest is part of a politically motivated effort to sanitise Japan\u2019s whaling practices, which the Japanese government claims are sustainable and focused on scientific research. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>A court in Greenland has extended the the custody of anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson until 13 November. <\/p>\n<p>Denmark is currently considering an extradition request from Japan, where the Sea Shepherd founder faces up to 15 years in prison for allegedly attacking a ship. <\/p>\n<p>Watson is accused by the Japanese coast guard of ordering the captain of his ship to throw explosives at a Japanese whaling vessel, in the process obstructing its official duties. <\/p>\n<p>He was first arrested in July when his ship docked in Greenland's capital, with a Danish court approving his detention. Danish authorities are still deciding whether to extradite him. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8796298,8705448\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//09//05//eu-lawmakers-call-for-release-of-marine-activist-paul-watson-in-denmark/">EU lawmakers call for release of marine activist Paul Watson in Denmark<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//10//17//anti-whaling-activist-paul-watson-seeks-political-asylum-in-france-to-avoid-extradition-to/">Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson seeks political asylum in France to avoid extradition to Japan<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Last week, Watson asked France\u2019s president for political asylum. Watson had delivered a letter to President Emmanuel Macron, who previously expressed his support for Watson and emphasised the importance of the case for environmental advocacy and human rights.<\/p>\n<p>France has yet to respond to Watson's letter and request, which a lawyer for Sea Shepherd France said was \"largely symbolic and aimed at securing his release\".<\/p>\n<p>It was unclear when Denmark will decide whether or not to send him to Japan, which does not have an extradition treaty with the Scandinavian country.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters in France and Belgium have taken to the streets to demand Watson's release. In September, EU lawmakers stood outside of the Danish embassy in Brussels to protest against his detention.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//80//77//58//808x539_cmsv2_8abfd513-89f9-5646-a810-1ee0d91b0a98-8807758.jpg/" alt=\"People demonstrate to support Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/80\/77\/58\/384x256_cmsv2_8abfd513-89f9-5646-a810-1ee0d91b0a98-8807758.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/80\/77\/58\/640x427_cmsv2_8abfd513-89f9-5646-a810-1ee0d91b0a98-8807758.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/80\/77\/58\/750x500_cmsv2_8abfd513-89f9-5646-a810-1ee0d91b0a98-8807758.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/80\/77\/58\/828x552_cmsv2_8abfd513-89f9-5646-a810-1ee0d91b0a98-8807758.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/80\/77\/58\/1080x720_cmsv2_8abfd513-89f9-5646-a810-1ee0d91b0a98-8807758.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/80\/77\/58\/1200x800_cmsv2_8abfd513-89f9-5646-a810-1ee0d91b0a98-8807758.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/80\/77\/58\/1920x1281_cmsv2_8abfd513-89f9-5646-a810-1ee0d91b0a98-8807758.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">People demonstrate to support Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Louise Delmotte\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Several celebrities have also fought his case, with Irish actor Pierce Brosnan posting on Instagram in support of the activist. <\/p>\n<p>Watson, a 73-year-old Canadian-American citizen, is a former head of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, which he departed in 2022. <\/p>\n<p>Formerly a leading member of Greenpeace, he left that organisation in 1977 amid disagreements over his tactics, at which point he set up Sea Shepherd to take a more aggressive approach.<\/p>\n<p>Sea Shepherd has waged campaigns to protect whales, dolphins and other marine animals. The group is notorious for its direct action tactics, including high-seas physical confrontations with whaling vessels.<\/p>\n<p>Some of its stunts have drawn support from A-list celebrities and were featured in the reality television series \u201cWhale Wars\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters argue Watson's arrest is part of a politically motivated effort to sanitise Japan\u2019s whaling practices, which the Japanese government claims are sustainable and focused on scientific research. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1729689047,"updatedAt":1729756263,"publishedAt":1729756258,"firstPublishedAt":1729756258,"lastPublishedAt":1729756258,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/80\/77\/58\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_1a53e81c-854c-57ce-aa3c-9f2ab061185e-8807758.jpg","altText":"Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson, center, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.","caption":"Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson, center, founder of the Sea Shepherd 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Climate change triggered a mega-tsunami that caused the Earth to vibrate for nine days","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Climate change triggered a mega-tsunami that caused the Earth to vibrate for nine days","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"How did climate change cause the Earth to vibrate for 9 days?","titleListing2":"Climate change triggered a mega-tsunami that caused the Earth to vibrate for nine days","leadin":"Scientists were baffled by seismic signals which were recorded from the Arctic to Antarctica for more than a week last September.","summary":"Scientists were baffled by seismic signals which were recorded from the Arctic to Antarctica for more than a week last September.","keySentence":"","url":"climate-change-triggered-a-mega-tsunami-that-caused-the-earth-to-vibrate-for-nine-days","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2024\/09\/13\/climate-change-triggered-a-mega-tsunami-that-caused-the-earth-to-vibrate-for-nine-days","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Last year, a massive climate change-triggered landslide in a remote part of Greenland shook the Earth for nine days. \n\nSeismometers detected mysterious vibrations all over the globe, from the Arctic to Antarctica in September 2023. They were different to the usual signals caused by earthquakes and contained only a single vibration frequency, like a monotonous hum. \n\n\u201cWhen I first saw the seismic signal, I was completely baffled,\u201d says the co-author of a new study into the event, Dr Stephen Hicks from University College London\u2019s Earth Sciences department. \n\n\u201cEven though we know seismometers can record a variety of sources happening on Earth\u2019s surface, never before has such a long-lasting, globally travelling seismic wave, containing only a single frequency of oscillation been recorded.\u201d\n\nIt was this, Hicks says, that inspired him to co-lead a team of scientists to figure out the puzzle. A team of 68 researchers from 40 institutions in 15 countries set out to solve the mystery. \n\nWhat caused the mysterious vibrations?\n\nThe international team discovered that the events after a massive climate change-triggered landslide were responsible for the seismic signals. \n\nA 1.2km-high mountain peak collapsed into Greenland\u2019s remote Dickson Fjord in September last year. An estimated 25 million cubic metres of rock and ice crashed into the fjord - enough to fill 10,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools.\n\nTrapped in the narrow fjord, the water splashed back 200 metres in the air. It generated a 110 metres high wave which extended 10km across the fjord - but reduced to 7m within minutes.\n\nNews of a massive tsunami in a northeast Greenland fjord helped researchers start to connect the dots. \n\nThe team used computer modelling, satellite imagery and field measurements to recreate the landslide and what happened after. Their model predicted that the water would have continued sloshing backwards and forwards in the twisty fjord every 90 seconds for around nine days. \n\nThe modelling matched recordings of the vibrations that travelled around the Earth\u2019s crust, creating a planet-wide \u201chum\u201d. \n\nThough the initial event wasn\u2019t observed by human eyes, the recreation shows how this massive landslide and subsequent mega-tsunami caused the global seismic signal that puzzled scientists. \n\nClimate change caused the massive landslide\n\nThe landslide, researchers write, was a result of the glacier at the foot of the mountain thinning and being unable to hold up the rock face above it. This was ultimately due to climate change. \n\n\u201cAs a landslide scientist, an additional interesting aspect of this study is that this is the first-ever landslide and tsunami observed from eastern Greenland, showing how climate change already has major impacts there,\u201d says lead author Dr Kristian Svennevig, from the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland. \n\nThe Arctic is warming nearly four times as fast as the rest of the planet and Greenland\u2019s ice cap is losing an estimated 30 million tonnes of ice an hour. As glaciers which support the region\u2019s mountains melt, \u201cclimate change is increasingly predisposing polar regions to large landslides\u201d, the study says. \n\nThough it happened in a remote area, these fjords are sometimes visited by Arctic cruise ships. Fortunately, none were in the area when the landslide happened but the consequences of such a massive tsunami would have been devastating. \n\nResearchers conclude that rapidly accelerating climate change means it is more important than ever to characterise and monitor regions like this that were previously thought to be stable. It would provide essential early warnings for these massive landslide and tsunami events. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Last year, a massive climate change-triggered landslide in a remote part of Greenland shook the Earth for nine days. <\/p>\n<p>Seismometers detected mysterious vibrations all over the globe, from the Arctic to Antarctica in September 2023. They were different to the usual signals caused by earthquakes and contained only a single vibration frequency, like a monotonous hum. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I first saw the seismic signal, I was completely baffled,\u201d says the co-author of a new study into the event, Dr Stephen Hicks from University College London\u2019s Earth Sciences department. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though we know seismometers can record a variety of sources happening on Earth\u2019s surface, never before has such a long-lasting, globally travelling seismic wave, containing only a single frequency of oscillation been recorded.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8719918,8720004\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//09//10//irreversible-coma-largest-glacier-in-italys-dolomites-could-disappear-completely-by-2040/">/u2018Irreversible coma\u2019: Largest glacier in Italy\u2019s Dolomites could disappear completely by 2040<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//09//11//typhoon-yagi-is-the-strongest-storm-in-asia-this-year-is-climate-change-to-blame/">Typhoon Yagi is the strongest storm in Asia this year: Is climate change to blame?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It was this, Hicks says, that inspired him to co-lead a team of scientists to figure out the puzzle. A team of 68 researchers from 40 institutions in 15 countries set out to solve the mystery. <\/p>\n<h2>What caused the mysterious vibrations?<\/h2><p>The international team discovered that the events after a massive climate change-triggered <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//04//03//buckled-lines-and-landslides-how-climate-change-is-hitting-europes-rail-industry/">landslide were responsible for the seismic signals. <\/p>\n<p>A 1.2km-high mountain peak collapsed into Greenland\u2019s remote Dickson Fjord in September last year. An estimated 25 million cubic metres of rock and ice crashed into the fjord - enough to fill 10,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools.<\/p>\n<p>Trapped in the narrow fjord, the water splashed back 200 metres in the air. It generated a 110 metres high wave which extended 10km across the fjord - but reduced to 7m within minutes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-flourish widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart u-min-height-375\" data-src=\"visualisation\/19402462?92060\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>News of a massive <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//07//04//21-minutes-to-evacuate-experts-predict-mediterranean-tsunami-with-100-probability/">tsunami in a northeast Greenland fjord helped researchers start to connect the dots. <\/p>\n<p>The team used computer modelling, satellite imagery and field measurements to recreate the landslide and what happened after. Their model predicted that the water would have continued sloshing backwards and forwards in the twisty fjord every 90 seconds for around nine days. <\/p>\n<p>The modelling matched recordings of the vibrations that travelled around the Earth\u2019s crust, creating a planet-wide \u201chum\u201d. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-youtube-embed\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"auto widget__ratio widget__ratio--16x9\">\n <iframe type=\"text\/html\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.youtube.com//embed//5et66s74OGs/" width=\"100%\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" seamless>\n <\/iframe>\n <\/div>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Seismic and tsunami waves from the September 2023, Dickson Fjord, Greenland landslide<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Though the initial event wasn\u2019t observed by human eyes, the recreation shows how this massive landslide and subsequent mega-tsunami caused the global seismic signal that puzzled scientists. <\/p>\n<h2>Climate change caused the massive landslide<\/h2><p>The landslide, researchers write, was a result of the glacier at the foot of the mountain thinning and being unable to hold up the rock face above it. This was ultimately due to climate change. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a landslide scientist, an additional interesting aspect of this study is that this is the first-ever landslide and tsunami observed from eastern Greenland, showing how <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//02//12//this-tipping-point-would-be-catastrophic-for-europe-but-scientists-are-unsure-when-well-re/">climate change already has major impacts there<\/strong><\/a>,\u201d says lead author Dr Kristian Svennevig, from the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8682040,8721970\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//08//27//why-is-lapland-on-fire-finlands-far-north-set-for-record-breakingly-hot-summer/">Why is Lapland on fire? Finland\u2019s far north set for record-breakingly hot summer<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//09//11//two-thirds-of-global-methane-emissions-now-come-from-human-activity-researchers-say/">Two-thirds of global methane emissions now come from human activity, researchers say<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//08//17//melting-arctic-permafrost-could-release-a-mercury-bomb-as-temperatures-rise/">Arctic is warming nearly four times as fast<\/strong><\/a> as the rest of the planet and Greenland\u2019s ice cap is losing an estimated 30 million tonnes of ice an hour. As glaciers which support the region\u2019s mountains melt, \u201cclimate change is increasingly predisposing polar regions to large landslides\u201d, the study says. <\/p>\n<p>Though it happened in a remote area, these fjords are sometimes visited by Arctic cruise ships. Fortunately, none were in the area when the landslide happened but the consequences of such a massive tsunami would have been devastating. <\/p>\n<p>Researchers conclude that rapidly accelerating climate change means it is more important than ever to characterise and monitor regions like this that were previously thought to be stable. It would provide essential early warnings for these massive landslide and tsunami events. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1726232815,"updatedAt":1726249286,"publishedAt":1726239894,"firstPublishedAt":1726239894,"lastPublishedAt":1726239946,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/72\/86\/56\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_cb047759-6d21-564b-b161-7feac67f0a52-8728656.jpg","altText":"From left to right: before (August 2023) and after (September 2023) photos of the mountain peak and glacier, taken from the fjord. ","caption":"From left to right: before (August 2023) and after (September 2023) photos of the mountain peak and glacier, taken from the fjord. 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They are demanding around\u00a0\u20ac40,200 each. \n\nIn the late 1960s, Cophagen implemented a contraceptive policy to limit births in the Arctic territory then supervised by Denmark, although it ceased being a colony in 1953.\u00a0 \n\nA series of podcasts broadcast in spring 2022 by Danish radio and television DR revealed the scale of this campaign at a time when Denmark and Greenland, which acquired autonomous territory status in 2009, are exploring their past. \n\nAn inquiry commissioned into this policy, launched last year, must publish its conclusions in 2025. But the women want faster redress.\u00a0 \n\n\u201cWe do not want to wait for the results of the investigation,\u201d psychologist Naja Lyberth, who initiated the request for compensation, told AFP. \n\n\"We are getting older - the oldest among us, who had IUDs in the 1960s were born in the 40s, they are approaching 80,\" she explained. \u201cWe want to act now\u201d \n\nIn the 1960s and 1970s, some 4,500 young Inuit underwent IUD insertion without their consent or that of their family. \n\nA large number of women were unaware of wearing a contraceptive device and, until recently, Greenlandic gynaecologists found IUDs in women\u00a0unaware of their presence, according to Lyberth. \n\n\u201cIt is already 100% clear that the government has contravened the law, through human rights violations and serious abuses against us,\u201d she added. \n\nLyberth claims the government will refuse their requests pending the results of the investigation - in which case the matter will be taken to court. \n\nIn 2022, six Inuit obtained apologies and compensation, more than 70 years after being separated from their families to participate in an experiment aimed at forming a Danish-speaking elite on the island. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Some were barely teenagers when they had an IUD - a form of birth control that can prevent pregnancy for up to 10 years - inserted without their consent.<\/p>\n<p>However, on Monday, 67 women\u00a0born in Greenland filed a request for compensation from Denmark. They are demanding around\u00a0\u20ac40,200 each.<\/p>\n<p>In the late 1960s, Cophagen implemented a contraceptive policy to limit births in the Arctic territory then supervised by Denmark, although it ceased being a colony in 1953.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A series of podcasts broadcast in spring 2022 by Danish radio and television DR revealed the scale of this campaign at a time when Denmark and Greenland, which acquired autonomous territory status in 2009, are exploring their past.<\/p>\n<p>An inquiry commissioned into this policy, launched last year, must publish its conclusions in 2025. But the women want faster redress.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666015625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//93//96//72//808x539_cmsv2_098f0a73-ddeb-55cf-a67f-7b30bb9a88d1-7939672.jpg/" alt=\"OLIVIER MORIN\/AFP or licensors\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/93\/96\/72\/384x256_cmsv2_098f0a73-ddeb-55cf-a67f-7b30bb9a88d1-7939672.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/93\/96\/72\/640x426_cmsv2_098f0a73-ddeb-55cf-a67f-7b30bb9a88d1-7939672.jpg 640w, 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cruise ship with 206 people onboard has run aground in Greenland","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Luxury cruise ship pulled free three days after getting stranded in Greenland","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Stranded cruise ship rescued after running aground in Greenland ","titleListing2":"Luxury cruise ship pulled free three days after getting stranded in Greenland","leadin":"The MV Ocean Explorer and its 206 passengers have been pulled free after running aground in Greenland earlier this week.","summary":"The MV Ocean Explorer and its 206 passengers have been pulled free after running aground in Greenland earlier this week.","keySentence":"","url":"rescue-mission-underway-after-luxury-cruise-ship-runs-aground-in-greenland","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2023\/09\/13\/rescue-mission-underway-after-luxury-cruise-ship-runs-aground-in-greenland","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The luxury cruise ship stranded in Greenland has been pulled free at high tide.\u00a0 \n\nThe successful rescue operation took place on Thursday, three days after the MV Ocean Explorer ran aground with 206 people on board, authorities and the ship's owner said. \n\nThe ship was freed by a fisheries research vessel at high tide, according to the cruise ship's owner, Copenhagen-based SunStone Ships, and the Joint Arctic Command, which coordinated the operation. \n\n\"There have not been any injuries to anybody onboard, no pollution of the environment and no breach of the hull,\u201d SunStone Ships said in a statement.\u00a0 \n\nThe research vessel which pulled the cruise ship belongs to the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, a government agency, it said. \n\n\nWhat happened to the\u00a0MV Ocean Explorer? \n\nThe\u00a0MV Ocean Explorer ran aground in northwestern Greenland on Monday. \n\nWith the closest Danish Defence ship over 2,000km away at the time of the incident, help was not expected to arrive until Friday evening. \n\n\u201cOur units are far away, and the weather can be very unfavourable,\u201d said Cmdr Brian Jensen of the Joint Arctic Command at the time. \n\nThe Joint Arctic Command is a joint operational territorial command of the Danish Defence operating in Greenland and the Faroe Islands. As well as protecting the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Denmark in the Arctic Region, it carries out search and rescue missions, research and pollution prevention tasks in the region. \n\n\nOn Wednesday, a research ship owned by the Greenland government unsuccessfully attempted to pull the ship off ground during high tide. \n\nThree passengers on board the ship were reportedly isolating with Covid-19. \n\nThe 104.4-metre-long and 18-metre-wide Ocean Explorer ran aground in Alpefjord,\u00a0above the Arctic Circle in the Northeast Greenland National Park.\u00a0 \n\nThe park is nearly the size of France and Spain combined, and approximately 80 per cent is covered by an ice sheet.\u00a0 \n\nAlpefjord is about 240 km from the closest settlement, Ittoqqortoormiit, which is nearly 1,400 km from the country\u2019s capital, Nuuk. \n\n\nWhat will happen to the cruise ship passengers now? \n\nThe cruise ship and its passengers will now travel to a port where the damage to the vessel\u2019s bottom can be assessed. The passengers will be taken to a location from where they can be flown home.\u00a0 \n\nThe Bahamas-flagged cruise ship has passengers from Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States. It has 77 cabins, 151 passenger beds, 99 beds for crew and several restaurants. \n\n\nJensen told Greenland broadcaster KNR that the ship is likely to go to Iceland, the closest place with large ports. \n\n\u201cNow it is exciting to find out what the condition of the ship is,\u201c Jensen was quoted as saying by KNR. \u201cThey are in the process of investigating whether the ship is intact and seaworthy and ready to sail on.\u201d \n\nThe ship's owner said several other vessels had rushed to the scene \u201cand offered their assistance, which however, was not needed.\u201d It said it had also \u201carranged additional tug assistance in case it was needed, however, this has now been cancelled.\u201d \n\n\nThere was no immediate comment from the tour company that organised the trip, Australia-based Aurora Expeditions. \n\n\nWhy did the cruise ship run aground? \n\nDozens of cruise ships sail along Greenland\u2019s coast every year so passengers can admire the picturesque mountainous landscape, waterways packed with icebergs of different sizes and glaciers jutting out into the sea. \n\nDanish broadcaster DR said there were 400 cruises in Greenland in 2022 and 600 cruises in 2023. \n\nThe Danish Maritime Authority asked police in Greenland to investigate why the ship ran aground and whether any laws had been violated, a police statement said, adding that no one has been charged or arrested.\u00a0 \n\nAn officer has been on board the ship to carry out \u201cinitial investigative steps, which, among other things, involve questioning the crew and other relevant persons on board,\u201d it said. \n\nThe cruise liner began its current trip on 2 September in Kirkenes in Arctic Norway and was due to return to Bergen, Norway, on 22 September, according to SunStone Ships. \n\nThe primary mission of the Joint Arctic Command is to ensure Danish sovereignty by monitoring the area around the Faeroe Islands and Greenland, including the Arctic Ocean in the north. Greenland is a semi-independent territory that is part of the Danish realm, as are the Faeroe Islands. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The luxury cruise ship stranded in Greenland has been pulled free at high tide.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The successful rescue operation took place on Thursday, three days after the MV Ocean Explorer ran aground with 206 people on board, authorities and the ship's owner said.<\/p>\n<p>The ship was freed by a fisheries research vessel at high tide, according to the cruise ship's owner, Copenhagen-based SunStone Ships, and the Joint Arctic Command, which coordinated the operation.<\/p>\n<p>\"There have not been any injuries to anybody onboard, no pollution of the environment and no breach of the hull,\u201d SunStone Ships said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The research vessel which pulled the cruise ship belongs to the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, a government agency, it said. <\/p>\n<h2>What happened to the\u00a0MV Ocean Explorer?<\/h2><p>The\u00a0MV Ocean Explorer ran aground in northwestern <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//02//03//a-trip-that-will-stay-with-me-forever-why-you-need-to-visit-greenland-in-2022/">Greenland on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>With the closest Danish Defence ship over 2,000km away at the time of the incident, help was not expected to arrive until Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur units are far away, and the weather can be very unfavourable,\u201d said Cmdr Brian Jensen of the Joint Arctic Command at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The Joint Arctic Command is a joint operational territorial command of the Danish Defence operating in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//08//17//off-limits-why-are-we-drawn-to-forbidden-sites-and-disappearing-destinations/">Greenland and the Faroe Islands. As well as protecting the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Denmark in the Arctic Region, it carries out search and rescue missions, research and pollution prevention tasks in the region. <\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, a research ship owned by the Greenland government unsuccessfully attempted to pull the ship off ground during high tide.<\/p>\n<p>Three passengers on board the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//12//02//passenger-dies-after-giant-wave-smashes-glass-window-on-antarctic-cruise/">ship were reportedly isolating with Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>The 104.4-metre-long and 18-metre-wide Ocean Explorer ran aground in Alpefjord,\u00a0above the Arctic Circle in the Northeast <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//09//08//meet-the-24-year-old-inuk-woman-flying-travellers-to-greenlands-ice-shelf/">Greenland National Park.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The park is nearly the size of France and Spain combined, and approximately 80 per cent is covered by an ice sheet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alpefjord is about 240 km from the closest settlement, Ittoqqortoormiit, which is nearly 1,400 km from the country\u2019s capital, Nuuk. <\/p>\n<h2>What will happen to the cruise ship passengers now?<\/h2><p>The cruise ship and its passengers will now travel to a port where the damage to the vessel\u2019s bottom can be assessed. The passengers will be taken to a location from where they can be flown home.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Bahamas-flagged <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//06//08//guilt-free-cruise-ships-norwegian-cruise-line-unveils-plan-for-first-zero-emission-vessel-/">cruise ship<\/strong><\/a> has passengers from Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States. It has 77 cabins, 151 passenger beds, 99 beds for crew and several restaurants. <\/p>\n<p>Jensen told Greenland broadcaster KNR that the ship is likely to go to Iceland, the closest place with large ports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow it is exciting to find out what the condition of the ship is,\u201c Jensen was quoted as saying by KNR. \u201cThey are in the process of investigating whether the ship is intact and seaworthy and ready to sail on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ship's owner said several other <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//09//01//stop-cruises-50000-people-sign-petition-to-regulate-polluting-ships-in-marseille/">vessels had rushed to the scene \u201cand offered their assistance, which however, was not needed.\u201d It said it had also \u201carranged additional tug assistance in case it was needed, however, this has now been cancelled.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>There was no immediate comment from the tour company that organised the trip, Australia-based Aurora Expeditions. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"7546222,7687640\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//06//19//air-pollution-from-barcelona-to-southampton-these-are-europes-worst-cruise-ports/">Air pollution: From Barcelona to Southampton, these are Europe\u2019s worst cruise ports<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2024//05//13//cruise-ships-erosion-air-pollution-and-overtourism-are-driving-cities-towards-bans/">Which European cities are trying to cut back the number of cruise ship visits?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Why did the cruise ship run aground?<\/h2><p>Dozens of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//05//13//ive-lived-in-venice-for-8-years-why-do-i-see-see-cruise-ships-here-when-theyve-been-banned/">cruise ships<\/strong><\/a> sail along Greenland\u2019s coast every year so passengers can admire the picturesque mountainous landscape, waterways packed with icebergs of different sizes and glaciers jutting out into the sea.<\/p>\n<p>Danish broadcaster DR said there were 400 <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//04//25//widow-sues-cruise-company-after-husbands-body-was-stored-in-a-drinks-cooler-for-almost-a-w/">cruises in Greenland in 2022 and 600 cruises in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The Danish Maritime Authority asked police in Greenland to investigate why the ship ran aground and whether any laws had been violated, a police statement said, adding that no one has been charged or arrested.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An officer has been on board the ship to carry out \u201cinitial investigative steps, which, among other things, involve questioning the crew and other relevant persons on board,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//04//06//this-south-african-city-is-pinning-tourism-hopes-on-growing-cruise-market/">cruise liner began its current trip on 2 September in Kirkenes in Arctic Norway and was due to return to Bergen, Norway, on 22 September, according to SunStone Ships.<\/p>\n<p>The primary mission of the Joint Arctic Command is to ensure Danish sovereignty by monitoring the area around the Faeroe Islands and Greenland, including the Arctic Ocean in the north. 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He \u00a0is a specialist in international law and the current Danish ambassador to South Africa. \n\nThe Arctic ambassador is tasked with representing Greenland and the Faroe Islands in Denmark's overall Arctic foreign policy, with particular emphasis on environmental matters and problems affecting indigenous people \u2013 an area in which tensions with the Danish government go back centuries. \n\nGreenland, an immense territory of nearly 2.2 million square kilometres, is home to some 55,000 people and sits some 2,500km away from Denmark.\u00a0 It has its own flag, language, culture, institutions and prime minister, and has been autonomous since 1979. \n\nHis appointment flies in the face of an agreement that no Danish decisions concerning Greenland and the Faroe Islands can be taken without their agreement, according to Egede.\u00a0 \n\n\"The procedure shows what the Ministry of Foreign Affairs thinks of us and how it does not include us, even though we are the kingdom's Arctic country,\" he said. \"The picture speaks for itself.\" \n\nThe Danish minister of foreign affairs, former Prime Minister Lars L\u00f8kke Rasmussen, has insisted that the appointment is in line with proper process.\u00a0 \n\n\"For the time being, [Greenlandic] foreign policy is the responsibility of the Kingdom of Denmark,\" he said, adding that Copenhagen is \"trying in many areas to help Greenland play a more important role in terms of foreign policy.\" \n\nLanguage politics \n\nAnother point of tension between the two is a recent incident in which one of Greenland's representatives in the Copenhagen parliament,\u00a0Aki-Matilda H\u00f8egh-Dam, addressed the chamber in Greenlandic and was asked to repeat her speech in Danish.\u00a0 \n\nShe refused to abide by that request. \n\n\"It is a relic from the colonial era that we still only speak Danish in the hall,\" H\u00f8egh-Dam remarked. \"If Denmark were in reality a commonwealth, we would also be able to accommodate each other's languages.\" \n\nAt the end of April, its government presented a new draft constitution which could be used in the event independence from Denmark is achieved. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The head of Greenland's local government on Thursday deplored tensions with Copheghan over the appointment of a new ambassador to the autonomous territory.<\/p>\n<p>\"The Danish government is not in a good place right now,\" Greenlandic Prime Minister Mute Egede told Danish daily Politiken.<\/p>\n<p>At issue is Copenhagen's appointment of a new Arctic ambassador,\u00a0Tobias Elling Rehfeld, with no connection to the region. He\u00a0is a specialist in international law and the current Danish ambassador to South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The Arctic ambassador is tasked with representing Greenland and the Faroe Islands in Denmark's overall Arctic foreign policy, with particular emphasis on environmental matters and problems affecting indigenous people \u2013 an area in which tensions with the Danish government go back centuries.<\/p>\n<p>Greenland, an immense territory of nearly 2.2 million square kilometres, is home to some 55,000 people and sits some 2,500km away from Denmark.\u00a0It has its own flag, language, culture, institutions and prime minister, and has been autonomous since 1979.<\/p>\n<p>His appointment flies in the face of an agreement that no Danish decisions concerning Greenland and the Faroe Islands can be taken without their agreement, according to Egede.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"The procedure shows what the Ministry of Foreign Affairs thinks of us and how it does not include us, even though we are the 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We hope the series inspires you to believe in the power of your own dreams. \n\nWhen you think of a pilot and CEO of a travel company you probably don\u2019t picture a 24-year-old woman. But Mia Biilmann Larsen is exactly that. \n\nIt\u2019s estimated that just 5 to 10 per cent of commercial pilots worldwide are women. Despite this statistic Mia says she never felt held back as some of the pilots in her family-run company, AirZafari Greenland, are female. \n\n\u201cIt hasn't really been something that I thought that I wouldn't be able to do because I'm a girl or a woman. I've never had that experience,\u201d explains Mia. \n\n\u201cBut seeing people's reactions now to whenever I say, \u2018Yeah, I'm a pilot\u2019. It's like they just expect me to be the one introducing the experience and then the pilot will come and take over.\u201d \n\nMia says she\u2019s had an overwhelmingly positive experience as a female pilot. But she did tell Euronews Travel of one example of sexism during her pilot training. \n\n\u2018[I was] sitting in my uniform and talking about some of the planes we were watching.\u201d \n\n\u201cI said, \u2018Oh, it's such a beautiful jet\u2019 and everybody was looking at it and nodding. \n\n\u201cAnd then one of them said, without even thinking about it, \u2018Oh, yeah, maybe go ask if they need a stewardess\u2019.\u201d \n\n\u201cAnd I was like \u2018I would love to be a stewardess , but that's not why I'm here. I'm in my pilot uniform.\u2019\u201d \n\nWhat\u2019s it like to fly over Greenland? \n\nFlying has always been a big part of Mia\u2019s life. Growing up with pilot parents, they went on all sorts of adventures, a privilege Mia is hugely grateful for. \n\nFor a long time, she thought her career might take a different path but soon realised flying was her vocation. \n\nShe began her pilot training in 2019 in Denmark and once completed, headed back to Greenland to join AirZafari as a pilot. She became CEO in 2021. \n\n\u201cIt's so amazing to, on a daily basis, have a job where you share experiences that are adventurous, that are new and exciting to people. \n\nMia\u2019s work sees her taking both locals and tourists on flights from the country\u2019s main airport at Kangerlussuaq and from the largest town in western Greenland, Ilulissat to above the arctic surroundings and to the ice shelf. \n\nAccording to Mia, \u201cIt's a spectacular view regardless of how many times you've seen it\u201d and it\u2019s not uncommon for guests to cry tears of joy during the flight. She often sheds a tear too. \n\nThough there\u2019s countless moments that stick in Mia\u2019s head from incredible light to emotional connections with guests, one of Mia\u2019s most special moments so far was the first time she flew to Nuuk, the capital and her hometown, with her parents onboard. \n\nClimate change in Greenland \n\nGreenland contributes less than 1 per cent of the world\u2019s total carbon emissions but it\u2019s one of the places suffering the effects the most . \n\nMia has noticed the change in Greenland\u2019s weather during her lifetime, becoming warmer, wetter and cloudier. \n\nAccording to NASA data, the entire country is losing 254 billion tonnes of ice mass per year . Over 100 billions tonnes more than Antarctica. \n\nMany locals have never seen the shelf, but Mia is lucky enough to fly over it regularly. \n\n\u201cIt's something that is happening in our backyard, but we have a very big backyard,\u201d she explains. \n\nTo help raise awareness and educate locals, Mia now offers empty seats on her flights to children from local schools. \n\n\u201cI've definitely flown with some locals that are very surprised by the size of it,\u201d \n\n\u201cFor the few that have gone, either by another plane or helicopter before, many years ago, for them to come and see it again with us, some are really surprised and overwhelmed by how much it's changed.\u201d \n\nWatch the video above to learn more about Mia flying in Greenland. \n\n","htmlText":"<p><em>Welcome to Euronews Travel\u2019s Women Beyond Borders, where we bring you women from across the world who are living brave, adventurous lives, and conquering personal challenges on the road.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>While some are crossing the world in pursuit of the most unique experiences, or pursuing a lifestyle that many would dream of, others are breaking the mould of traditionally male-dominated industries. We hope the series inspires you to believe in the power of your own dreams.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When you think of a pilot and CEO of a travel company you probably don\u2019t picture a 24-year-old woman. But Mia Biilmann Larsen is exactly that.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s estimated that just 5 to 10 per cent of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2021//10//01//these-incredible-photos-show-a-commercial-pilot-s-view-from-the-cockpit/">commercial pilots<\/strong><\/a> worldwide are women. Despite this statistic Mia says she never felt held back as some of the pilots in her family-run company, AirZafari Greenland, are female.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt hasn't really been something that I thought that I wouldn't be able to do because I'm a girl or a woman. I've never had that experience,\u201d explains Mia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut seeing people's reactions now to whenever I say, \u2018Yeah, I'm a pilot\u2019. It's like they just expect me to be the one introducing the experience and then the pilot will come and take over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mia says she\u2019s had an overwhelmingly positive experience as a female pilot. But she did tell Euronews Travel of one example of sexism during her pilot training.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018[I was] sitting in my uniform and talking about some of the planes we were watching.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said, \u2018Oh, it's such a beautiful jet\u2019 and everybody was looking at it and nodding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then one of them said, without even thinking about it, \u2018Oh, yeah, maybe go ask if they need a stewardess\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I was like \u2018I would love to be <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2021//05//08//from-upgrades-to-drunk-passengers-here-are-9-things-your-flight-attendants-want-you-to-kno/">a stewardess<\/strong><\/a>, but that's not why I'm here. I'm in my pilot uniform.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"6447576,6665206\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//04//28//women-don-t-do-that-job-meet-the-woman-rewriting-the-history-of-female-explorers/">/u2018Women don\u2019t do that job\u2019: Meet the woman rewriting the history of female explorers<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//02//03//a-trip-that-will-stay-with-me-forever-why-you-need-to-visit-greenland-in-2022/">'A trip that will stay with me forever': Why you need to visit Greenland in 2022<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>What\u2019s it like to fly over Greenland?<\/h2><p>Flying has always been a big part of Mia\u2019s life. Growing up with pilot parents, they went on all sorts of adventures, a privilege Mia is hugely grateful for.<\/p>\n<p>For a long time, she thought <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//06//23//an-a-ha-moment-while-hiking-led-this-woman-to-create-a-huge-community-of-female-adventurer/">her career might take a different path<\/strong><\/a> but soon realised flying was her vocation.<\/p>\n<p>She began her pilot training in 2019 in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//08//05//struggling-to-learn-the-language-the-best-expat-countries-in-europe-for-english-speakers/">Denmark and once completed, headed back to Greenland to join AirZafari as a pilot. She became CEO in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt's so amazing to, on a daily basis, have a job where you share experiences that are adventurous, that are new and exciting to people.<\/p>\n<p>Mia\u2019s work sees her taking both locals and tourists on flights from the country\u2019s main airport at Kangerlussuaq and from the largest town in western Greenland, Ilulissat to above the arctic surroundings and to the ice shelf.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mia, \u201cIt's a spectacular view regardless of how many times you've seen it\u201d and it\u2019s not uncommon for guests to cry tears of joy during the flight. She often sheds a tear too.<\/p>\n<p>Though there\u2019s countless moments that stick in Mia\u2019s head from incredible light to emotional connections with guests, one of Mia\u2019s most special moments so far was the first time she flew to Nuuk, the capital and her hometown, with her parents onboard.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"6483184,6428964\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//01//29//famed-faroese-restaurateur-takes-his-michelin-starred-sustainable-food-to-greenland/">Famed Faroese restaurateur takes his Michelin-starred sustainable food to Greenland<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//02//17//from-the-snowy-peaks-to-the-windy-skies-meet-extreme-sports-icon-geraldine-fasnacht/">From the snowy peaks to the windy skies: Meet extreme sports icon G\u00e9raldine Fasnacht<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Climate change in Greenland<\/h2><p>Greenland contributes less than 1 per cent of the world\u2019s total carbon emissions but it\u2019s <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//10//23//it-s-not-about-saving-the-planet-christiana-figueres-on-cop26-climate-grief-stubborn-optim/">one of the places suffering the effects the most<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mia has noticed the change in Greenland\u2019s weather during her lifetime, becoming warmer, wetter and cloudier.<\/p>\n<p>According to NASA data, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//01//22//what-does-extreme-motor-racing-have-to-do-with-sea-ice-in-greenland/">the entire country is losing 254 billion tonnes of ice mass per year<\/strong><\/a>. Over 100 billions tonnes more than Antarctica.<\/p>\n<p>Many locals have never seen the shelf, but Mia is lucky enough to fly over it regularly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt's something that is happening in our backyard, but we have a very big backyard,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n<p>To help raise awareness and educate locals, Mia now offers empty seats on her flights to children from local schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI've definitely flown with some locals that are very surprised by the size of it,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the few that have gone, either by another plane or helicopter before, many years ago, for them to come and see it again with us, some are really surprised and overwhelmed by how much it's changed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the video above to learn more about Mia flying in Greenland.<\/strong><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1662562983,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1662649236,"firstPublishedAt":1662570830,"lastPublishedAt":1662651958,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/00\/06\/58\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_9e994fd3-f13e-518d-b2fa-5851735f9f1d-7000658.jpg","altText":"Mia (left) and her sister flying together in Greenland","caption":"Mia (left) and her sister flying together in Greenland","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"@miabiil","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1080,"height":570}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":2188,"urlSafeValue":"brown-h","title":"Hannah Brown","twitter":"@hannahdingbrown"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[{"id":2338,"urlSafeValue":"lecoq","title":"Marie Lecoq","twitter":null}]},"keywords":[{"id":20312,"slug":"pilot","urlSafeValue":"pilot","title":"Pilot","titleRaw":"Pilot"},{"id":129,"slug":"greenland","urlSafeValue":"greenland","title":"Greenland","titleRaw":"Greenland"},{"id":16144,"slug":"gronland-daki-eriyen-buzullar","urlSafeValue":"gronland-daki-eriyen-buzullar","title":"Greenland's melting icebergs","titleRaw":"Greenland's melting icebergs"},{"id":12069,"slug":"the-role-of-women","urlSafeValue":"the-role-of-women","title":"The role of women","titleRaw":"The role of women"},{"id":4221,"slug":"tourism","urlSafeValue":"tourism","title":"Tourism","titleRaw":"Tourism"},{"id":4317,"slug":"nuuk","urlSafeValue":"nuuk","title":"Nuuk","titleRaw":"Nuuk"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":2}],"related":[],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":{"youtubeId":"C_1kzijuqF0"},"hasExternalVideo":1,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":1,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"women-beyond-borders","urlSafeValue":"women-beyond-borders","title":"Women Beyond Borders","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/travel-series\/women-beyond-borders"},"vertical":"travel","verticals":[{"id":7,"slug":"travel","urlSafeValue":"travel","title":"Travel"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":7,"slug":"travel","urlSafeValue":"travel","title":"Travel"},"themes":[{"id":"travel-series","urlSafeValue":"travel-series","title":"Series","url":"\/travel\/travel-series"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":32,"urlSafeValue":"travel-series","title":"Series"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":4437,"urlSafeValue":"greenland","title":"Greenland","url":"\/news\/europe\/greenland"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":"'gs_travel','gt_positive','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_ukraine-russia','pos_ukrainecrisis','neg_facebook_2021','gs_travel_air','gs_science','progressivemedia','gs_science_environ','gs_business','neg_saudiaramco','neg_bucherer','gt_positive_happiness','gt_positive_curiosity','gs_travel_holidays','climatechange','neg_pmi','gv_safe'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/travel\/2022\/09\/08\/meet-the-24-year-old-inuk-woman-flying-travellers-to-greenlands-ice-shelf","lastModified":1662651958},{"id":1990128,"cid":6826484,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"220706_C1SU_47268999","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"CULTURE - Michelin Restaurant Moves From Faroe Islands to Greenland","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Would you eat this feathered bird wing dish at the world's most remote Michelin-starred restaurant? ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Would you eat this dish from a remote Michelin-starred restaurant?","titleListing2":"Would you eat this feathered bird wing at the world's most remote Michelin-starred restaurant? ","leadin":"The incredibly remote and Michelin-starred restaurant KOKS are hoping to put Greenland on the foodie map. But what food do they serve and how do you get there?","summary":"The incredibly remote and Michelin-starred restaurant KOKS are hoping to put Greenland on the foodie map. But what food do they serve and how do you get there?","keySentence":"","url":"would-you-eat-this-feathered-bird-wing-dish-at-the-worlds-most-remote-michelin-starred-res","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2022\/07\/06\/would-you-eat-this-feathered-bird-wing-dish-at-the-worlds-most-remote-michelin-starred-res","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The world-renowned Michelin-starred restaurant 'KOKS' have relocated from their remote base in the Faroe Islands to Greenland - and head chef Poul Andrias Ziska is determined to retain the restaurant's ethic of using local ingredients.\u00a0 \n\nTheir move makes them the first Michelin-approved restaurant in Greenland\u00a0 \n\nThe restaurant which seats 30 guests per night is located at Ilimanaq Lodge, a small village inhabited by just 53 people.\u00a0 \n\nTo get to the isolated foodie destination, visitors can take a 40-minute boat ride across the bay from Ilulissat.\u00a0 \n\nWhat's on the menu? \n\nCustomers can expect an\u00a017 to 20 course meal, featuring a variety of wonderful and unusual local products, ranging from whale skin to an arctic bird whose entire wing including feathers is presented on the plate.\u00a0 \n\nThe local bird known as Ptarmigan is grilled and served on the bone along with mushrooms and cured reindeer fat.\u00a0 \n\n\"We try to focus on as much Greenlandic produce as possible, so everything from Greenlandic halibut to snow crabs to muskox to Ptarmigan, different herbs and different berries,\" says Poul Andrias Ziska, the head chef of KOKS.\u00a0 \n\nHowever the dining experience is not cheap. Their tasting menu starts at \u20ac285 per guest, with a wine pairing adding on another \u20ac220.\u00a0 \n\nWhy did the restaurant relocate to Greenland? \n\nKOKS is in the process of building a new restaurant in the Faroe Islands due to difficulties running their previous space near Lake Leyna.\u00a0 \n\nThey decided that while they wait for the construction work to be completed it would be 'more suitable, more fun to do something completely different,' said Ziska.\u00a0 \n\nThe head chef is also hopeful that his restaurant's relocation will help turn Greenland in to a must-visit-foodie destination.\u00a0 \n\n\"There are a lot of people for whom the number one priority is to visit Greenland and then they come to our restaurant. Well maybe next year when we will make a little bit of noise and show people what we are actually doing it will switch and we will have more people who are coming for the restaurant and then everything else as a secondary thing,\" said Ziska. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The world-renowned Michelin-starred restaurant 'KOKS' have relocated from their remote base in the Faroe Islands to Greenland - and head chef Poul Andrias Ziska is determined to retain the restaurant's ethic of using local ingredients.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Their move makes them the first Michelin-approved restaurant in Greenland\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant which seats 30 guests per night is located at Ilimanaq Lodge, a small village inhabited by just 53 people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To get to the isolated foodie destination, visitors can take a 40-minute boat ride across the bay from Ilulissat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CZc-AxbBN4w\/?hl=en\" class=\"widget widget--type-instagram widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CZc-AxbBN4w\/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.instagram.com//p//CZc-AxbBN4w//?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\%22 style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by KOKS Restaurant ** (@koks_restaurant)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async src=https://www.euronews.com/"////platform.instagram.com//en_US//embeds.js/"> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>What's on the menu?<\/h2><div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//82//64//84//808x454_cmsv2_97a98d15-365a-5d2c-a04f-e6442db343a7-6826484.jpg/" alt=\"AFP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/82\/64\/84\/384x216_cmsv2_97a98d15-365a-5d2c-a04f-e6442db343a7-6826484.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/82\/64\/84\/640x360_cmsv2_97a98d15-365a-5d2c-a04f-e6442db343a7-6826484.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/82\/64\/84\/750x422_cmsv2_97a98d15-365a-5d2c-a04f-e6442db343a7-6826484.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/82\/64\/84\/828x466_cmsv2_97a98d15-365a-5d2c-a04f-e6442db343a7-6826484.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/82\/64\/84\/1080x608_cmsv2_97a98d15-365a-5d2c-a04f-e6442db343a7-6826484.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/82\/64\/84\/1200x675_cmsv2_97a98d15-365a-5d2c-a04f-e6442db343a7-6826484.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/82\/64\/84\/1920x1080_cmsv2_97a98d15-365a-5d2c-a04f-e6442db343a7-6826484.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Photo shows a sweet limpet cream dish served at KOKS<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AFP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Customers can expect an\u00a017 to 20 course meal, featuring a variety of wonderful and unusual local products, ranging from whale skin to an arctic bird whose entire wing including feathers is presented on the plate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The local bird known as Ptarmigan is grilled and served on the bone along with mushrooms and cured reindeer fat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"We try to focus on as much Greenlandic produce as possible, so everything from Greenlandic halibut to snow crabs to muskox to Ptarmigan, different herbs and different berries,\" says Poul Andrias Ziska, the head chef of KOKS.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However the dining experience is not cheap. Their tasting menu starts at \u20ac285 per guest, with a wine pairing adding on another \u20ac220.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Why did the restaurant relocate to Greenland?<\/h2><div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//82//64//84//808x454_cmsv2_ea223366-de18-5cdf-9733-fba6a737b876-6826484.jpg/" alt=\"AFP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/82\/64\/84\/384x216_cmsv2_ea223366-de18-5cdf-9733-fba6a737b876-6826484.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/82\/64\/84\/640x360_cmsv2_ea223366-de18-5cdf-9733-fba6a737b876-6826484.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/82\/64\/84\/750x422_cmsv2_ea223366-de18-5cdf-9733-fba6a737b876-6826484.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/82\/64\/84\/828x466_cmsv2_ea223366-de18-5cdf-9733-fba6a737b876-6826484.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/82\/64\/84\/1080x608_cmsv2_ea223366-de18-5cdf-9733-fba6a737b876-6826484.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/82\/64\/84\/1200x675_cmsv2_ea223366-de18-5cdf-9733-fba6a737b876-6826484.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/82\/64\/84\/1920x1080_cmsv2_ea223366-de18-5cdf-9733-fba6a737b876-6826484.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Image shows the KOKS restaurant located in Ilimanaq Lodge in Greenland<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AFP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>KOKS is in the process of building a new restaurant in the Faroe Islands due to difficulties running their previous space near Lake Leyna.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They decided that while they wait for the construction work to be completed it would be 'more suitable, more fun to do something completely different,' said Ziska.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The head chef is also hopeful that his restaurant's relocation will help turn Greenland in to a must-visit-foodie destination.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"There are a lot of people for whom the number one priority is to visit Greenland and then they come to our restaurant. Well maybe next year when we will make a little bit of noise and show people what we are actually doing it will switch and we will have more people who are coming for the restaurant and then everything else as a secondary thing,\" said Ziska.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1657111044,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1657117124,"firstPublishedAt":1657117127,"lastPublishedAt":1657117127,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/82\/64\/84\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_5b161b12-c9fa-55b9-b88f-e05782475de4-6826484.jpg","altText":"The wing Ptarmigan bird served with mushrooms and cured reindeer fat","caption":"The wing Ptarmigan bird served with mushrooms and cured reindeer 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CANADA WHISKEY WAR BORDER RESOLVED","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Europe and Canada have their first land border after 'whisky war' deal","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Europe and Canada now have their first land border","titleListing2":"\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddf1 Europe and Canada have their first land border after 'whisky war' deal","leadin":"The dispute, in one of the most remote corners of the world, was brought to an end with an exchange of alcohol.","summary":"The dispute, in one of the most remote corners of the world, was brought to an end with an exchange of alcohol.","keySentence":"","url":"europe-and-canada-have-their-first-land-border-after-whisky-war-deal","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2022\/06\/15\/europe-and-canada-have-their-first-land-border-after-whisky-war-deal","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Canada and Denmark finally ended their decades-long \"war\" on Tuesday, fought over flags, whisky and schnapps on an uninhabited island in the high Arctic. \n\nThe two countries formally signed an agreement to share Hans Island off northwest Greenland, creating the first land border between Canada and Europe, at a ceremony in Ottawa attended by the Canadian foreign minister and her Danish counterpart. \n\nThe dispute, which has been at a benign impasse for 49 years, will see the kidney-shaped island split in two and the agreement between Ottawa and Copenhagen held up as a model for resolving territorial disputes around the world. \n\n\"The Arctic serves as a beacon of international cooperation, where the rule of law prevails,\" said Canadian Foreign Minister M\u00e9lanie Joly. \n\n\"At a time when global security is threatened, it has never been more important for democracies like Canada and Denmark to work together, alongside indigenous peoples, to resolve our differences in accordance with international law,\" she added. \n\nAt a press conference with Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod , she stressed that the conflict - \"which many have dubbed the 'whisky war'\" - was \"the friendliest of all wars\". \n\nKofod said that the resolution of the conflict came at a time when \"the international order based on law is under pressure\", and democratic values are \"under attack\", referring to the war in Ukraine. \n\n\"In contrast, we have demonstrated how long-standing disputes can be resolved peacefully by following the rules,\" he said, adding that he hoped to \"inspire other countries to follow the same path\". \n\nHans Island, which covers 1.3 square kilometres, is located between Ellesmere Island in northern Canada and Greenland, a Danish territory. The dispute dates back to 1973 when a maritime boundary was drawn between the two countries. \n\nCanadian whisky vs Danish schnapps \n\nThe Danes and Canadians have taken turns flying to the island to claim the territory, leading to diplomatic protests, online campaigns, and even calls for Canada to boycott Danish pastries. \n\nDuring these visits, each side would plant a flag and leave behind a bottle of whisky or schnapps for the other side. \n\nAs they exchanged bottles on Tuesday, M\u00e9lanie Joly and Jeppe Kofod joked that Canada could join the European Union now that the two entities share a land border.\u00a0Although Denmark is a member of the EU, Greenland is not, following a referendum in the 1980s. \n\nSnow-covered Hans Island is uninhabitable, but the effects of climate change are bringing more and more shipping traffic to the Arctic and opening it up to more exploitation of its resources, especially fisheries. \n\nAccording to Arctic expert Michael Byers, however, the island is \"so extraordinarily remote that it is not economically viable to consider any serious activity there\". \n\nPostponing any resolution of this unusual dispute indefinitely has long been a good opportunity for political posturing on both sides, especially in the run-up to elections. \n\n\"It was an entirely risk-free sovereignty dispute between two Nato allies over a tiny, unimportant island,\" Michael Byers said. \n\nDenmark also feared that losing the battle over Hans Island would undermine its relationship with Greenland, while Canada was concerned that a defeat would weaken its negotiating position with the US in a much bigger dispute in the oil-rich Beaufort Sea in northwestern Canada. \n\nCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau \"has not made Arctic sovereignty part of his political identity\", according to Michael Byers, which has helped to \"lower the temperature\", at least on the Canadian side. \n\n\"But more importantly, Russia invaded Ukraine, and that created the right moment to tell the world that responsible countries were agreeing on their territorial disputes in a peaceful way,\" he added. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Canada and Denmark finally ended their decades-long \"war\" on Tuesday, fought over flags, whisky and schnapps on an uninhabited island in the high Arctic.<\/p>\n<p>The two countries formally signed an agreement to share <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////goo.gl//maps//uzynrua3qMJJgdtMA/">Hans Island<\/strong><\/a> off northwest Greenland, creating the first land border between Canada and Europe, at a ceremony in Ottawa attended by the Canadian foreign minister and her Danish counterpart.<\/p>\n<p>The dispute, which has been at a benign impasse for 49 years, will see the kidney-shaped island split in two and the agreement between Ottawa and Copenhagen held up as a model for resolving territorial disputes around the world.<\/p>\n<p>\"The Arctic serves as a beacon of international cooperation, where the rule of law prevails,\" said Canadian Foreign Minister M\u00e9lanie Joly.<\/p>\n<p>\"At a time when global security is threatened, it has never been more important for democracies like Canada and Denmark to work together, alongside indigenous peoples, to resolve our differences in accordance with international law,\" she added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1536832056822480896\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>At a press conference with Danish Foreign Minister <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//JeppeKofod/">Jeppe Kofod<\/strong><\/a>, she stressed that the conflict - \"which many have dubbed the 'whisky war'\" - was \"the friendliest of all wars\".<\/p>\n<p>Kofod said that the resolution of the conflict came at a time when \"the international order based on law is under pressure\", and democratic values are \"under attack\", referring to the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\"In contrast, we have demonstrated how long-standing disputes can be resolved peacefully by following the rules,\" he said, adding that he hoped to \"inspire other countries to follow the same path\".<\/p>\n<p>Hans Island, which covers 1.3 square kilometres, is located between Ellesmere Island in northern Canada and Greenland, a Danish territory. The dispute dates back to 1973 when a maritime boundary was drawn between the two countries.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1536795289876631560\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Canadian whisky vs Danish schnapps<\/h2><p>The Danes and Canadians have taken turns flying to the island to claim the territory, leading to diplomatic protests, online campaigns, and even calls for Canada to boycott Danish pastries.<\/p>\n<p>During these visits, each side would plant a flag and leave behind a bottle of whisky or schnapps for the other side.<\/p>\n<p>As they exchanged bottles on Tuesday, M\u00e9lanie Joly and Jeppe Kofod joked that Canada could join the European Union now that the two entities 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TEENAGE ENTREPRENEURS","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"The teenage boys from Greenland unlocking their futures as entrepreneurs ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Teenage boys in Greenland learn to become entrepreneurs","titleListing2":"\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddf1 Meet the teenage boys from #Greenland learning to unlock their futures as entrepreneurs. ","leadin":"An after-school class in entrepreneurship is bringing new opportunities to teenage boys in Greenland and giving them the chance to run their own micro-businesses.","summary":"An after-school class in entrepreneurship is bringing new opportunities to teenage boys in Greenland and giving them the chance to run their own micro-businesses.","keySentence":"","url":"the-teenage-boys-from-greenland-unlocking-their-futures-as-entrepreneurs","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2022\/03\/22\/the-teenage-boys-from-greenland-unlocking-their-futures-as-entrepreneurs","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"There\u2019s excitement at 7ly High clothing company in Nuuk as their latest batch of hoodies -- in shades of pink -- arrives from the printers. \n\nOn the front is a striking design: a map of Greenland with wings, symbolising hope to rise above bad experiences in life. \n\nIt\u2019s a message that has resonated with customers and gained a celebrity endorsement from a Greenlandic rapper since the hoodies first went on sale last summer, earning cachet in the territory.\u00a0 \n\nSo it might come as a surprise to discover the team behind the brand are not part of a global fashion chain, but a group of teenage boys. \n\n\u201cI think this is the beginning of the journey for me,\u201d says 18-year old Anguteeraq Olsen, the main driving force behind the hoodie company, which was started as part of an after school entrepreneurship programme called Mind Your Own Business. \n\n\u201cI still don\u2019t know what I want to be in the future, because there are so many things that I can be, and I think about becoming an entrepreneur, starting my own company, not only 7ly High but trying other things,\u201d he tells Euronews in a video call during a lunch break from classes in Nuuk. \n\nMore opportunities for teenage boys \n\nMind Your Own Business is a Denmark-based organisation that aims to help boys from vulnerable areas through entrepreneurship. \n\nIt was brought to Greenland in 2019, and since then several dozen teenagers have gone through the programme learning the basics of running a micro-business with help from volunteers and mentors from the local business community. \n\nThe scheme brings opportunities for participants, with boys, in particular, facing numerous hardships and challenges growing up. \n\nA Danish public health study in 2019 highlighted how domestic violence, alcohol problems and abuse in childhood more than double the prevalence of suicidal thoughts among young people in Greenland: where suicide is one of the leading causes of death among young men aged 15-35. \n\nResearch carried out by the University of Southern Denmark in 2020 found that exposure to domestic alcohol problems and sexual abuse in childhood matched rising alcohol import rates \u201cand is a likely cause of transgenerational consequences such as youth suicides and alcohol problems.\u201d \n\nAlthough Anguteeraq Olsen attends upper secondary school he\u2019s in the minority. According to the Greenland government\u2019s latest figures , only one-in-seven teenagers complete their compulsory education at age 16 then continue to study at upper secondary. \n\n\u201cSchool,\u201d he says \u201cis for learning how to get a job for the rest of your life\u201d it doesn\u2019t teach kids about becoming an entrepreneur. \n\n\u201cOnly a few of my friends stayed in school. Most of them work right now, full-time jobs. I think they\u2019ll be doing this the rest of their lives.\u201d \n\nMatching the boys with mentors \n\nIvalu N\u00f8rreslet Rex is leading Mind Your Own Business in Greenland\u2019s capital Nuuk, and guiding the boys through the process of starting a business over the course of eight months at their weekly meetings. \n\n\u201cIn school right now they don\u2019t really create these kinds of opportunities for young kids. But I think now there\u2019s a shift because more and more people and organisations see that you can gain a lot from using entrepreneurship in schools although it\u2019s still a new thing,\u201d she says. \n\nA key component of the programme is the involvement of mentors, to be sounding boards for ideas, and help guide the boys through the various stages of setting up their business. \n\n\u201cThe magic happens when the boys realise how many qualities they possess themselves and that they are capable of doing pretty much anything they set their minds to,\u201d says mentor Inga Anton\u00edusd\u00f3ttir, an Icelander who moved to Nuuk from Copenhagen in 2021. \n\n\u201cWe, the mentors, really believe in these kids and want them to succeed but it\u2019s hard to imagine becoming a lawyer or a business owner if everyone in your family is a fisherman,\u201d she explains. \n\n\u201cOnce they see that we have faith in them and are willing to help them carve out the best path for their way to success they grow taller, in more than one sense.\u201d \n\nThe new class of entrepreneurs \n\nWhile the hoodie company was the break-out hit of last year\u2019s Mind Your Own Business programme, the hunt is on for this year\u2019s micro-business success story. \n\nSeventeen-year-old Kaaleeraq Nielsen and his friends have decided to organise a weight lifting event where other teenagers will pay an entry fee to participate. \n\n\u201cIt\u2019s just for boys, no girls, from 13 to 17 and they\u2019ll have to lift and benchpress\u201d he explains. \n\nThe event is a natural progression from Kaaleeraq\u2019s sports hobbies, which means the boys can see there might be opportunities for running a business doing something they already enjoy. \n\n\u201cI\u2019ve been going to the gym for about six months, and I do push, pull, leg day and rest day. Then repeat. Before that, I was playing handball and I\u2019m about to start again.\u201d \n\nKaaleeraq runs the fledgling event management company with friends, and juggles it with part-time studies at vocational high school - a popular choice for many Greenlanders - where he has an apprenticeship learning to be a snowmobile and boat mechanic. \n\n\u201cThe people at the local youth club kept asking me if I wanted to join in Mind Your Own Business and it was a good move to get involved,\u201d he says. \n\n\u201cIn my friend group we don\u2019t struggle with alcohol, but especially hash is a big issue here. I know some young people who do drugs like hash, so it\u2019s a part of everyday reality.\u201d \n\nExpanding the hoodie business \n\nBack at 7ly High clothing Anguteeraq Olsen and his co-workers have been posing for a photoshoot in the snow wearing the newly arrived hoodies. \n\nAt the moment their customer base is in Greenland but that could be set to expand. \n\n\u201cMost Greenlanders will like the designs but I don\u2019t think there will be any Americans who would wear it.\u201d \n\n\u201cThere are around 17,000 Greenlanders who live in Denmark and we could possibly grow so much that we could sell in Denmark,\u201d says Anguteeraq, who\u2019s taking social studies, English, and economics classes at high school this term. \n\nThe Mind Your Own Business programme, he says, has taught him about how to make new friends and take on more responsibility. \n\n\u201cIt takes a lot of skill to try and make a business, learning how to make the brand and sell.\u201d \n\n\u201cI don\u2019t care if it becomes a failure, I will learn from my failure.\u201d \n\n","htmlText":"<p>There\u2019s excitement at <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.facebook.com//7lyhigh/">7ly High<\/strong><\/a> clothing company in Nuuk as their latest batch of hoodies -- in shades of pink -- arrives from the printers.<\/p>\n<p>On the front is a striking design: a map of Greenland with wings, symbolising hope to rise above bad experiences in life.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a message that has resonated with customers and gained a celebrity endorsement from a Greenlandic rapper since the hoodies first went on sale last summer, earning cachet in the territory.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So it might come as a surprise to discover the team behind the brand are not part of a global fashion chain, but a group of teenage boys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think this is the beginning of the journey for me,\u201d says 18-year old Anguteeraq Olsen, the main driving force behind the hoodie company, which was started as part of an after school entrepreneurship programme called Mind Your Own Business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still don\u2019t know what I want to be in the future, because there are so many things that I can be, and I think about becoming an entrepreneur, starting my own company, not only 7ly High but trying other things,\u201d he tells Euronews in a video call during a lunch break from classes in Nuuk.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//05//52//57//26//808x539_cmsv2_55c6a5c3-6fad-5815-bffa-516eda65383a-5525726.jpg/" alt=\"(AP Photo: Emil Helms\/Ritzau Scanpix)\" 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(max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Scenic image of Greenland's capital Nuuk<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">(AP Photo: Emil Helms\/Ritzau Scanpix)<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>More opportunities for teenage boys<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////myob.dk///">Mind Your Own Business<\/strong><\/a> is a Denmark-based organisation that aims to help boys from vulnerable areas through entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n<p>It was brought to Greenland in 2019, and since then several dozen teenagers have gone through the programme learning the basics of running a micro-business with help from volunteers and mentors from the local business community.<\/p>\n<p>The scheme brings opportunities for participants, with boys, in particular, facing numerous hardships and challenges growing up.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.norden.org//en//news//abused-children-suicidal-thoughts/">Danish public health study in 2019<\/strong><\/a> highlighted how domestic violence, alcohol problems and abuse in childhood more than double the prevalence of suicidal thoughts among young people in Greenland: where suicide is one of the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////stat.gl//dialog//main.asp?lang=en&version=201603&sc=SA&subthemecode=MORTALITY&colcode=M\%22>leading causes of death<\/strong><\/a> among young men aged 15-35.<\/p>\n<p>Research carried out by the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov//pmc//articles//PMC7480488//#:~:text=Alcohol%20is%20the%20single%20most%20important%20public%20health%20challenge%20in%20Greenland.&text=About%20half%20of%20the%20population,fewer%20had%20a%20regular%20consumption.\"><strong>University of Southern Denmark<\/strong><\/a> in 2020 found that exposure to domestic alcohol problems and sexual abuse in childhood matched rising alcohol import rates \u201cand is a likely cause of transgenerational consequences such as youth suicides and alcohol problems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although Anguteeraq Olsen attends upper secondary school he\u2019s in the minority. According to the Greenland government\u2019s <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////stat.gl//dialog//topmain.asp?lang=en&subject=Education&sc=UD\%22>latest figures<\/strong><\/a>, only one-in-seven teenagers complete their compulsory education at age 16 then continue to study at upper secondary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSchool,\u201d he says \u201cis for learning how to get a job for the rest of your life\u201d it doesn\u2019t teach kids about becoming an entrepreneur.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly a few of my friends stayed in school. Most of them work right now, full-time jobs. I think they\u2019ll be doing this the rest of their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.59453125\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//49//55//40//808x481_cmsv2_9aaf44d3-25af-5af3-a305-6eb541c756d7-6495540.jpg/" alt=\"(Mind Your Own Business)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/49\/55\/40\/384x228_cmsv2_9aaf44d3-25af-5af3-a305-6eb541c756d7-6495540.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/49\/55\/40\/640x381_cmsv2_9aaf44d3-25af-5af3-a305-6eb541c756d7-6495540.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/49\/55\/40\/750x446_cmsv2_9aaf44d3-25af-5af3-a305-6eb541c756d7-6495540.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/49\/55\/40\/828x492_cmsv2_9aaf44d3-25af-5af3-a305-6eb541c756d7-6495540.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/49\/55\/40\/1080x642_cmsv2_9aaf44d3-25af-5af3-a305-6eb541c756d7-6495540.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/49\/55\/40\/1200x713_cmsv2_9aaf44d3-25af-5af3-a305-6eb541c756d7-6495540.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/49\/55\/40\/1920x1142_cmsv2_9aaf44d3-25af-5af3-a305-6eb541c756d7-6495540.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Students and mentors at entrepreneurship classes in Greenland<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">(Mind Your Own Business)<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Matching the boys with mentors<\/h2><p>Ivalu N\u00f8rreslet Rex is leading Mind Your Own Business in Greenland\u2019s capital Nuuk, and guiding the boys through the process of starting a business over the course of eight months at their weekly meetings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn school right now they don\u2019t really create these kinds of opportunities for young kids. But I think now there\u2019s a shift because more and more people and organisations see that you can gain a lot from using entrepreneurship in schools although it\u2019s still a new thing,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>A key component of the programme is the involvement of mentors, to be sounding boards for ideas, and help guide the boys through the various stages of setting up their business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe magic happens when the boys realise how many qualities they possess themselves and that they are capable of doing pretty much anything they set their minds to,\u201d says mentor Inga Anton\u00edusd\u00f3ttir, an Icelander who moved to Nuuk from Copenhagen in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe, the mentors, really believe in these kids and want them to succeed but it\u2019s hard to imagine becoming a lawyer or a business owner if everyone in your family is a fisherman,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce they see that we have faith in them and are willing to help them carve out the best path for their way to success they grow taller, in more than one sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6109375\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//49//55//40//808x493_cmsv2_c44e0631-77c9-557d-afe1-d6e4c71df91c-6495540.jpg/" alt=\"(Mind Your Own Business)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/49\/55\/40\/384x235_cmsv2_c44e0631-77c9-557d-afe1-d6e4c71df91c-6495540.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/49\/55\/40\/640x391_cmsv2_c44e0631-77c9-557d-afe1-d6e4c71df91c-6495540.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/49\/55\/40\/750x458_cmsv2_c44e0631-77c9-557d-afe1-d6e4c71df91c-6495540.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/49\/55\/40\/828x506_cmsv2_c44e0631-77c9-557d-afe1-d6e4c71df91c-6495540.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/49\/55\/40\/1080x660_cmsv2_c44e0631-77c9-557d-afe1-d6e4c71df91c-6495540.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/49\/55\/40\/1200x733_cmsv2_c44e0631-77c9-557d-afe1-d6e4c71df91c-6495540.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/49\/55\/40\/1920x1173_cmsv2_c44e0631-77c9-557d-afe1-d6e4c71df91c-6495540.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Young Greenlandic entrepreneur Kaaleeraq Nielsen<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">(Mind Your Own Business)<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2><strong>The new class of entrepreneurs<\/strong><\/h2><p>While the hoodie company was the break-out hit of last year\u2019s Mind Your Own Business programme, the hunt is on for this year\u2019s micro-business success story.<\/p>\n<p>Seventeen-year-old Kaaleeraq Nielsen and his friends have decided to organise a weight lifting event where other teenagers will pay an entry fee to participate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just for boys, no girls, from 13 to 17 and they\u2019ll have to lift and benchpress\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n<p>The event is a natural progression from Kaaleeraq\u2019s sports hobbies, which means the boys can see there might be opportunities for running a business doing something they already enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been going to the gym for about six months, and I do push, pull, leg day and rest day. Then repeat. Before that, I was playing handball and I\u2019m about to start again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kaaleeraq runs the fledgling event management company with friends, and juggles it with part-time studies at vocational high school - a popular choice for many Greenlanders - where he has an apprenticeship learning to be a snowmobile and boat mechanic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people at the local youth club kept asking me if I wanted to join in Mind Your Own Business and it was a good move to get involved,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my friend group we don\u2019t struggle with alcohol, but especially hash is a big issue here. I know some young people who do drugs like hash, so it\u2019s a part of everyday reality.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5927734375\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//49//55//40//808x478_cmsv2_26fcdf78-2f52-5a74-8b78-de6d2a1c622a-6495540.jpg/" alt=\"(7ly High)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/49\/55\/40\/384x228_cmsv2_26fcdf78-2f52-5a74-8b78-de6d2a1c622a-6495540.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/49\/55\/40\/640x379_cmsv2_26fcdf78-2f52-5a74-8b78-de6d2a1c622a-6495540.jpg 640w, 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class=\"widget__captionCredit\">(7ly High)<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2><strong>Expanding the hoodie business<\/strong><\/h2><p>Back at 7ly High clothing Anguteeraq Olsen and his co-workers have been posing for a photoshoot in the snow wearing the newly arrived hoodies.<\/p>\n<p>At the moment their customer base is in Greenland but that could be set to expand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost Greenlanders will like the designs but I don\u2019t think there will be any Americans who would wear it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are around 17,000 Greenlanders who live in Denmark and we could possibly grow so much that we could sell in Denmark,\u201d says Anguteeraq, who\u2019s taking social studies, English, and economics classes at high school this term.<\/p>\n<p>The Mind Your Own Business programme, he says, has taught him about how to make new friends and take on more responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt takes a lot of skill to try and 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Why Greenland should be on your travel list for 2022","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"'A trip that will stay with me forever': Why you need to visit Greenland in 2022","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"'A once-in-a-lifetime trip': Why you need to visit Greenland in 2022","titleListing2":"'A trip that will stay with me forever': Why you need to visit Greenland in 2022","leadin":"Camping on an ice cap under the Northern Lights, hiking on a glacier and learning about Inuit culture: we sent one of our journalists to Greenland for a week.","summary":"Camping on an ice cap under the Northern Lights, hiking on a glacier and learning about Inuit culture: we sent one of our journalists to Greenland for a week.","keySentence":"","url":"a-trip-that-will-stay-with-me-forever-why-you-need-to-visit-greenland-in-2022","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2022\/02\/03\/a-trip-that-will-stay-with-me-forever-why-you-need-to-visit-greenland-in-2022","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The top three experiences of my life have all happened while travelling: driving from San Francisco to Las Vegas through Yosemite and Death Valley; floating through ancient caves illuminated by glow worms in New Zealand ; and camping on the Greenlandic ice cap under the northern lights this August. \n\nThe first two on my list are fairly well-known must-do activities when visiting those parts of the world. I knew before I started my journeys that they would be once-in-a-lifetime moments - but my recent Greenlandic adventure was an unexpected experience that will stay with me forever. \n\nI will spend the rest of my life urging people to visit Greenland, so here\u2019s why you should book a trip to the world\u2019s largest island. \n\nYou should visit Greenland if\u2026 \n\n\u2026you like adventure \n\nI will emphasise this point heavily. If your idea of a holiday involves 5* hotels and luxury spas, this is absolutely not the country for you. \n\nIn fact, the official tourism board of Greenland has an entire section of their website explaining why it\u2019s not for everyone. \n\nBut if kayaking through fjords and dog-sledding across the ice sounds fun to you, then there\u2019s nowhere quite as extreme as Greenland. \n\nI was only there for a short visit, but my trip still involved a perilous walk on the ice sheet, an extremely memorable trip in a UTV (ultra-terrain vehicle), and being escorted away from the glacier I was photographing because it was at-risk of collapse. \n\nThe accommodation I stayed in was a former military barracks, now used occasionally for training, but mostly for scientists on expeditions. All the hotels in Greenland are part of the EU\u2019s Hotel Stars Union, which means they are starred according to European standards. However, the majority of the hotels are generally pretty simple in terms of amenities. \n\nBut if you\u2019re going to Greenland for a luxurious night\u2019s sleep, you may want to reassess. \n\n\u2026you want to see the northern lights while camping on a vital ecosystem \n\nThere are a lot of places around the world where you can see the northern lights, sure. But where else in the world can you look up at a natural wonder while standing (or lying down, in my case) atop an equally stunning natural wonder. \n\nIt\u2019s a beautiful landscape you cannot see anywhere else, but also one that\u2019s changing rapidly. \n\nThe Greenlandic ice sheet is the second biggest body of ice in the world - and it is absolutely vital. If the entirety of this ice cap were to melt, global sea levels would rise by 7.2 metres. This ice is already being lost at a drastic rate, with surrounding glaciers receding dramatically. \n\nSeeing the northern lights was certainly a breathtaking experience, but it was made even more memorable by the vast mass of fragile ice, stretching out in all directions beneath my feet. \n\nI camped on the ice cap near Point 660, a short drive from the town of Kangerlussuaq in west Greenland. This spot is routinely used by climate and Arctic scientists, as it\u2019s the most accessible point on the ice sheet. \n\nThe camping experience I had, run by Albatros Arctic Circle , is definitely not for the faint-hearted. The midnight walk in the freezing cold on a dark ice sheet, followed by putting up our own tents in furious wind was certainly a test for even the fittest in my group - but I would do it again in a second if I could. \n\n\u2026are happy without a car \n\nIt\u2019s worth noting that no two towns in Greenland are connected by road. That sounds like a strange internet conspiracy, like the hoax rumour about gardens being illegal in New Zealand , but I can assure you it\u2019s true. \n\nI\u2019ve been on the longest road in Greenland, which extends from Kangerlussuaq to Point 660 \u2013 and it\u2019s not long. There are only 150km of roads in the whole country, only 60km of which are paved. \n\nThere are exciting plans to link Kangerlussuaq to Sisimiut formally by road, but for now the iconic 160km-long Arctic Circle Trail is perfect for hikers, less so for vehicles. \n\nThe best way to get around depends on the time of year. In the summer, you can travel by boat, and when the fjords freeze over in the winter there are opportunities to travel by dog-sled. \n\nGenerally, all the major towns are connected by air, either through domestic flights or helicopters. \n\n\u2026are interested in Inuit culture \n\nAs much as Greenland is a place of adventure and outdoor activities, there\u2019s also a rich and beautiful culture to be appreciated. \n\nThe country\u2019s history dates back around 5,000 years, with several waves of Inuit immigration from North America. From the art and fashion, to the architecture and cuisine \u2013 Inuit culture is at the heart of Greenlandic life. \n\nAlthough around 80 per cent of the population are Inuit, European colonialism means modern-day Greenland is fused with Scandinavian cultures and traditions as well. \n\nThis also meant that for a long time, Greenlandic artefacts were seen as the property of Denmark, until a repatriation agreement was struck in the 1980s. Now, the National Museum of Greenland in the capital city Nuuk has received more than 35,000 artefacts, making it a must-visit for anyone looking for some culture while there. \n\nFor a more experiential taste of Greenlandic culture, there is a wealth of packages that let you get a closer idea of key traditions. From costume making to seeing a drum dance - there are plenty of cultural things to do. \n\n\u2026want to learn about Viking history \n\nOne of the key figures who came up time and again in conversation while I was in Greenland was Erik the Red. \n\nMy Viking history was extremely rusty before my trip, but I was fascinated by his story and time in Greenland. \n\nIt turns out Erik the Red is the reason Greenland is (somewhat deceptively) named Greenland. Despite having very little green on the island, he wanted to create the impression of fertility to encourage more people to settle with him. \n\nThe Narsarsuaq Museum in southern Greenland has an entire collection dedicated to this interesting slice of Norse history. \n\n\u2026you want to see the climate crisis in action \n\nMy trip to Greenland coincided with one of the only instances of rainfall on the ice sheet. As an environmental journalist, faced with the enormity of global warming every day - you\u2019d think this wouldn\u2019t phase me. But seeing how shocked, and genuinely upset, our Greenlandic guides were by this rain moved me ( and others ) to tears. \n\nI don\u2019t think anyone needs to see the extremes of the climate crisis in person in order to care, but it was a truly sobering trip in many ways. \n\nOn another day I visited Russell Glacier, and as I was photographing the ice, a huge chunk cracked and fell into the water. The other journalists with me just stood in silence for a long time after it fell, as we took in the enormity of what we\u2019d witnessed. \n\nRussell Glacier, near Point 660, was a particularly beautiful place to see in person. My guide showed me how large it was five, ten, twenty years before - and it was truly astonishing how quickly it has melted. \n\nHow to get to Greenland from Europe \n\nIf I\u2019ve done enough to convince you to visit Greenland - and I hope I have - you may now be wondering how to travel there. \n\nThere are no international ferry connections to Greenland, but there are cruises that sometimes visit parts of the country. However, these cruises are usually part of longer tours and are not the best way to travel directly. \n\nCurrently, the best way to travel is via commercial flights from either Iceland or Denmark. \n\nFrom Iceland, you can fly with Icelandair from Reykjavik to Kulusuk in east Greenland or the capital Nuuk in west Greenland. There are some seasonal flights available from Iceland too, but these vary throughout the year. \n\nFrom June 2022, Icelandair is opening a new route to Narasuaq in south Greenland. \n\nFrom Denmark you can fly to Kangerlussuaq in west Greenland all year round, or to Narasuaq in the summer. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The top three experiences of my life have all happened while travelling: driving from San Francisco to Las Vegas through Yosemite and Death Valley; floating through ancient caves illuminated by <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////caverafting.com//gloworm-cave-tour///">glow worms in New Zealand<\/strong><\/a>; and camping on the Greenlandic ice cap under the northern lights this August.<\/p>\n<p>The first two on my list are fairly well-known must-do activities when visiting those parts of the world. I knew before I started my journeys that they would be once-in-a-lifetime moments - but my recent Greenlandic adventure was an unexpected experience that will stay with me forever.<\/p>\n<p>I will spend the rest of my life urging people to visit Greenland, so here\u2019s why you should book a trip to the world\u2019s largest island.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"6442772,6445298\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//02//01//arlberg-discover-the-resort-where-the-world-s-best-ski-instructors-learn-their-craft/">Arlberg: Discover the resort where the world\u2019s best ski instructors learn their craft<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2022//02//02//explore-guatemala-the-megadiverse-country-with-37-volcanoes/">Explore Guatemala, the megadiverse country with 37 volcanoes<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>You should visit Greenland if\u2026<\/h2><h3>\u2026you like adventure<\/h3><p>I will emphasise this point heavily. If your idea of a holiday involves 5* hotels and luxury spas, this is absolutely not the country for you.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the official tourism board of Greenland has <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////visitgreenland.com//articles//why-greenland-may-not-be-for-you///">an entire section of their website<\/strong><\/a> explaining why it\u2019s not for everyone.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullscreen widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//44//75//76//1052x701_cmsv2_95e14695-72dd-5765-9e22-19a74991ceac-6447576.jpg/" alt=\"Mads Pihl - Visit Greenland\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/384x256_cmsv2_95e14695-72dd-5765-9e22-19a74991ceac-6447576.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/640x427_cmsv2_95e14695-72dd-5765-9e22-19a74991ceac-6447576.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/750x500_cmsv2_95e14695-72dd-5765-9e22-19a74991ceac-6447576.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/828x552_cmsv2_95e14695-72dd-5765-9e22-19a74991ceac-6447576.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/1080x720_cmsv2_95e14695-72dd-5765-9e22-19a74991ceac-6447576.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/1200x800_cmsv2_95e14695-72dd-5765-9e22-19a74991ceac-6447576.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/1920x1280_cmsv2_95e14695-72dd-5765-9e22-19a74991ceac-6447576.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"100vw\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Kayakers in the bay near Illorsuit in North Greenland.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Mads Pihl - Visit Greenland<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>But if kayaking through fjords and dog-sledding across the ice sounds fun to you, then there\u2019s nowhere quite as extreme as Greenland.<\/p>\n<p>I was only there for a short visit, but my trip still involved a perilous walk on the ice sheet, an extremely memorable trip in a UTV (ultra-terrain vehicle), and being escorted away from the glacier I was photographing because it was at-risk of collapse.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//44//75//76//1280x853_cmsv2_e9f5c54f-59c9-51e4-b8ca-13b2c171337c-6447576.jpg/" alt=\"Ben Haggar - Visit Greenland\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/384x256_cmsv2_e9f5c54f-59c9-51e4-b8ca-13b2c171337c-6447576.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/640x427_cmsv2_e9f5c54f-59c9-51e4-b8ca-13b2c171337c-6447576.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/750x500_cmsv2_e9f5c54f-59c9-51e4-b8ca-13b2c171337c-6447576.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/828x552_cmsv2_e9f5c54f-59c9-51e4-b8ca-13b2c171337c-6447576.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/1080x720_cmsv2_e9f5c54f-59c9-51e4-b8ca-13b2c171337c-6447576.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/1200x800_cmsv2_e9f5c54f-59c9-51e4-b8ca-13b2c171337c-6447576.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/1920x1280_cmsv2_e9f5c54f-59c9-51e4-b8ca-13b2c171337c-6447576.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1330px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Dramatic mountain scenery on the westernmost section of the Arctic Circle Trail outside of Sisimiut.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Ben Haggar - Visit Greenland<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The accommodation I stayed in was a former military barracks, now used occasionally for training, but mostly for scientists on expeditions. All the hotels in Greenland are part of the EU\u2019s Hotel Stars Union, which means they are starred according to European standards. However, the majority of the hotels are generally pretty simple in terms of amenities.<\/p>\n<p>But if you\u2019re going to Greenland for a luxurious night\u2019s sleep, you may want to reassess.<\/p>\n<h3>\u2026you want to see the northern lights while camping on a vital ecosystem<\/h3><p>There are a lot of places around the world where you can see the northern lights, sure. But where else in the world can you look up at a natural wonder while standing (or lying down, in my case) atop an equally stunning natural wonder.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a beautiful landscape you cannot see anywhere else, but also one that\u2019s changing rapidly.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullscreen widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6675\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//44//75//76//1052x701_cmsv2_97626877-c5fc-5eea-b4a6-a95aad44b320-6447576.jpg/" alt=\"Adam Lyberth - Visit Greenland\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/384x256_cmsv2_97626877-c5fc-5eea-b4a6-a95aad44b320-6447576.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/640x427_cmsv2_97626877-c5fc-5eea-b4a6-a95aad44b320-6447576.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/750x501_cmsv2_97626877-c5fc-5eea-b4a6-a95aad44b320-6447576.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/828x553_cmsv2_97626877-c5fc-5eea-b4a6-a95aad44b320-6447576.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/1080x721_cmsv2_97626877-c5fc-5eea-b4a6-a95aad44b320-6447576.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/1200x801_cmsv2_97626877-c5fc-5eea-b4a6-a95aad44b320-6447576.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/1920x1282_cmsv2_97626877-c5fc-5eea-b4a6-a95aad44b320-6447576.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"100vw\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Camping on the ice cap under the northern lights.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Adam Lyberth - Visit Greenland<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Greenlandic ice sheet is the second biggest body of ice in the world - and it is absolutely vital. If the entirety of this ice cap were to melt, global sea levels would rise by 7.2 metres. This ice is already being lost at a drastic rate, with surrounding glaciers receding dramatically.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing the northern lights was certainly a breathtaking experience, but it was made even more memorable by the vast mass of fragile ice, stretching out in all directions beneath my feet.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-freeform\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CTINCfgrc2I\/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.instagram.com//p//CTINCfgrc2I//?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\%22 style=\" background:#FFFFFF; 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.instagram.com//p//CTINCfgrc2I//?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\%22 style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Euronews Travel (@euronewstravel)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async src=https://www.euronews.com/"////www.instagram.com//embed.js/"> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I camped on the ice cap near Point 660, a short drive from the town of Kangerlussuaq in west Greenland. This spot is routinely used by climate and Arctic scientists, as it\u2019s the most accessible point on the ice sheet.<\/p>\n<p>The camping experience I had, run by <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////albatros-arctic-circle.com//camp-ice-cap/">Albatros Arctic Circle<\/strong><\/a>, is definitely not for the faint-hearted. The midnight walk in the freezing cold on a dark ice sheet, followed by putting up our own tents in furious wind was certainly a test for even the fittest in my group - but I would do it again in a second if I could.<\/p>\n<h3>\u2026are happy without a car<\/h3><p>It\u2019s worth noting that no two towns in Greenland are connected by road. That sounds like a strange internet conspiracy, like the hoax rumour about <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.stuff.co.nz//technology//social-networking//63642145//illegal-garden-posts-hilarious-growth/">gardens being illegal in New Zealand<\/strong><\/a>, but I can assure you it\u2019s true.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been on the longest road in Greenland, which extends from Kangerlussuaq to Point 660 \u2013 and it\u2019s not long. There are only 150km of roads in the whole country, only 60km of which are paved.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//44//75//76//1280x853_cmsv2_d36aabae-8983-5ff8-be8b-15c12a313ce0-6447576.jpg/" alt=\"Aningaaq R Carlsen - Visit Greenland\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/384x256_cmsv2_d36aabae-8983-5ff8-be8b-15c12a313ce0-6447576.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/640x427_cmsv2_d36aabae-8983-5ff8-be8b-15c12a313ce0-6447576.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/750x500_cmsv2_d36aabae-8983-5ff8-be8b-15c12a313ce0-6447576.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/828x552_cmsv2_d36aabae-8983-5ff8-be8b-15c12a313ce0-6447576.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/1080x720_cmsv2_d36aabae-8983-5ff8-be8b-15c12a313ce0-6447576.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/1200x800_cmsv2_d36aabae-8983-5ff8-be8b-15c12a313ce0-6447576.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/1920x1280_cmsv2_d36aabae-8983-5ff8-be8b-15c12a313ce0-6447576.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1330px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Mushers Francisca and Stella Davidsen Olsen dogsledding near Kangerlussuaq.<\/span>\n <a class=\"widget__captionCredit\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////visitgreenland.com///" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aningaaq R Carlsen - Visit Greenland<\/a>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>There are exciting plans to link Kangerlussuaq to Sisimiut formally by road, but for now the iconic 160km-long Arctic Circle Trail is perfect for hikers, less so for vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>The best way to get around depends on the time of year. In the summer, you can travel by boat, and when the fjords freeze over in the winter there are opportunities to travel by dog-sled.<\/p>\n<p>Generally, all the major towns are connected by air, either through domestic flights or helicopters.<\/p>\n<h3>\u2026are interested in Inuit culture<\/h3><p>As much as Greenland is a place of adventure and outdoor activities, there\u2019s also a rich and beautiful culture to be appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>The country\u2019s history dates back around 5,000 years, with several waves of Inuit immigration from North America. From the art and fashion, to the architecture and cuisine \u2013 Inuit culture is at the heart of Greenlandic life.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//44//75//76//808x539_cmsv2_7bd9ec6b-d386-5250-86ee-eb9df4eb7e6b-6447576.jpg/" alt=\"Peter Lindstrom - Visit Greenland\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/384x256_cmsv2_7bd9ec6b-d386-5250-86ee-eb9df4eb7e6b-6447576.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/640x427_cmsv2_7bd9ec6b-d386-5250-86ee-eb9df4eb7e6b-6447576.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/750x500_cmsv2_7bd9ec6b-d386-5250-86ee-eb9df4eb7e6b-6447576.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/828x552_cmsv2_7bd9ec6b-d386-5250-86ee-eb9df4eb7e6b-6447576.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/1080x720_cmsv2_7bd9ec6b-d386-5250-86ee-eb9df4eb7e6b-6447576.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/1200x800_cmsv2_7bd9ec6b-d386-5250-86ee-eb9df4eb7e6b-6447576.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/1920x1280_cmsv2_7bd9ec6b-d386-5250-86ee-eb9df4eb7e6b-6447576.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A model of Inuit women on a boat exhibited at the National Museum in Nuuk<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Peter Lindstrom - Visit Greenland<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Although around 80 per cent of the population are Inuit, European colonialism means modern-day Greenland is fused with Scandinavian cultures and traditions as well.<\/p>\n<p>This also meant that for a long time, Greenlandic artefacts were seen as the property of Denmark, until a repatriation agreement was struck in the 1980s. Now, the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////en.nka.gl///">National Museum of Greenland<\/strong><\/a> in the capital city Nuuk has received more than 35,000 artefacts, making it a must-visit for anyone looking for some culture while there.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//44//75//76//1280x853_cmsv2_b7e6b55b-e5de-5b30-9f73-917e42a1f187-6447576.jpg/" alt=\"Mads Pihl - Visit Greenland\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/384x256_cmsv2_b7e6b55b-e5de-5b30-9f73-917e42a1f187-6447576.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/640x427_cmsv2_b7e6b55b-e5de-5b30-9f73-917e42a1f187-6447576.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/750x500_cmsv2_b7e6b55b-e5de-5b30-9f73-917e42a1f187-6447576.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/828x552_cmsv2_b7e6b55b-e5de-5b30-9f73-917e42a1f187-6447576.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/1080x720_cmsv2_b7e6b55b-e5de-5b30-9f73-917e42a1f187-6447576.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/1200x800_cmsv2_b7e6b55b-e5de-5b30-9f73-917e42a1f187-6447576.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/1920x1280_cmsv2_b7e6b55b-e5de-5b30-9f73-917e42a1f187-6447576.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1330px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Two women playing around in their national costumes on National Day in Nuuk, Greenland.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Mads Pihl - Visit Greenland<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>For a more experiential taste of Greenlandic culture, there is a wealth of packages that let you get a closer idea of key traditions. From <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////guidetogreenland.com//book-trips-holiday//experience-the-making-of-greenlandic-national-costumes-ilulissat///">costume making<\/strong><\/a> to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////guidetogreenland.com//book-trips-holiday//experience-traditional-inuit-drum-dancing-tasiilaq-east-greenland///">seeing a drum dance<\/strong><\/a> - there are plenty of cultural things to do.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"6428964,6331398,6255556\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//01//29//famed-faroese-restaurateur-takes-his-michelin-starred-sustainable-food-to-greenland/">Famed Faroese restaurateur takes his Michelin-starred sustainable food to Greenland<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2021//12//27//fresh-airwaves-greenlanders-in-denmark-ready-to-tune-in-to-new-radio-service-just-for-them/">Fresh Airwaves: Greenlanders in Denmark ready to tune in to new radio service just for them<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//11//23//indigenous-greenlanders-demand-compensation-from-denmark-over-failed-colonial-experiment/">Indigenous Greenlanders demand compensation from Denmark over failed colonial experiment<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3>\u2026want to learn about Viking history<\/h3><p>One of the key figures who came up time and again in conversation while I was in Greenland was Erik the Red.<\/p>\n<p>My Viking history was extremely rusty before my trip, but I was fascinated by his story and time in Greenland.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//44//75//76//808x539_cmsv2_dc80b955-44b0-5b49-a25c-173577ba45b8-6447576.jpg/" alt=\"Mads Pihl - Visit Greenland\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/384x256_cmsv2_dc80b955-44b0-5b49-a25c-173577ba45b8-6447576.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/640x427_cmsv2_dc80b955-44b0-5b49-a25c-173577ba45b8-6447576.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/750x500_cmsv2_dc80b955-44b0-5b49-a25c-173577ba45b8-6447576.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/828x552_cmsv2_dc80b955-44b0-5b49-a25c-173577ba45b8-6447576.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/1080x720_cmsv2_dc80b955-44b0-5b49-a25c-173577ba45b8-6447576.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/1200x800_cmsv2_dc80b955-44b0-5b49-a25c-173577ba45b8-6447576.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/1920x1280_cmsv2_dc80b955-44b0-5b49-a25c-173577ba45b8-6447576.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1330px) 70vw, 900px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Norse runes in Greenland.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Mads Pihl - Visit Greenland<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It turns out Erik the Red is the reason Greenland is (somewhat deceptively) named Greenland. Despite having very little green on the island, he wanted to create the impression of fertility to encourage more people to settle with him.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"http:////www.narsarsuaqmuseum.gl//index.html/">Narsarsuaq Museum<\/strong><\/a> in southern Greenland has an entire collection dedicated to this interesting slice of Norse history.<\/p>\n<h3>\u2026you want to see the climate crisis in action<\/h3><p>My trip to Greenland coincided with one of the only instances of rainfall on the ice sheet. As an environmental journalist, faced with the enormity of global warming every day - you\u2019d think this wouldn\u2019t phase me. But seeing how shocked, and genuinely upset, our Greenlandic guides were by this rain moved me (<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//10//23//it-s-not-about-saving-the-planet-christiana-figueres-on-cop26-climate-grief-stubborn-optim/">and others<\/strong><\/a>) to tears.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullscreen widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//44//75//76//1052x701_cmsv2_0a83878e-148a-5c89-b73a-d95f8bfdc03d-6447576.jpg/" alt=\"Mads Pihl - Visit Greenland\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/384x256_cmsv2_0a83878e-148a-5c89-b73a-d95f8bfdc03d-6447576.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/640x427_cmsv2_0a83878e-148a-5c89-b73a-d95f8bfdc03d-6447576.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/750x500_cmsv2_0a83878e-148a-5c89-b73a-d95f8bfdc03d-6447576.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/828x552_cmsv2_0a83878e-148a-5c89-b73a-d95f8bfdc03d-6447576.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/1080x720_cmsv2_0a83878e-148a-5c89-b73a-d95f8bfdc03d-6447576.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/1200x800_cmsv2_0a83878e-148a-5c89-b73a-d95f8bfdc03d-6447576.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/1920x1280_cmsv2_0a83878e-148a-5c89-b73a-d95f8bfdc03d-6447576.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"100vw\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The Russell Glacier near Kangerlussuaq in Greenland calving in late summer.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Mads Pihl - Visit Greenland<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t think anyone <em>needs<\/em> to see the extremes of the climate crisis in person in order to care, but it was a truly sobering trip in many ways.<\/p>\n<p>On another day I visited Russell Glacier, and as I was photographing the ice, a huge chunk cracked and fell into the water. 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My guide showed me how large it was five, ten, twenty years before - and it was truly astonishing how quickly it has melted.<\/p>\n<h2>How to get to Greenland from Europe<\/h2><p>If I\u2019ve done enough to convince you to visit Greenland - and I hope I have - you may now be wondering how to travel there.<\/p>\n<p>There are no international ferry connections to Greenland, but there are cruises that sometimes visit parts of the country. However, these cruises are usually part of longer tours and are not the best way to travel directly.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.66650390625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//44//75//76//1280x853_cmsv2_db81a7f4-05f0-5834-b595-a6db8b965344-6447576.jpg/" alt=\"Malik Broens\/Air Greenland\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/384x256_cmsv2_db81a7f4-05f0-5834-b595-a6db8b965344-6447576.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/640x427_cmsv2_db81a7f4-05f0-5834-b595-a6db8b965344-6447576.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/750x500_cmsv2_db81a7f4-05f0-5834-b595-a6db8b965344-6447576.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/828x552_cmsv2_db81a7f4-05f0-5834-b595-a6db8b965344-6447576.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/1080x720_cmsv2_db81a7f4-05f0-5834-b595-a6db8b965344-6447576.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/1200x800_cmsv2_db81a7f4-05f0-5834-b595-a6db8b965344-6447576.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/44\/75\/76\/1920x1280_cmsv2_db81a7f4-05f0-5834-b595-a6db8b965344-6447576.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1330px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">An aerial view of Kangerlussuaq Airport, the largest in Greenland. 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I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a crazy move!\u201d Johannes Jensen tells Euronews Culture.","summary":"\u201cIs it a crazy move? I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a crazy move!\u201d Johannes Jensen tells Euronews Culture.","keySentence":"","url":"famed-faroese-restaurateur-takes-his-michelin-starred-sustainable-food-to-greenland","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2022\/01\/29\/famed-faroese-restaurateur-takes-his-michelin-starred-sustainable-food-to-greenland","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A Faroese restaurateur is packing up his award-winning kitchen lock, stock and smoked fish barrels and moving everything to Greenland. \n\n\nRestaurant KOKS, with two Michelin stars, has already served its last dinner in the Faroe Islands as owner Johannes Jensen prepares to re-open in Ilimanaq, on the west coast of Greenland. \n\nIt will be the first-ever Michelin-starred food available in Greenland. \n\n\u201cIs it a crazy move? I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a crazy move!\u201d Jensen tells Euronews Culture. \n\n\u201cWe are moving the terroir from the Faroe Islands to Greenland. We are still in the Nordics, we are still in the Arctic, and there are fantastic possibilities in what is available in Greenland.\u201d \n\nDue to the cold winter temperatures (with an average high of just -17\u00b0C) KOKS will only be open for a hundred days in 2022 and 2023: from mid-June to mid-September. \n\nJohannes Jensen and his team then plan to return to the Faroe Islands and re-open KOKS in 2024, this time in a brand new location being developed while they're away in Greenland.\u00a0 \n\nArctic larder awaits diners in Greenland \n\nKOKS founder Johannes Jensen is not going to Greenland alone: he\u2019ll be taking his award-winning head chef Poul Andrias Ziska, and front of house manager-sommelier Karin Visth and their families as well. \n\nChef Ziska, known for serving air-dried lamb, fermented tallow, salted whale blubber, lichen, local clams, kelp, and seabirds like gannet, fulmar and razorbills, will have a whole new natural larder to discover in Greenland. \n\n\u201cThere\u2019s different berries, different sheep and birds and seafood. That\u2019s one of the reasons why we think this is fantastic, the location itself,\u201d explains Jensen, 59, who opened the original KOKS back in 2011. \n\n\u201cThere are fantastic possibilities in what is available in Greenland at sea, in the field, on the mountains. Birds, meat, animals, vegetables and all the various berries that are there,\u201d he says. \n\nKOKS was awarded its first Michelin star in 2017 - the only one in the Faroe Islands - and received its second in 2019. It\u2019s become world-renowned for serving dishes made with locally sourced or cultivated ingredients - including some items like shellfish and molluscs which, while bountiful, are not typically part of the Faroese diet. \n\nIn the new Greenland location there will be plenty of seasonal herbs and wildflowers to forage for, and locally-caught halibut, seals, sea birds, whale, reindeer and muskox - a large shaggy animal that looks like a bison. \n\n\u201cI have a feeling that the opportunities in Greenland are bigger than in the Faroe Islands in terms of finding interesting produce to make dishes from,\u201d says Jensen. \n\nA remote dining experience of icebergs and fjords \n\nSo what kind of guests could visit such a remote location in search of fine dining? \n\n\u201cThe guests eating at KOKS Greenland will be foodies, and other people who have a high interest in gastronomy,\u201d explains Jensen. \n\n\u201cIt\u2019s not rich people, and it\u2019s not the local people, but of course they are welcome [...] but I think the bulk will be people just being interested in experiencing remote places and with a high interest in gastronomy. That\u2019s my gut feeling.\u201d \n\nInternational guests who manage to secure one of the 58 seats at KOKS Greenland will fly into Ilulissat Airport from Denmark or Iceland, and then take a half-hour boat transfer across the mouth of a fjord, past icebergs, to their final destination in the village of Ilimanaq. \n\nJohannes Jensen and his team will open KOKS in the former colonial manager\u2019s residence at Ilimanaq which was built in the 1740s, one of the oldest houses in Greenland - so just as in the Faroe Islands, the chefs will immerse themselves in an historic venue to prepare the food. \n\nFifteen luxury bungalows provide on-site accommodation, and guests are limited to a one-night stay which includes dinner and breakfast. Of course, it\u2019s possible to only come for the food but bungalow guests are given priority restaurant bookings and if you\u2019ve travelled all the way to one of the world\u2019s most remote fine dining restaurants, why wouldn\u2019t you stay the night in a stunning Arctic setting? \n\n\u201cWe want to be part of a trend which I hope will start in Greenland, where we will involve the local people, not only the raw material but the local chefs, local hunters, local distributors so we will be part of the journey to modernise the gastronomy in Greenland\u201d explains Johannes Jensen. \n\n\u201cStill respecting the ancient way of treating the animals and using maybe old methods, old techniques combined with our modern techniques.\u201d \n\nBookings for KOKS Greenland\u2019s short summer season are released on February 1st. No prices have been set yet, but the original KOKS tasting menu perhaps gives some guidance at close to \u20ac300 per person for 17 courses, with wine pairings an additional \u20ac215. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>A Faroese restaurateur is packing up his award-winning kitchen lock, stock and smoked fish barrels and moving everything to Greenland. <\/p>\n<p>Restaurant KOKS, with two Michelin stars, has already served its last dinner in the Faroe Islands as owner Johannes Jensen prepares to re-open in Ilimanaq, on the west coast of Greenland.<\/p>\n<p>It will be the first-ever Michelin-starred food available in Greenland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs it a crazy move? I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a crazy move!\u201d Jensen tells Euronews Culture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are moving the terroir from the Faroe Islands to Greenland. We are still in the Nordics, we are still in the Arctic, and there are fantastic possibilities in what is available in Greenland.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5253505933117584\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//42//89//64//808x425_cmsv2_1596c1c1-887b-5cce-bc09-f5acb71684e4-6428964.jpg/" alt=\"World Of Greenland\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/89\/64\/384x202_cmsv2_1596c1c1-887b-5cce-bc09-f5acb71684e4-6428964.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/89\/64\/640x336_cmsv2_1596c1c1-887b-5cce-bc09-f5acb71684e4-6428964.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/89\/64\/750x394_cmsv2_1596c1c1-887b-5cce-bc09-f5acb71684e4-6428964.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/89\/64\/828x435_cmsv2_1596c1c1-887b-5cce-bc09-f5acb71684e4-6428964.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/89\/64\/1080x567_cmsv2_1596c1c1-887b-5cce-bc09-f5acb71684e4-6428964.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/89\/64\/1200x630_cmsv2_1596c1c1-887b-5cce-bc09-f5acb71684e4-6428964.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/89\/64\/1920x1009_cmsv2_1596c1c1-887b-5cce-bc09-f5acb71684e4-6428964.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Ilimanaq Glacier, Greenland<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">World Of Greenland<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Due to the cold winter temperatures (with an average high of just -17\u00b0C) KOKS will only be open for a hundred days in 2022 and 2023: from mid-June to mid-September.<\/p>\n<p>Johannes Jensen and his team then plan to return to the Faroe Islands and re-open KOKS in 2024, this time in a brand new location being developed while they're away in Greenland.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Arctic larder awaits diners in Greenland<\/h2><p>KOKS founder Johannes Jensen is not going to Greenland alone: he\u2019ll be taking his award-winning head chef Poul Andrias Ziska, and front of house manager-sommelier Karin Visth and their families as well.<\/p>\n<p>Chef Ziska, known for serving air-dried lamb, fermented tallow, salted whale blubber, lichen, local clams, kelp, and seabirds like gannet, fulmar and razorbills, will have a whole new natural larder to discover in Greenland.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1.4993757802746568\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//42//89//64//808x1206_cmsv2_91d416a9-f35d-5b49-b01f-1e3a763f5810-6428964.jpg/" alt=\"Claes Bech-Poulsen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/89\/64\/384x576_cmsv2_91d416a9-f35d-5b49-b01f-1e3a763f5810-6428964.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/89\/64\/640x960_cmsv2_91d416a9-f35d-5b49-b01f-1e3a763f5810-6428964.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/89\/64\/750x1125_cmsv2_91d416a9-f35d-5b49-b01f-1e3a763f5810-6428964.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/89\/64\/828x1241_cmsv2_91d416a9-f35d-5b49-b01f-1e3a763f5810-6428964.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/89\/64\/1080x1619_cmsv2_91d416a9-f35d-5b49-b01f-1e3a763f5810-6428964.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/89\/64\/1200x1799_cmsv2_91d416a9-f35d-5b49-b01f-1e3a763f5810-6428964.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/89\/64\/1920x2879_cmsv2_91d416a9-f35d-5b49-b01f-1e3a763f5810-6428964.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">KOKS Head Chef Poul Andrias Ziska<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Claes Bech-Poulsen<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s different berries, different sheep and birds and seafood. That\u2019s one of the reasons why we think this is fantastic, the location itself,\u201d explains Jensen, 59, who opened the original KOKS back in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are fantastic possibilities in what is available in Greenland at sea, in the field, on the mountains. Birds, meat, animals, vegetables and all the various berries that are there,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>KOKS was awarded its first Michelin star in 2017 - the only one in the Faroe Islands - and received its second in 2019. It\u2019s become world-renowned for serving dishes made with locally sourced or cultivated ingredients - including some items like shellfish and molluscs which, while bountiful, are not typically part of the Faroese diet.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1.0011778563015312\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//42//89//64//808x808_cmsv2_3a1b022a-8e06-584e-903b-292ff30987e5-6428964.jpg/" alt=\"KOKS Restaurant\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/89\/64\/384x384_cmsv2_3a1b022a-8e06-584e-903b-292ff30987e5-6428964.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/89\/64\/640x641_cmsv2_3a1b022a-8e06-584e-903b-292ff30987e5-6428964.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/89\/64\/750x751_cmsv2_3a1b022a-8e06-584e-903b-292ff30987e5-6428964.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/89\/64\/828x829_cmsv2_3a1b022a-8e06-584e-903b-292ff30987e5-6428964.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/89\/64\/1080x1081_cmsv2_3a1b022a-8e06-584e-903b-292ff30987e5-6428964.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/89\/64\/1200x1201_cmsv2_3a1b022a-8e06-584e-903b-292ff30987e5-6428964.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/89\/64\/1920x1922_cmsv2_3a1b022a-8e06-584e-903b-292ff30987e5-6428964.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Catch straight from the sea in Faroe Islands<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">KOKS Restaurant<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In the new Greenland location there will be plenty of seasonal herbs and wildflowers to forage for, and locally-caught halibut, seals, sea birds, whale, reindeer and muskox - a large shaggy animal that looks like a bison.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a feeling that the opportunities in Greenland are bigger than in the Faroe Islands in terms of finding interesting produce to make dishes from,\u201d says Jensen.<\/p>\n<h2>A remote dining experience of icebergs and fjords<\/h2><p>So what kind of guests could visit such a remote location in search of fine dining?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe guests eating at KOKS Greenland will be foodies, and other people who have a high interest in gastronomy,\u201d explains Jensen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not rich people, and it\u2019s not the local people, but of course they are welcome [...] but I think the bulk will be people just being interested in experiencing remote places and with a high interest in gastronomy. That\u2019s my gut feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>International guests who manage to secure one of the 58 seats at KOKS Greenland will fly into Ilulissat Airport from Denmark or Iceland, and then take a half-hour boat transfer across the mouth of a fjord, past icebergs, to their final destination in the village of Ilimanaq.<\/p>\n<p>Johannes Jensen and his team will open KOKS in the former colonial manager\u2019s residence at Ilimanaq which was built in the 1740s, one of the oldest houses in Greenland - so just as in the Faroe Islands, the chefs will immerse themselves in an historic venue to prepare the food.<\/p>\n<p>Fifteen luxury bungalows provide on-site accommodation, and guests are limited to a one-night stay which includes dinner and breakfast. Of course, it\u2019s possible to only come for the food but bungalow guests are given priority restaurant bookings and if you\u2019ve travelled all the way to one of the world\u2019s most remote fine dining restaurants, why wouldn\u2019t you stay the night in a stunning Arctic setting?<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.66748046875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//42//89//64//808x539_cmsv2_14b4b737-3ae8-5a73-99d8-aec999219598-6428964.jpg/" alt=\"Gustav Thuesen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/89\/64\/384x256_cmsv2_14b4b737-3ae8-5a73-99d8-aec999219598-6428964.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/89\/64\/640x427_cmsv2_14b4b737-3ae8-5a73-99d8-aec999219598-6428964.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/89\/64\/750x501_cmsv2_14b4b737-3ae8-5a73-99d8-aec999219598-6428964.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/89\/64\/828x553_cmsv2_14b4b737-3ae8-5a73-99d8-aec999219598-6428964.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/89\/64\/1080x721_cmsv2_14b4b737-3ae8-5a73-99d8-aec999219598-6428964.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/89\/64\/1200x801_cmsv2_14b4b737-3ae8-5a73-99d8-aec999219598-6428964.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/89\/64\/1920x1282_cmsv2_14b4b737-3ae8-5a73-99d8-aec999219598-6428964.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Bungalow accommodation at Ilimanaq, Greenland<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Gustav Thuesen<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe want to be part of a trend which I hope will start in Greenland, where we will involve the local people, not only the raw material but the local chefs, local hunters, local distributors so we will be part of the journey to modernise the gastronomy in Greenland\u201d explains Johannes Jensen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStill respecting the ancient way of treating the animals and using maybe old methods, old techniques combined with our modern techniques.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bookings for KOKS Greenland\u2019s short summer season are released on February 1st. 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\u201crapid and pronounced warming\u201d of the Arctic is already wreaking havoc on the world\u2019s northernmost communities -- including those in Europe -- a report has found. \n\nIn its 16th annual Arctic Report Card, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) found changes to the Arctic will likely impact communities far away from the region \u2013 and already poses a danger to the millions who live there. \n\n\u201cHuman-caused climate change is propelling the arctic into a dramatically different state than it was in just a few decades ago,\u201d NOAA administrator Rick Spinard said at a news conference introducing the report. \u201cThe trends are consistent, alarming and undeniable.\u201d \n\nThe Arctic climate is of global significance because it\u2019s essentially the world\u2019s refrigerator -- it helps cool the planet -- according to the US National Snow and Ice Data Center . However, the climate crisis has contributed to destructive changes to the region\u2019s climate and unique ecology. The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet. 2021 was the seventh-warmest year on record in the Arctic, while October to December 2020 was the warmest autumn on record dating back to 1900, according to the report. \n\nThe trends in Europe are troubling. Surface air temperatures in the European Arctic from October 2020 to September 2021 were the second-highest recorded since 1900. The summer of 2020 in Eurasia marked the longest snow-free period in the region since 1998 when records began. Rain was even observed for the first time ever at a research station in Greenland 3,216 meters (10,500 feet) above sea level. \n\nThe report card featured peer-reviewed analysis and observations from 111 scientists from 12 countries, including examples of how climate change has already proven deadly in the Arctic. \n\nOne chapter explained in 2017, a tsunami that killed four people in Greenland was likely caused by a glacier retreating that exposed a steep slope of rock. Glacial retreat is caused by climate change . \n\n\u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019re talking about these cascading effects,\u201d Dr Hanne Christiansen, a co-author of the section discussing threats posed by melting glaciers and thawing permafrost, told Euronews. \n\n\u201cOne thing that triggers the next thing that triggers the next thing, and in this example, the end result is that it killed people, because you have this tsunami that washes into a village that isn't warned about it,\u201d said Christiansen, who is a professor of physical geography at The University Centre in Svalbard. \n\nSvalbard is a remote archipelago that sits between Norway and the North Pole. Its largest town, Longyearbyen, is often billed the world\u2019s northernmost settlement. Its 2,100 inhabitants live side-by-side with polar bears. \n\nThe islands are also on the front lines of climate change. Temperatures have jumped between 3 and 5 degrees Celsius since the early 1970s, a 2019 report from the Norwegian government found . Projected changes to the climate, rising temperatures and changes to permafrost \u201cwill likely increase the frequency of all types of avalanches and landslides that already occur in the Longyearbyen area,\u201d the report said. \n\nChristiansen has lived in Svalbard for more than 20 years. She said that the change in climate there has been among the most drastic observed in the Arctic region. However, she added that the archipelago\u2019s maritime setting makes the region prone to bigger swings in climate than a settlement located on a continent. \n\n\u201cOne season can be very cold, one can be very warm. We are used to having a January of minus 30 (degrees Celsius), and the next year, maybe it\u2019s plus 2 (degrees Celsius),\u201d Christiansen said. \n\nChristiansen said that variability makes it difficult to measure the effect of climate change on permafrost, something she is currently researching. \n\n\u201cYou need to understand the variability, and that\u2019s why we\u2019ve been collecting data for 10, 20 years.\u201d \n\nWhile climate change poses a threat to the entire Arctic, the challenges to Europe\u2019s Arctic communities are slightly different than those in places like Siberia and Alaska. \n\n\u201cThe danger to the people who live there is dependent on what they're living off and on,\u201d Dr Michael Tjernstr\u00f6m, a professor of boundary layer meteorology at Stockholm University, told Euronews. \n\nThe northern Scandinavian communities that are predominantly reindeer herders have been impacted by the rising amount of rain, even in winter. \n\n\u201cThe rain on the snow creates layering in the snow, and the reindeer have a problem getting through, and they can\u2019t find food,\u201d Tjernstr\u00f6m said. \n\nPopulations dependent on fishing, like those living on the Bering Sea in northern Norway, must find a way to cope with changes to the stock in fish. \n\n\u201cIt's not necessarily that climate change is different in different parts of the Arctic. It's more that the lifestyle of these populations is different,\u201d Tjernstr\u00f6m said. \n\nTjernstr\u00f6m likened the devastating events and broken records highlighted in NOAA\u2019s Arctic Report Card to brushstrokes in a painting. \n\nThe report shows examples of how the climate crisis manifests in a given year, but one needs to step back and look at longer-term trends to understand how the Arctic is changing. \n\n\u201cClimate change is not what happens this year. Climate change is a slow process,\u201d Tjernstr\u00f6m said. \u201cGradual change is the real threat. It sets the foundation for everything else.\u201d \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The \u201crapid and pronounced warming\u201d of the Arctic is already wreaking havoc on the world\u2019s northernmost communities -- including those in Europe -- a report has found.<\/p>\n<p>In its 16th annual Arctic Report Card, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) found changes to the Arctic will likely impact communities far away from the region \u2013 and already poses a danger to the millions who live there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHuman-caused climate change is propelling the arctic into a dramatically different state than it was in just a few decades ago,\u201d NOAA administrator Rick Spinard said at a news conference introducing the report. \u201cThe trends are consistent, alarming and undeniable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Arctic climate is of global significance because it\u2019s essentially the world\u2019s refrigerator -- it helps cool the planet -- <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////nsidc.org//cryosphere//arctic-meteorology//climate_change.html/">according to the US National Snow and Ice Data Center<\/strong><\/a>. However, the climate crisis has contributed to destructive changes to the region\u2019s climate and unique ecology. The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet. 2021 was the seventh-warmest year on record in the Arctic, while October to December 2020 was the warmest autumn on record dating back to 1900, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>The trends in Europe are troubling. Surface air temperatures in the European Arctic from October 2020 to September 2021 were the second-highest recorded since 1900. The summer of 2020 in Eurasia marked the longest snow-free period in the region since 1998 when records began. Rain was even observed for the first time ever at a research station in Greenland 3,216 meters (10,500 feet) above sea level.<\/p>\n<p>The report card featured peer-reviewed analysis and observations from 111 scientists from 12 countries, including examples of how climate change has already proven deadly in the Arctic.<\/p>\n<p>One chapter explained in 2017, a tsunami that killed four people in Greenland was likely caused by a glacier retreating that exposed a steep slope of rock. <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2020//10//19//will-france-s-largest-glacier-still-be-here-by-the-end-of-the-century/">Glacial retreat is caused by climate change<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"5067402\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2020//10//19//will-france-s-largest-glacier-still-be-here-by-the-end-of-the-century/">Will France's largest glacier still be here by the end of the century?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019re talking about these cascading effects,\u201d Dr Hanne Christiansen, a co-author of the section discussing threats posed by melting glaciers and thawing permafrost, told Euronews.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne thing that triggers the next thing that triggers the next thing, and in this example, the end result is that it killed people, because you have this tsunami that washes into a village that isn't warned about it,\u201d said Christiansen, who is a professor of physical geography at The University Centre in Svalbard.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2019//09//20//watch-norway-s-last-coal-miners-fight-for-survival-against-climate-policy/">Svalbard is a remote archipelago that sits between Norway and the North Pole. Its largest town, Longyearbyen, is often billed the world\u2019s northernmost settlement. Its 2,100 inhabitants live side-by-side with polar bears.<\/p>\n<p>The islands are also on the front lines of climate change. Temperatures have jumped between 3 and 5 degrees Celsius since the early 1970s, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2019//02//04//norways-arctic-islands-at-risk-of-devastating-warming-report/">a 2019 report from the Norwegian government found<\/strong><\/a>. Projected changes to the climate, rising temperatures and changes to permafrost \u201cwill likely increase the frequency of all types of avalanches and landslides that already occur in the Longyearbyen area,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n<p>Christiansen has lived in Svalbard for more than 20 years. She said that the change in climate there has been among the most drastic observed in the Arctic region. However, she added that the archipelago\u2019s maritime setting makes the region prone to bigger swings in climate than a settlement located on a continent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne season can be very cold, one can be very warm. We are used to having a January of minus 30 (degrees Celsius), and the next year, maybe it\u2019s plus 2 (degrees Celsius),\u201d Christiansen said.<\/p>\n<p>Christiansen said that variability makes it difficult to measure the effect of climate change on permafrost, something she is currently researching.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou need to understand the variability, and that\u2019s why we\u2019ve been collecting data for 10, 20 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While climate change poses a threat to the entire Arctic, the challenges to Europe\u2019s Arctic communities are slightly different than those in places like Siberia and Alaska.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe danger to the people who live there is dependent on what they're living off and on,\u201d Dr Michael Tjernstr\u00f6m, a professor of boundary layer meteorology at Stockholm University, told Euronews.<\/p>\n<p>The northern Scandinavian communities that are predominantly reindeer herders have been impacted by the rising amount of rain, even in winter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe rain on the snow creates layering in the snow, and the reindeer have a problem getting through, and they can\u2019t find food,\u201d Tjernstr\u00f6m said.<\/p>\n<p>Populations dependent on fishing, like those living on the Bering Sea in northern Norway, must find a way to cope with changes to the stock in fish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt's not necessarily that climate change is different in different parts of the Arctic. It's more that the lifestyle of these populations is different,\u201d Tjernstr\u00f6m said.<\/p>\n<p>Tjernstr\u00f6m likened the devastating events and broken records highlighted in NOAA\u2019s Arctic Report Card to brushstrokes in a painting.<\/p>\n<p>The report shows examples of how the climate crisis manifests in a given year, but one needs to step back and look at longer-term trends to understand how the Arctic is changing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClimate change is not what happens this year. Climate change is a slow process,\u201d Tjernstr\u00f6m said. \u201cGradual change is the real threat. It sets the foundation for everything else.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1640098186,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1640170593,"firstPublishedAt":1640170596,"lastPublishedAt":1642333163,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/32\/03\/94\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_8c8369ef-5d7c-5d50-b7a9-3ac11f3550a1-6320394.jpg","altText":"An iceberg delivered by members of Arctic Basecamp is placed on show near the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, on November 5.","caption":"An iceberg delivered by members of Arctic Basecamp is placed on show near the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, on November 5.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Alastair Grant\/Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2235,"height":1257},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/32\/03\/94\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_48b405b6-5461-537b-8467-6c91b10f89ef-6320394.jpg","altText":"A paddler is seen in Northern Finland on July 7. The country's Arctic Lapland region recorded its hottest hottest temperature for more than a century over the summer.","caption":"A paddler is seen in Northern Finland on July 7. 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They had been promised a better life and an education in Danish to form Greenland's future elite. \n\nGreenland was a Danish colony until 1953, before gradually acquiring the status of an autonomous territory. \n\nSix of the survivors, who are now in their 70's, have each requested \u20ac33,600 in compensation in a letter to Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. \n\n\"They lost their family life, their language, their culture and their sense of belonging,\" their lawyer Mads Pramming told Politiken daily on Monday. \n\n\"This is a violation of their right to private and family life, in accordance with Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights,\" he added. \n\nPramming says he will file a lawsuit if the government doesn't respond within two weeks. \n\n\"We are ready to go to court if the state does not pay,\" he said. \n\nIn Denmark, the children were deprived of contact with their relatives. \n\nWhen they came back to their homeland, they were placed in an orphanage, even though they were not orphans. Many of them never saw their families again. \n\nIn December, the Danish prime minister issued a formal apology. \n\n\"We cannot change what happened. But we can take responsibility and apologise to those we should have cared for but failed to do\" Frederiksen said. \n\nBut according to the minister of social affairs, the apology was not necessarily intended to result in financial compensation. \n\n\"The government and I believe that acknowledging the mistakes of the past is key and it is important that we learn from these mistakes of the past so that history does not repeat itself,\" Astrid Krag told Politiken. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Six indigenous Greenlanders who were sent to mainland Denmark as children as part of a failed social experiment are seeking compensation from the Danish State.<\/p>\n<p>In 1951, 22 Inuit children were separated from their families and taken to Denmark. They had been promised a better life and an education in Danish to form Greenland's future elite.<\/p>\n<p>Greenland was a Danish colony until 1953, before gradually acquiring the status of an autonomous territory.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"5188412\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2020//12//08//danish-prime-minister-apologises-to-22-greenland-children-69-years-after-social-experiment/">Danish Prime Minister apologises to 22 Greenland children 69 years after social experiment<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Six of the survivors, who are now in their 70's, have each requested \u20ac33,600 in compensation in a letter to Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.<\/p>\n<p>\"They lost their family life, their language, their culture and their sense of belonging,\" their lawyer Mads Pramming told Politiken daily on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\"This is a violation of their right to private and family life, in accordance with Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights,\" he added.<\/p>\n<p>Pramming says he will file a lawsuit if the government doesn't respond within two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\"We are ready to go to court if the state does not pay,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>In Denmark, the children were deprived of contact with their relatives.<\/p>\n<p>When they came back to their homeland, they were placed in an orphanage, even though they were not orphans. Many of them never saw their families again.<\/p>\n<p>In December, the Danish prime minister issued a formal apology.<\/p>\n<p>\"We cannot change what happened. But we can take responsibility and apologise to those we should have cared for but failed to do\" Frederiksen said.<\/p>\n<p>But according to the minister of social affairs, the apology was not necessarily intended to result in financial compensation.<\/p>\n<p>\"The government and I believe that acknowledging the mistakes of the past is key and it is important that we learn from these mistakes of the past so that history does not repeat itself,\" Astrid Krag told Politiken.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1637659185,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1637663675,"firstPublishedAt":1637663687,"lastPublishedAt":1637663687,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/52\/57\/26\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_55c6a5c3-6fad-5815-bffa-516eda65383a-5525726.jpg","altText":"The city of Nuuk is seen covered in snow, Greenland, Tuesday March 30, 2021.","caption":"The city of Nuuk is seen covered in snow, Greenland, Tuesday March 30, 2021.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Emil Helms\/Ritzau via AP","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":683}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":129,"slug":"greenland","urlSafeValue":"greenland","title":"Greenland","titleRaw":"Greenland"},{"id":70,"slug":"denmark","urlSafeValue":"denmark","title":"Denmark","titleRaw":"Denmark"},{"id":18046,"slug":"indigenous-people","urlSafeValue":"indigenous-people","title":"Indigenous peoples","titleRaw":"Indigenous peoples"},{"id":14654,"slug":"colonialism","urlSafeValue":"colonialism","title":"Colonialism","titleRaw":"Colonialism"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2281106}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Euronews with AFP","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},{"id":2,"slug":"my-europe","urlSafeValue":"my-europe","title":"Europe"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"},{"id":"europe-news","urlSafeValue":"europe-news","title":"Europe News","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":4437,"urlSafeValue":"greenland","title":"Greenland","url":"\/news\/europe\/greenland"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":"'gt_mixed','gs_family_children','neg_facebook_2021','gs_politics','gs_politics_misc','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','sm_politics','gs_family','gs_law_misc','neg_bucherer','gs_law','gt_negative_sadness','gv_safe'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/2021\/11\/23\/indigenous-greenlanders-demand-compensation-from-denmark-over-failed-colonial-experiment","lastModified":1637663687},{"id":1724174,"cid":6208372,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"211106_CMSU_43432034","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"GREEN AP GREENLAND STORY","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Ice on the edge of survival: How global warming is changing the Arctic forever","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Ice on the edge of survival: How global warming is changing the Arctic","titleListing2":"Ice on the edge of survival: How global warming is changing the Arctic forever","leadin":"Discussions at COP26 in Glasgow this month will also concern the fate of the Arctic region. If the Greenland ice sheet melts, sea levels will rise by 7 metres globally.","summary":"Discussions at COP26 in Glasgow this month will also concern the fate of the Arctic region. If the Greenland ice sheet melts, sea levels will rise by 7 metres globally.","keySentence":"","url":"ice-on-the-edge-of-survival-how-global-warming-is-changing-the-arctic-forever","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2021\/11\/06\/ice-on-the-edge-of-survival-how-global-warming-is-changing-the-arctic-forever","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"While conducting research in Greenland, ice scientist Twila Moon was struck this summer by what climate change has doomed Earth to lose and what could still be saved. \n\nThe Arctic is warming three times faster than the rest of the planet and is on such a knife\u2019s edge of survival that the UN climate negotiations underway in Scotland this week could make the difference between ice and water at the top of the world in the same way that a couple of tenths of a degree matter around the freezing mark, scientists say. \n\nArctic ice sheets and glaciers are shrinking, with some glaciers already gone. Permafrost, the icy soil that traps the potent greenhouse gas methane, is thawing. Wildfires have broken out in the Arctic. Siberia even hit 38\u00b0C. Even a region called the Last Ice Area showed unexpected melting this year. \n\nIn the next couple of decades, the Arctic is likely to see summers with no sea ice. \n\nAs she returns regularly to Greenland, Moon, a researcher with the US National Snow and Ice Data Center, said she finds herself \u201cmourning and grieving for the things we have lost already\" because of past carbon dioxide emissions that trap heat. \n\nBut the decisions we make now about how much more carbon pollution Earth emits will mean \u201can incredibly large difference between how much ice we keep and how much we lose and how quickly,\" she said. \n\nThe most Northerly climate summit unpacks the fate of the Arctic \n\nThe fate of the Arctic looms large during the climate talks in Glasgow \u2014 the farthest north the negotiations have taken place \u2014 because what happens in the Arctic doesn't stay in the Arctic. Scientists believe the warming there is already contributing to weather calamities elsewhere around the world. \n\n\u201cIf we end up in a seasonally sea ice-free Arctic in the summertime, that\u2019s something human civilisation has never known,\u201d said former NASA chief scientist Waleed Abdalati, who runs the University of Colorado\u2019s environment program. \u201cThat\u2019s like taking a sledgehammer to the climate system.\" \n\nWhat's happening in the Arctic is a runaway effect. \n\n\u201cOnce you start melting, that kind of enhances more melt,\u201d said University of Manitoba ice scientist Julienne Stroeve. \n\nWhen covered with snow and ice, the Arctic reflects sunlight and heat. But that blanket is dwindling. And as more sea ice melts in the summer, \u201cyou\u2019re revealing really dark ocean surfaces, just like a black T-shirt,\u201d Moon said. Like dark clothing, the open patches of sea soak up heat from the sun more readily. \n\nBetween 1971 and 2019, the surface of the Arctic warmed three times faster than the rest of the world, according to the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program. \n\nThe result? \n\n\u201cThe Arctic isn\u2019t just changing in temperature,\u201d Abdalati said. \u201cIt\u2019s changing in state. It\u2019s becoming a different place.\u201d \n\nThe 2015 Paris climate agreement set a goal of limiting the warming of the Earth to 1.5\u00b0C above pre-industrial temperatures, or, failing that, keeping it under 2\u00b0C. The world has already become 1.1\u00b0C warmer since the late 1800s. \n\nThe difference between what happens at 1.5\u00b0C and 2\u00b0C can hit the Arctic harder than the rest of the world, University of Alaska Fairbanks climate scientist John Walsh, a member of the Arctic monitoring team.\u00a0 \n\n\u201cWe can save the Arctic, or at least preserve it in many ways, but we\u2019re going to lose that if we go above 1.5\u00b0C.\u201d \n\nThe Arctic itself has blown past 2\u00b0C of warming, Stroeve said. It\u2019s approaching 9\u00b0C of warming in November, she said. \n\nFor John Waghiyi Jr, the Arctic is not a number or an abstraction. It\u2019s been home for 67 years, and he and other native Bering Sea elders have watched the Arctic change because of warming. The sea ice, which allows humans and polar bears to hunt, is shrinking in the summer. \n\n\u201cThe ice is very dangerous nowadays. It\u2019s very unpredictable,\" said Waghiyi of Savoonga, Alaska. \u201cThe ice pack affects us all, spiritually, culturally and physically, as we need to have it in order to keep harvesting.\u201d \n\nAffecting people across the planet \n\nThe ice is \u201cat the core of our identity,\u201d said Dalee Sambo Dorough, international chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, representing 165,000 people in several nations. \n\nThis isn\u2019t just a problem for people living in the Arctic. It spells trouble for regions much farther south. \n\nAn increasingly large number of studies link Arctic changes to alterations of the jet stream \u2014 the river of air that moves weather from west to east \u2014 and other weather systems.\u00a0 \n\nAnd those changes, scientists say, can contribute to more extreme weather events, such as floods, drought, the February Texas freeze, or more severe wildfires. \n\nAlso, the melting of ice sheets and glaciers can add considerably to rising sea levels. \n\n\u201cThe fate of places like Miami are tied very closely to the fate of Greenland,\u201d said David Balton, director of the US Arctic Executive Steering Committee, which coordinates US domestic regulations involving the Arctic and deals with other northern nations.\u00a0 \n\n\u201cIf you live in Topeka, Kansas, or if you live in California. If you live in Nigeria, your life is going to be affected. The Arctic matters on all sorts of levels.\u201d \n\n","htmlText":"<p>While conducting research in Greenland, ice scientist Twila Moon was struck this summer by what climate change has doomed Earth to lose and what could still be saved.<\/p>\n<p>The Arctic is warming three times faster than the rest of the planet and is on such a knife\u2019s edge of survival that the UN climate negotiations underway in Scotland this week could make the difference between ice and water at the top of the world in the same way that a couple of tenths of a degree matter around the freezing mark, scientists say.<\/p>\n<p>Arctic ice sheets and glaciers are shrinking, with some glaciers already gone. Permafrost, the icy soil that traps the potent greenhouse gas methane, is thawing. Wildfires have broken out in the Arctic. Siberia even hit 38\u00b0C. Even a region called the Last Ice Area showed unexpected melting this year.<\/p>\n<p>In the next couple of decades, the Arctic is likely to see summers with no sea ice.<\/p>\n<p>As she returns regularly to Greenland, Moon, a researcher with the US National Snow and Ice Data Center, said she finds herself \u201cmourning and grieving for the things we have lost already\" because of past carbon dioxide emissions that trap heat.<\/p>\n<p>But the decisions we make now about how much more carbon pollution Earth emits will mean \u201can incredibly large difference between how much ice we keep and how much we lose and how quickly,\" she said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"6204048\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//news//2021//11//04//we-need-to-ditch-fossil-fuels-but-what-happens-to-the-communities-relying-on-them-for-inco/">We need to ditch fossil fuels, but what happens to the communities relying on them for income?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>The most Northerly climate summit unpacks the fate of the Arctic<\/h2><p>The fate of the Arctic looms large during the climate talks in Glasgow \u2014 the farthest north the negotiations have taken place \u2014 because what happens in the Arctic doesn't stay in the Arctic. Scientists believe the warming there is already contributing to weather calamities elsewhere around the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we end up in a seasonally sea ice-free Arctic in the summertime, that\u2019s something human civilisation has never known,\u201d said former NASA chief scientist Waleed Abdalati, who runs the University of Colorado\u2019s environment program. \u201cThat\u2019s like taking a sledgehammer to the climate system.\"<\/p>\n<p>What's happening in the Arctic is a runaway effect.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6701156421180767\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//20//83//72//808x542_cmsv2_c1268890-4407-5d61-a12a-e73b03936637-6208372.jpg/" alt=\"David Goldman\/Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/20\/83\/72\/384x257_cmsv2_c1268890-4407-5d61-a12a-e73b03936637-6208372.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/20\/83\/72\/640x429_cmsv2_c1268890-4407-5d61-a12a-e73b03936637-6208372.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/20\/83\/72\/750x503_cmsv2_c1268890-4407-5d61-a12a-e73b03936637-6208372.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/20\/83\/72\/828x555_cmsv2_c1268890-4407-5d61-a12a-e73b03936637-6208372.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/20\/83\/72\/1080x724_cmsv2_c1268890-4407-5d61-a12a-e73b03936637-6208372.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/20\/83\/72\/1200x804_cmsv2_c1268890-4407-5d61-a12a-e73b03936637-6208372.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/20\/83\/72\/1920x1287_cmsv2_c1268890-4407-5d61-a12a-e73b03936637-6208372.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Broken blocks of sea ice emerge from under the hull of the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica as it sails through the Victoria Strait in the Arctic.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">David Goldman\/Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cOnce you start melting, that kind of enhances more melt,\u201d said University of Manitoba ice scientist Julienne Stroeve.<\/p>\n<p>When covered with snow and ice, the Arctic reflects sunlight and heat. But that blanket is dwindling. And as more sea ice melts in the summer, \u201cyou\u2019re revealing really dark ocean surfaces, just like a black T-shirt,\u201d Moon said. Like dark clothing, the open patches of sea soak up heat from the sun more readily.<\/p>\n<p>Between 1971 and 2019, the surface of the Arctic warmed three times faster than the rest of the world, according to the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"6043902\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//09//09//fossil-fuels-must-remain-in-the-ground-to-keep-warming-below-1-5-c-study-says/">Fossil fuels must remain in the ground to keep warming below 1.5\u00b0C, study says<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>The result?<\/h2><p>\u201cThe Arctic isn\u2019t just changing in temperature,\u201d Abdalati said. \u201cIt\u2019s changing in state. It\u2019s becoming a different place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2015 Paris climate agreement set a goal of limiting the warming of the Earth to 1.5\u00b0C above pre-industrial temperatures, or, failing that, keeping it under 2\u00b0C. The world has already become 1.1\u00b0C warmer since the late 1800s.<\/p>\n<p>The difference between what happens at 1.5\u00b0C and 2\u00b0C can hit the Arctic harder than the rest of the world, University of Alaska Fairbanks climate scientist John Walsh, a member of the Arctic monitoring team.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can save the Arctic, or at least preserve it in many ways, but we\u2019re going to lose that if we go above 1.5\u00b0C.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6504608294930876\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//20//83//72//808x525_cmsv2_ff1c813e-46e1-5986-b42f-d9be62a571f8-6208372.jpg/" alt=\"Alastair Grant\/Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/20\/83\/72\/384x250_cmsv2_ff1c813e-46e1-5986-b42f-d9be62a571f8-6208372.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/20\/83\/72\/640x416_cmsv2_ff1c813e-46e1-5986-b42f-d9be62a571f8-6208372.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/20\/83\/72\/750x488_cmsv2_ff1c813e-46e1-5986-b42f-d9be62a571f8-6208372.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/20\/83\/72\/828x539_cmsv2_ff1c813e-46e1-5986-b42f-d9be62a571f8-6208372.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/20\/83\/72\/1080x702_cmsv2_ff1c813e-46e1-5986-b42f-d9be62a571f8-6208372.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/20\/83\/72\/1200x781_cmsv2_ff1c813e-46e1-5986-b42f-d9be62a571f8-6208372.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/20\/83\/72\/1920x1249_cmsv2_ff1c813e-46e1-5986-b42f-d9be62a571f8-6208372.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The Arctic Hub at COP26 in Glasgow, where discussions and negotiations around keeping below 1.5C are happening.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Alastair Grant\/Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Arctic itself has blown past 2\u00b0C of warming, Stroeve said. It\u2019s approaching 9\u00b0C of warming in November, she said.<\/p>\n<p>For John Waghiyi Jr, the Arctic is not a number or an abstraction. It\u2019s been home for 67 years, and he and other native Bering Sea elders have watched the Arctic change because of warming. The sea ice, which allows humans and polar bears to hunt, is shrinking in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ice is very dangerous nowadays. It\u2019s very unpredictable,\" said Waghiyi of Savoonga, Alaska. \u201cThe ice pack affects us all, spiritually, culturally and physically, as we need to have it in order to keep harvesting.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"6164074\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//10//23//it-s-not-about-saving-the-planet-christiana-figueres-on-cop26-climate-grief-stubborn-optim/">'It's not about saving the planet': Christiana Figueres on COP26, climate grief & stubborn optimism<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Affecting people across the planet<\/h2><p>The ice is \u201cat the core of our identity,\u201d said Dalee Sambo Dorough, international chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, representing 165,000 people in several nations.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t just a problem for people living in the Arctic. It spells trouble for regions much farther south.<\/p>\n<p>An increasingly large number of studies link Arctic changes to alterations of the jet stream \u2014 the river of air that moves weather from west to east \u2014 and other weather systems.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And those changes, scientists say, can contribute to more extreme weather events, such as floods, drought, the February Texas freeze, or more severe wildfires.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the melting of ice sheets and glaciers can add considerably to rising sea levels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fate of places like Miami are tied very closely to the fate of Greenland,\u201d said David Balton, director of the US Arctic Executive Steering Committee, which coordinates US domestic regulations involving the Arctic and deals with other northern nations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you live in Topeka, Kansas, or if you live in California. If you live in Nigeria, your life is going to be affected. The Arctic matters on all sorts of levels.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1636198854,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1636202195,"firstPublishedAt":1636202199,"lastPublishedAt":1636202199,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/20\/83\/72\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_61f92c97-3389-5da6-a6f4-b51f063902b3-6208372.jpg","altText":"A large melt pool forms in the Ilulissat ice fjord below the Jakobshavn Glacier, at the fringe of the vast Greenland ice sheet.","caption":"A large melt pool forms in the Ilulissat ice fjord below the Jakobshavn Glacier, at the fringe of the vast Greenland ice sheet.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Brennan Linsley\/Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":5616,"height":3744},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/20\/83\/72\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_ff1c813e-46e1-5986-b42f-d9be62a571f8-6208372.jpg","altText":"The Arctic Hub at COP26 in Glasgow, where discussions and negotiations around keeping below 1.5C are happening.","caption":"The Arctic Hub at COP26 in Glasgow, where discussions and negotiations around keeping below 1.5C are happening.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Alastair Grant\/Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":4340,"height":2823},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/20\/83\/72\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_c1268890-4407-5d61-a12a-e73b03936637-6208372.jpg","altText":"Broken blocks of sea ice emerge from under the hull of the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica as it sails through the Victoria Strait in the Arctic.","caption":"Broken blocks of sea ice emerge from under the hull of the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica as it sails through the Victoria Strait in the Arctic.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"David Goldman\/Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. 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She was perfectly happy before we ever got here, and she will be perfectly happy if we\u2019re idiots enough to pull the ejector seat and leave.\u201d \n\nChristiana Figueres has, on multiple occasions, been referred to as 'the woman who saved the planet'. Remarks like these come from her role in the monumental success of the 2015 Paris Agreement . \n\nBut after speaking with Figueres, it\u2019s evident that this isn\u2019t an entirely accurate description. As she makes abundantly clear both in her book and our conversations, fighting the climate crisis isn\u2019t about rescuing Earth at all - it\u2019s about saving humanity. \n\n\u201cThis is truly not about saving the planet,\u201d Figueres says, \u201cit\u2019s about saving something that is incredibly unique in the evolution of the planet. \n\n\u201cA very, very short time period - 12,000 years - has allowed for the human species to flourish, and build the \u2018civilisation\u2019 that we have now. \n\n\u201cIf there\u2019s anything that we want to rescue from that, then we have to be able to get back to a stable environment.\u201d \n\nAs an environmental journalist who has frequently used phrases like \u2018save the planet\u2019 in headlines and articles, I ask Figueres if there\u2019s a perception problem when it comes to the climate crisis. Should we, the media and environmentalists more broadly, instead be reframing the task as \u2018saving mankind\u2019? \n\nFigueres corrects my question straight away. \u201cFirst of all, it\u2019s just a reality - right? It\u2019s just reality.\u201d \n\nShe explains that it\u2019s not a matter of \u2018reframing\u2019 anything. It is an objective fact that, if we continue on our current trajectory, humanity will suffer while the planet will continue to exist. \n\nBut, she concedes, this isn\u2019t how most people think about the climate crisis. \n\n\u201cI think closing that perception gap, about the consequences of climate change, is very helpful.\u201d \n\nTaking the UN from failure in Copenhagen to success in Paris \n\nAfter 15 years representing Costa Rica as the country\u2019s climate change negotiator, Figueres was made the UN climate secretary in July 2010. Her appointment came in the wake of the failed UN Copenhagen Summit (COP15), where talks had fallen apart without any meaningful commitments from the countries involved. \n\nFigueres spent the next few years reestablishing negotiations, eventually paving the way for COP21 in December 2015. It was there that the Paris Accord was adopted by 196 parties, bringing every nation together in a binding agreement to combat climate change. \n\n\u201c[It] was not an agreement by consensus,\u201d explains Figueres, \u201c[it] was an agreement by unanimous decision, which has never happened before in the UN. It was the one agreement that was unanimous, and they all decided that they would go to net-zero by 2050.\u201d \n\nA criticism sometimes levied against the Paris Agreement by activists is its supposed \u2018lack of ambition\u2019. The core of the agreement is a goal to keep global warming below 2\u00b0C, preferably 1.5\u00b0C, in line with pre-industrial levels. \n\nDuring COP21 itself, Nicaragua made moves to object to its adoption because they felt it was insufficient (although this never came to fruition). I ask Figueres if she feels any ambition was sacrificed in order to reach the unanimous decision. \n\n\u201cNo, actually. I think the Paris Agreement is still out there on the horizon as being incredibly ambitious because it [does] three things. \n\n\u201cIt establishes the finish line...which is net-zero by 2050. It establishes the fact that there are very different starting points for each country, and each country will travel differently at a different speed. \n\n\u201cAnd then to establish the 1.5\u00b0C - below 2\u00b0C, with an aspirational 1.5\u00b0C. It\u2019s actually quite futuristic!\u201d \n\nIt can sometimes be easy to forget how quickly climate science has developed too. But Figueres explains that in 2015, the importance of the 2\u00b0C and 1.5\u00b0C wasn\u2019t fully known. \n\n\u201cWe didn\u2019t know that when we were finishing the Paris Agreement. We thought the 1.5\u00b0C was there for political reasons - but thank heavens it\u2019s there, because there is a scientific imperative behind the 1.5\u00b0C that we were not aware of.\u201d \n\nWhen the agreement was made, Figueres explains, science hadn\u2019t evolved far enough to back this target. But since then the level of detail in the IPCC\u2019s reports has improved, outlining the consequences if we don\u2019t meet it. \n\n\u201cWe have really understood the huge difference that we would live under if we go above 1.5\u00b0C.\u201d \n\nRemaining stubbornly optimistic \n\nThe upcoming COP26 is the next major diplomatic milestone in meeting the Paris goals and - as August\u2019s IPCC report clearly laid out - we\u2019re a long way off target . Figueres hasn\u2019t been UN climate secretary since her second term ended in 2016, but she\u2019s still a prominent figure in the movement with high expectations for Glasgow. \n\n\u201cIf anything, COVID-19 should actually be helping to make them more ambitious,\u201d Figueres says of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) all Paris Agreement parties are required to submit ahead of COP26. \n\nBut having worked in diplomacy for many years, she also understands better than most the challenges facing negotiators next month. \n\n\u201cI struggle within myself on working on climate change, because I sit on two chairs,\u201d Figueres explains. \n\n\u201cI sit on the chair of impatience, because the science is abundantly clear, compellingly clear about the urgency that we\u2019re facing. \n\n\u201cBut I also sit on a chair of patience, because I know personally how long it takes to change policy. I also know how long it takes to shift financial decisions.\u201d \n\nFigueres is hopeful though. In fact \u2018stubborn optimism\u2019 is at the heart of her philosophy - and it\u2019s an infectious mindset. \n\nHer outlook is completely and utterly grounded in reality- there\u2019s no glossing over the truth of what\u2019s happening around us. Figueres isn\u2019t interested in painting a rosy picture of the climate chaos we\u2019re all facing. Instead, her optimism is borne out of this brutal sense of realism. \n\n\u201cIt\u2019s precisely because of reports like [the IPCC one]. Precisely because of the melting of the ice in Greenland. Precisely because of all the destruction that we have seen this summer that we have to stay stubborn and optimistic.\u201d \n\nHonouring our anger \n\nThis doesn\u2019t mean Figueres approaches everything gleefully. Our conversation takes place just after we visited Greenland\u2019s ever-shrinking ice cap. While there, our group witnessed some of the only rainfall ever recorded on the ice sheet - a direct consequence of global warming. \n\n\u201cI was up at the ice cap and I had to move away from everyone else and deal with my grief and my own anger,\u201d Figueres says. \u201cAnger at my own generation...it\u2019s [my] generation that has caused this. \n\n\u201cAnd our inability and our stubbornness of not engaging in climate action in a timely fashion is what has us here today. No longer facing climate change, but facing climate emergency - climate chaos!\u201d \n\nBut she points to technical advancements - like the development of electric SUVs for Extreme E - as evidence that humankind has what it takes to deal with the situation at hand. \n\nShortly after finishing our interview, Figueres reappeared. She wanted to address the pessimism she detected from another reporter. A motoring journalist had asked a few questions about whether our species\u2019 patterns of behaviour are incompatible with the change we need. \n\nIn an emotional moment, Figueres explained how much she can relate to that feeling of cynicism and hopelessness - emotions we all need to honour. Because, she says, there\u2019s a bus coming towards our children, and we have no choice but to throw ourselves in front of it. \n\nAs an environmental journalist, I feel that same cynicism and pessimism too sometimes. But speaking with Figueres, I have a renewed sense of hope, of stubborn optimism perhaps. \n\nAs she says, \u201cWe basically have two options. \n\n\u201cEither we can sit back and say \u2018okay, well...you know we\u2019re too late.\u2019 Or we can say \u2018oh my gosh, we\u2019re totally running out of time and we have to stand up!\u2019 \n\n\u201cAnd in my book, we don\u2019t have any other option.\u201d \n\n","htmlText":"<p>\u201cThe planet has been around for four and a half billion years. She was perfectly happy before we ever got here, and she will be perfectly happy if we\u2019re idiots enough to pull the ejector seat and leave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Christiana Figueres has, on multiple occasions, been referred to as 'the woman who saved the planet'. Remarks like these come from her role in the monumental success of the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//01//20//biden-to-kick-off-ambitious-climate-plan-by-rejoining-paris-agreement/">2015 Paris Agreement<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-medium\n widget--align-right\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">The planet has been around for four and a half billion years. She was perfectly happy before we ever got here, and she will be perfectly happy if we\u2019re idiots enough to pull the ejector seat and leave.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Christiana Figueres\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>But after speaking with Figueres, it\u2019s evident that this isn\u2019t an entirely accurate description. As she makes abundantly clear both in her book and our conversations, fighting the climate crisis isn\u2019t about rescuing Earth at all - it\u2019s about saving humanity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is truly not about saving the planet,\u201d Figueres says, \u201cit\u2019s about saving something that is incredibly unique in the evolution of the planet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA very, very short time period - 12,000 years - has allowed for the human species to flourish, and build the \u2018civilisation\u2019 that we have now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there\u2019s anything that we want to rescue from that, then we have to be able to get back to a stable environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As an environmental journalist who has frequently used phrases like \u2018save the planet\u2019 in headlines and articles, I ask Figueres if there\u2019s a perception problem when it comes to the climate crisis. Should we, the media and environmentalists more broadly, instead be reframing the task as \u2018saving mankind\u2019?<\/p>\n<p>Figueres corrects my question straight away. \u201cFirst of all, it\u2019s just a reality - right? It\u2019s just reality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She explains that it\u2019s not a matter of \u2018reframing\u2019 anything. It is an objective fact that, if we continue on our current trajectory, humanity will suffer while the planet will continue to exist.<\/p>\n<p>But, she concedes, this isn\u2019t how most people think about the climate crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think closing that perception gap, about the consequences of climate change, is very helpful.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"6159906,6128010\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//10//05//pushing-electric-cars-to-the-limits-how-extreme-e-is-driving-the-transport-revolution/">Pushing electric cars to the limits: How Extreme E is driving the transport revolution<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//10//22//people-won-t-survive-anymore-these-kids-know-what-s-on-the-line-at-cop26/">'People won't survive anymore': These kids know what's on the line at COP26<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Taking the UN from failure in Copenhagen to success in Paris<\/h2><p>After 15 years representing <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2020//11//18//how-did-costa-rica-become-the-greenest-happiest-country-in-the-world/">Costa Rica<\/strong><\/a> as the country\u2019s climate change negotiator, Figueres was made the UN climate secretary in July 2010. Her appointment came in the wake of the failed UN Copenhagen Summit (COP15), where talks had fallen apart without any meaningful commitments from the countries involved.<\/p>\n<p>Figueres spent the next few years reestablishing negotiations, eventually paving the way for COP21 in December 2015. It was there that the Paris Accord was adopted by 196 parties, bringing every nation together in a binding agreement to combat climate change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[It] was not an agreement by consensus,\u201d explains Figueres, \u201c[it] was an agreement by unanimous decision, which has never happened before in the UN. It was the one agreement that was unanimous, and they all decided that they would go to net-zero by 2050.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A criticism sometimes levied against the Paris Agreement by activists is its supposed \u2018lack of ambition\u2019. The core of the agreement is a goal to keep global warming below 2\u00b0C, preferably 1.5\u00b0C, in line with pre-industrial levels.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665714285714286\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//16//40//74//808x539_cmsv2_fe7ff499-56c3-5ca1-b758-1266b54d777d-6164074.jpg/" alt=\"Stephane Mahe\/REUTERS\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/16\/40\/74\/384x256_cmsv2_fe7ff499-56c3-5ca1-b758-1266b54d777d-6164074.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/16\/40\/74\/640x427_cmsv2_fe7ff499-56c3-5ca1-b758-1266b54d777d-6164074.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/16\/40\/74\/750x500_cmsv2_fe7ff499-56c3-5ca1-b758-1266b54d777d-6164074.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/16\/40\/74\/828x552_cmsv2_fe7ff499-56c3-5ca1-b758-1266b54d777d-6164074.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/16\/40\/74\/1080x720_cmsv2_fe7ff499-56c3-5ca1-b758-1266b54d777d-6164074.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/16\/40\/74\/1200x800_cmsv2_fe7ff499-56c3-5ca1-b758-1266b54d777d-6164074.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/16\/40\/74\/1920x1280_cmsv2_fe7ff499-56c3-5ca1-b758-1266b54d777d-6164074.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Christiana Figueres speaking at COP21 in Paris, 2015.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Stephane Mahe\/REUTERS<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>During COP21 itself, Nicaragua made moves to object to its adoption because they felt it was insufficient (although this never came to fruition). I ask Figueres if she feels any ambition was sacrificed in order to reach the unanimous decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, actually. I think the Paris Agreement is still out there on the horizon as being incredibly ambitious because it [does] three things.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt establishes the finish line...which is net-zero by 2050. It establishes the fact that there are very different starting points for each country, and each country will travel differently at a different speed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then to establish the 1.5\u00b0C - below 2\u00b0C, with an aspirational 1.5\u00b0C. It\u2019s actually quite futuristic!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It can sometimes be easy to forget how quickly climate science has developed too. But Figueres explains that in 2015, the importance of the 2\u00b0C and 1.5\u00b0C wasn\u2019t fully known.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t know that when we were finishing the Paris Agreement. We thought the 1.5\u00b0C was there for political reasons - but thank heavens it\u2019s there, because there is a scientific imperative behind the 1.5\u00b0C that we were not aware of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When the agreement was made, Figueres explains, science hadn\u2019t evolved far enough to back this target. But since then the level of detail in the IPCC\u2019s reports has improved, outlining the consequences if we don\u2019t meet it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have really understood the huge difference that we would live under if we go above 1.5\u00b0C.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"6158350,6153206\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//10//20//see-how-rising-sea-levels-could-sink-these-famous-european-landmarks/">See how rising sea levels could sink these famous European landmarks<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//10//21//the-great-melt-this-village-in-fiji-has-been-forced-to-move-inland-as-sea-levels-rise/">The Great Melt: This village in Fiji has been forced to move inland as sea levels rise<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Remaining stubbornly optimistic<\/h2><p>The <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//09//30//what-is-cop26-and-why-is-it-so-important/">upcoming COP26<\/strong><\/a> is the next major diplomatic milestone in meeting the Paris goals and - <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//08//11//5-things-to-know-about-the-new-un-report-on-climate-change/">as August\u2019s IPCC report<\/strong><\/a> clearly laid out - we\u2019re <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//09//06//europe-will-miss-its-2030-climate-goal-by-21-years-at-current-pace/">a long way off target<\/strong><\/a>. Figueres hasn\u2019t been UN climate secretary since her second term ended in 2016, but she\u2019s still a prominent figure in the movement with high expectations for Glasgow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf anything, COVID-19 should actually be helping to make them more ambitious,\u201d Figueres says of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) all Paris Agreement parties are required to submit ahead of COP26.<\/p>\n<p>But having worked in diplomacy for many years, she also understands better than most the challenges facing negotiators next month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.56201171875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//16//40//74//808x454_cmsv2_6a2de145-d93b-5986-9bd5-f6b125e88849-6164074.jpg/" alt=\"Sam Bagnall\/Extreme E\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/16\/40\/74\/384x216_cmsv2_6a2de145-d93b-5986-9bd5-f6b125e88849-6164074.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/16\/40\/74\/640x360_cmsv2_6a2de145-d93b-5986-9bd5-f6b125e88849-6164074.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/16\/40\/74\/750x422_cmsv2_6a2de145-d93b-5986-9bd5-f6b125e88849-6164074.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/16\/40\/74\/828x465_cmsv2_6a2de145-d93b-5986-9bd5-f6b125e88849-6164074.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/16\/40\/74\/1080x607_cmsv2_6a2de145-d93b-5986-9bd5-f6b125e88849-6164074.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/16\/40\/74\/1200x674_cmsv2_6a2de145-d93b-5986-9bd5-f6b125e88849-6164074.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/16\/40\/74\/1920x1079_cmsv2_6a2de145-d93b-5986-9bd5-f6b125e88849-6164074.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A stunning view of the Greenlandic ice cap, the backdrop for our interview with Christiana Figueres in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland at the Extreme E Arctic X-Prix.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Sam Bagnall\/Extreme E<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cI struggle within myself on working on climate change, because I sit on two chairs,\u201d Figueres explains.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI sit on the chair of impatience, because the science is abundantly clear, compellingly clear about the urgency that we\u2019re facing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I also sit on a chair of patience, because I know personally how long it takes to change policy. I also know how long it takes to shift financial decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Figueres is hopeful though. In fact \u2018stubborn optimism\u2019 is at the heart of her philosophy - and it\u2019s an infectious mindset.<\/p>\n<p>Her outlook is completely and utterly grounded in reality- there\u2019s no glossing over the truth of what\u2019s happening around us. Figueres isn\u2019t interested in painting a rosy picture of the climate chaos we\u2019re all facing. Instead, her optimism is borne out of this brutal sense of realism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s precisely because of reports like [the IPCC one]. Precisely because of the melting of the ice in Greenland. Precisely because of all the destruction that we have seen this summer that we <strong>have<\/strong> to stay stubborn and optimistic.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"5309922,5414144\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//10//28//what-is-cop26-and-why-is-it-so-important/">What is COP26 and why is it so important?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//01//22//what-does-extreme-motor-racing-have-to-do-with-sea-ice-in-greenland/">What does extreme motor racing have to do with the ice caps in Greenland?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Honouring our anger<\/h2><p>This doesn\u2019t mean Figueres approaches everything gleefully. Our conversation takes place just after we visited Greenland\u2019s ever-shrinking ice cap. While there, our group witnessed some of the only rainfall ever recorded on the ice sheet - a direct consequence of global warming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was up at the ice cap and I had to move away from everyone else and deal with my grief and my own anger,\u201d Figueres says. \u201cAnger at my own generation...it\u2019s [my] generation that has caused this.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//16//40//74//808x539_cmsv2_f571a122-9d8a-5b01-8a54-1fe2cf9250c9-6164074.jpg/" alt=\"Sam Bagnall\/Extreme E\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/16\/40\/74\/384x256_cmsv2_f571a122-9d8a-5b01-8a54-1fe2cf9250c9-6164074.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/16\/40\/74\/640x427_cmsv2_f571a122-9d8a-5b01-8a54-1fe2cf9250c9-6164074.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/16\/40\/74\/750x500_cmsv2_f571a122-9d8a-5b01-8a54-1fe2cf9250c9-6164074.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/16\/40\/74\/828x552_cmsv2_f571a122-9d8a-5b01-8a54-1fe2cf9250c9-6164074.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/16\/40\/74\/1080x720_cmsv2_f571a122-9d8a-5b01-8a54-1fe2cf9250c9-6164074.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/16\/40\/74\/1200x800_cmsv2_f571a122-9d8a-5b01-8a54-1fe2cf9250c9-6164074.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/16\/40\/74\/1920x1280_cmsv2_f571a122-9d8a-5b01-8a54-1fe2cf9250c9-6164074.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Christiana Figueres on the Greenland ice sheet with Extreme E founder Alejandro Agag.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Sam Bagnall\/Extreme E<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd our inability and our stubbornness of not engaging in climate action in a timely fashion is what has us here today. No longer facing climate change, but facing climate emergency - climate chaos!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But she points to technical advancements - like the development of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//10//05//pushing-electric-cars-to-the-limits-how-extreme-e-is-driving-the-transport-revolution/">electric SUVs for Extreme E<\/strong><\/a> - as evidence that humankind has what it takes to deal with the situation at hand.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-medium\n widget--align-left\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">Our inability and our stubbornness of not engaging in climate action in a timely fashion is what has us here today.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Christiana Figueres\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Shortly after finishing our interview, Figueres reappeared. She wanted to address the pessimism she detected from another reporter. A motoring journalist had asked a few questions about whether our species\u2019 patterns of behaviour are incompatible with the change we need.<\/p>\n<p>In an emotional moment, Figueres explained how much she can relate to that feeling of cynicism and hopelessness - emotions we all need to honour. Because, she says, there\u2019s a bus coming towards our children, and we have no choice but to throw ourselves in front of it.<\/p>\n<p>As an environmental journalist, I feel that same cynicism and pessimism too sometimes. 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Pushing electric cars to the limits: How Extreme E is driving the transport revolution","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Pushing electric cars to the limits: How Extreme E is driving the transport revolution","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"This sport is shaping the future by pushing electric cars to the limit","titleListing2":"Pushing electric cars to the limits: How Extreme E is driving the transport revolution","leadin":"\u201cI think we push the movement forward at a very fast level compared to a manufacturer...it just elevates everything a lot faster.\u201d","summary":"\u201cI think we push the movement forward at a very fast level compared to a manufacturer...it just elevates everything a lot faster.\u201d","keySentence":"","url":"pushing-electric-cars-to-the-limits-how-extreme-e-is-driving-the-transport-revolution","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2021\/10\/05\/pushing-electric-cars-to-the-limits-how-extreme-e-is-driving-the-transport-revolution","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The fate of combustion engines has been sealed. They\u2019re on their way out, as governments around the world have mandated that petrol and diesel cars can no longer be produced. \n\nMost bans are coming into effect in the next five to ten years (depending on the country). \n\nThe obvious successor to our petrol and diesel-fuelled cars are electric vehicles. They already exist in various forms, are continuing to come down in price, and are growing in popularity. At the end of last year, there were more than 10 million plug-in EVs on the road. \n\nHydrogen vehicles are also an option, but there are currently only two models on the market, with just over 31,000 being driven at the end of 2020. So for now at least, electric cars are the main option for most drivers. \n\nBut despite the legislation in place to phase out petrol and diesel cars - which was intended to be the final nail in the combustion engines\u2019 coffin - in 2020 more than three-quarters of new cars sold in the EU were still petrol (47.5 per cent) and diesel (28 per cent). \n\nThere are financial incentives in place to entice customers to buy electric vehicles, as well as overwhelming evidence of the damage our cars are causing the planet - yet most people are still choosing the polluting option. \n\nConsumers have reservations about electric cars. A survey by Autolist found that nearly half of people polled wouldn\u2019t buy an EV because of its range on a single charge - despite the fact that many models now offer 400-480km on a full battery. \n\n\u201cThere are more EVs available today than ever before, but that hasn\u2019t done much to change consumers\u2019 perceptions of them,\u201d says Autolist analyst Chase Disher. \n\n\u201cThe misconceptions that electrics faced at the beginning of this decade are still a major impediment to their success right now.\u201d \n\nThis is where Extreme E comes in. The off-roading cousin to Formula E , Extreme E is an all-electric off-road racing championship that\u2019s helping shift the narrative around electric vehicles. \n\n\u2018It makes electric cars cool\u2019 \n\nThe racing series has already held three stages, in Saudi Arabia, Senegal , and most recently in Greenland . Nine teams are competing this year - its inaugural season - with a male and female driver in each. \n\nUnlike Formula One, every team drives the same vehicle: the Spark Odyssey 21 SUV, manufactured by Spark Racing Technology with a battery by Williams Advanced Engineering. \n\nEnormous names in the world of motorsport (and beyond) are involved, including Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button, and Nico Rosberg - who all own a team - and driving legends like Sebastian Loeb and Carlos Sainz who are actually behind the wheel. \n\nIt was the impressiveness of these participants that convinced Loeb, the most successful driver in World Rally Championship history with nine world titles under his belt, to sign up as part of Lewis Hamilton\u2019s X44 team. \n\n\u201cWhen I saw all these names like my boss, Lewis [Hamilton]; [Nico] Rosberg; Carlos [Sainz] coming into this discipline, I was thinking \u2018maybe it\u2019s the right way to go!\u2019\u201d he laughs. \n\n\u201cI was interested to discover this new discipline and now I\u2019m here and I enjoy the drive.\u201d \n\nBut at first, Loeb was unsure about electric cars. He felt hesitant, as someone who has built an extensive career with combustion engines, he was used to responding to the noise of the car, the traction, the grip. \n\n\u201cI was a bit afraid to have absolutely no feeling with the car,\u201d he says, \u201cbut it\u2019s not the case, we have a really good feeling in our car. The feeling between the driver and the engine is something that feels really natural. \n\n\u201cYou still have the noise of electric, that gives you information of the wheelspeed, of the grip of the traction you have. \n\n\u201cIt\u2019s really enjoyable to drive an electric car, you have a lot of torque,\u201d he adds, \u201cthat was not always the case in the past.\u201d \n\nTimmy Hansen, Loeb\u2019s former rallycross teammate, agrees that Extreme E is helping to change the perception of electric vehicles. \n\n\u201cIt just makes electric cars cool,\u201d he tells Euronews Green, \u201cwe can race electric cars and that\u2019s the big thing!\u201d \n\nHansen, with his Andretti United teammate Catie Munnings, won the most recent Extreme E X-Prix, held in Greenland. \n\nDespite a few technical issues in the qualifying round, the final race in the Arctic X-Prix was undeniably impressive, showcasing electric cars in a truly extreme capacity. \n\n\u201cIt\u2019s great to watch, it\u2019s really cool,\u201d says Molly Taylor from Nico Rosberg\u2019s racing team. \n\n\u201cThat\u2019s an important component, the market perception and demand for electric cars. We want something that\u2019s cool and shows that you don\u2019t have to compromise on other factors.\u201d \n\nInnovating for the future \n\nAlthough Extreme E demonstrates clearly that perceptions about electric cars are largely outdated, the series is still facing its own set of technical issues. \n\nFrom an everyday standpoint, the championship clearly shows that EVs are capable of handling difficult terrain, reaching impressive speeds, and being raced by the best drivers in the world. \n\nBut there are still frustrations when it comes to ability. In the second qualifying race in Greenland, three cars didn\u2019t finish due to different performance issues. There were similar issues the next day in the Crazy Race, where teams were hampered by battery malfunctions. \n\nThe course was eventually shortened to try to counter these hindrances, resulting in a dramatic final - but the frustration at the cars\u2019 capacity was a heavily discussed topic on site. \n\nThe Extreme E team don\u2019t try to hide this though. Founder Alejandro Agag, who is also the founder and CEO of Formula E , is completely transparent about the limitations of his vehicles. \n\n\u201c[It\u2019s] touching a weak spot for me because I\u2019m not happy at all with our batteries,\u201d Agag says, \u201cand that\u2019s saying a lot because these batteries are probably the best batteries in the world for what they do.\u201d \n\nFor Agag, batteries are the component holding back the transportation revolution the most. He compares it with Moore\u2019s law - the principle that the number of transistors on a microchip doubles every two years, thereby making computers faster, while the cost is halved. \n\n\u201cThe dream for me will be that there was a kind of Moore\u2019s law for batteries...My telephone is today more powerful than a supercomputer that was bigger than this room - and this has happened very fast!\u201d \n\nBatteries, on the other hand, have not developed at the same rate. Agag says that instead of doubling capacity every 18-24 months like microchips, they improve by just two or three per cent across the same period. \n\n\u201cThat is the big obstacle for mass adoption of electric transportation and electric technology,\u201d Agag continues. \u201cMaybe someone will crack that problem. Maybe.\u201d \n\nBut Extreme E (and its more traditional cousin, Formula E) are at the forefront of pushing this technology forwards. Agag sees these championships as \u201ca platform to test\u201d batteries on, thereby leading the development of electric vehicles. \n\n\u201cRacing provides the ultimate R&D [research and development] and capability to build these things to a top level,\u201d he says. \n\n\u201cI think we push the movement forward at a very fast level compared to a manufacturer...it just elevates everything a lot faster.\u201d \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The fate of combustion engines has been sealed. They\u2019re on their way out, as governments around the world have mandated that petrol and diesel cars can no longer be produced.<\/p>\n<p>Most bans are coming into effect in the next five to ten years (depending on the country).<\/p>\n<p>The obvious successor to our petrol and diesel-fuelled cars are electric vehicles. They already exist in various forms, are continuing to come down in price, and are growing in popularity. At the end of last year, there were more than 10 million plug-in EVs on the road.<\/p>\n<p>Hydrogen vehicles are also an option, but there are currently only two models on the market, with just over 31,000 being driven at the end of 2020. So for now at least, electric cars are the main option for most drivers.<\/p>\n<p>But despite the legislation in place to phase out petrol and diesel cars - which was intended to be the final nail in the combustion engines\u2019 coffin - in 2020 more than three-quarters of new cars sold in the EU were still petrol (47.5 per cent) and diesel (28 per cent).<\/p>\n<p>There are financial incentives in place to entice customers to buy electric vehicles, as well as overwhelming evidence of the damage our cars are causing the planet - yet most people are still choosing the polluting option.<\/p>\n<p>Consumers have reservations about electric cars. A survey by Autolist found that nearly half of people polled wouldn\u2019t buy an EV because of its range on a single charge - despite the fact that many models now offer 400-480km on a full battery.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">A survey by Autolist found that nearly half of people polled wouldn\u2019t buy an EV because of its range on a single charge.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere are more EVs available today than ever before, but that hasn\u2019t done much to change consumers\u2019 perceptions of them,\u201d says Autolist analyst Chase Disher.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe misconceptions that electrics faced at the beginning of this decade are still a major impediment to their success right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is where Extreme E comes in. The off-roading cousin to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2020//06//14//how-is-formula-e-shaping-the-cars-we-drive-in-the-real-world/">Formula E<\/strong><\/a>, Extreme E is an all-electric off-road racing championship that\u2019s helping shift the narrative around electric vehicles.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018It makes electric cars cool\u2019<\/h2><p>The racing series has already held three stages, in Saudi Arabia, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2020//10//31//what-does-extreme-motor-racing-have-to-do-with-sustainability-in-senegal/">Senegal, and most recently in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//01//22//what-does-extreme-motor-racing-have-to-do-with-sea-ice-in-greenland/">Greenland. Nine teams are competing this year - its inaugural season - with a male and female driver in each.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike Formula One, every team drives the same vehicle: the Spark Odyssey 21 SUV, manufactured by Spark Racing Technology with a battery by Williams Advanced Engineering.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.66650390625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//12//80//10//808x539_cmsv2_fa6c363e-ac2f-573b-8ba1-10a1444b73f6-6128010.jpg/" alt=\"Colin McMaster\/C.McMaster\/McKlein\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/12\/80\/10\/384x256_cmsv2_fa6c363e-ac2f-573b-8ba1-10a1444b73f6-6128010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/12\/80\/10\/640x427_cmsv2_fa6c363e-ac2f-573b-8ba1-10a1444b73f6-6128010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/12\/80\/10\/750x500_cmsv2_fa6c363e-ac2f-573b-8ba1-10a1444b73f6-6128010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/12\/80\/10\/828x552_cmsv2_fa6c363e-ac2f-573b-8ba1-10a1444b73f6-6128010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/12\/80\/10\/1080x720_cmsv2_fa6c363e-ac2f-573b-8ba1-10a1444b73f6-6128010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/12\/80\/10\/1200x800_cmsv2_fa6c363e-ac2f-573b-8ba1-10a1444b73f6-6128010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/12\/80\/10\/1920x1280_cmsv2_fa6c363e-ac2f-573b-8ba1-10a1444b73f6-6128010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Sebastian Loeb racing in Greenland during the Arctic X-Prix.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Colin McMaster\/C.McMaster\/McKlein<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Enormous names in the world of motorsport (and beyond) are involved, including Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button, and Nico Rosberg - who all own a team - and driving legends like Sebastian Loeb and Carlos Sainz who are actually behind the wheel.<\/p>\n<p>It was the impressiveness of these participants that convinced Loeb, the most successful driver in World Rally Championship history with nine world titles under his belt, to sign up as part of Lewis Hamilton\u2019s X44 team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I saw all these names like my boss, Lewis [Hamilton]; [Nico] Rosberg; Carlos [Sainz] coming into this discipline, I was thinking \u2018maybe it\u2019s the right way to go!\u2019\u201d he laughs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was interested to discover this new discipline and now I\u2019m here and I enjoy the drive.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">Enormous names in the world of motorsport (and beyond) are involved, including Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button, and Nico Rosberg.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>But at first, Loeb was unsure about electric cars. He felt hesitant, as someone who has built an extensive career with combustion engines, he was used to responding to the noise of the car, the traction, the grip.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was a bit afraid to have absolutely no feeling with the car,\u201d he says, \u201cbut it\u2019s not the case, we have a really good feeling in our car. The feeling between the driver and the engine is something that feels really natural.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou still have the noise of electric, that gives you information of the wheelspeed, of the grip of the traction you have.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really enjoyable to drive an electric car, you have a lot of torque,\u201d he adds, \u201cthat was not always the case in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Timmy Hansen, Loeb\u2019s former rallycross teammate, agrees that Extreme E is helping to change the perception of electric vehicles.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666015625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//12//80//10//808x539_cmsv2_1fe727a7-44a8-5003-accf-f9f01a09bbc5-6128010.jpg/" alt=\"Sam Bagnall\/Extreme E\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/12\/80\/10\/384x256_cmsv2_1fe727a7-44a8-5003-accf-f9f01a09bbc5-6128010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/12\/80\/10\/640x426_cmsv2_1fe727a7-44a8-5003-accf-f9f01a09bbc5-6128010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/12\/80\/10\/750x500_cmsv2_1fe727a7-44a8-5003-accf-f9f01a09bbc5-6128010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/12\/80\/10\/828x551_cmsv2_1fe727a7-44a8-5003-accf-f9f01a09bbc5-6128010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/12\/80\/10\/1080x719_cmsv2_1fe727a7-44a8-5003-accf-f9f01a09bbc5-6128010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/12\/80\/10\/1200x799_cmsv2_1fe727a7-44a8-5003-accf-f9f01a09bbc5-6128010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/12\/80\/10\/1920x1279_cmsv2_1fe727a7-44a8-5003-accf-f9f01a09bbc5-6128010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Timmy Hansen and Catie Munnings who won the Arctic X-Prix in Greenland, celebrating with a dip in the glacier waters.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Sam Bagnall\/Extreme E<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt just makes electric cars cool,\u201d he tells Euronews Green, \u201cwe can race electric cars and that\u2019s the big thing!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hansen, with his Andretti United teammate Catie Munnings, won the most recent Extreme E X-Prix, held in Greenland.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a few technical issues in the qualifying round, the final race in the Arctic X-Prix was undeniably impressive, showcasing electric cars in a truly extreme capacity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s great to watch, it\u2019s really cool,\u201d says Molly Taylor from Nico Rosberg\u2019s racing team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s an important component, the market perception and demand for electric cars. We want something that\u2019s cool and shows that you don\u2019t have to compromise on other factors.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Innovating for the future<\/h2><p>Although Extreme E demonstrates clearly that <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2019//03//23//the-incredible-performance-capabilities-of-electric-cars/">perceptions about electric cars are largely outdated, the series is still facing its own set of technical issues.<\/p>\n<p>From an everyday standpoint, the championship clearly shows that EVs are capable of handling difficult terrain, reaching impressive speeds, and being raced by the best drivers in the world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">From an everyday standpoint, the championship clearly shows that EVs are capable of handling difficult terrain, reaching impressive speeds, and being raced by the best drivers in the world.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>But there are still frustrations when it comes to ability. In the second qualifying race in Greenland, three cars didn\u2019t finish due to different performance issues. There were similar issues the next day in the Crazy Race, where teams were hampered by battery malfunctions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666015625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//12//80//10//808x539_cmsv2_7500648b-5791-5d3b-9c78-79036abcff0d-6128010.jpg/" alt=\"Sam Bagnall\/Extreme E\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/12\/80\/10\/384x256_cmsv2_7500648b-5791-5d3b-9c78-79036abcff0d-6128010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/12\/80\/10\/640x426_cmsv2_7500648b-5791-5d3b-9c78-79036abcff0d-6128010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/12\/80\/10\/750x500_cmsv2_7500648b-5791-5d3b-9c78-79036abcff0d-6128010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/12\/80\/10\/828x551_cmsv2_7500648b-5791-5d3b-9c78-79036abcff0d-6128010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/12\/80\/10\/1080x719_cmsv2_7500648b-5791-5d3b-9c78-79036abcff0d-6128010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/12\/80\/10\/1200x799_cmsv2_7500648b-5791-5d3b-9c78-79036abcff0d-6128010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/12\/80\/10\/1920x1279_cmsv2_7500648b-5791-5d3b-9c78-79036abcff0d-6128010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Founder of Extreme E Alejandro Agag (centre) is open about the limitations of the championship's cars.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Sam Bagnall\/Extreme E<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The course was eventually shortened to try to counter these hindrances, resulting in a dramatic final - but the frustration at the cars\u2019 capacity was a heavily discussed topic on site.<\/p>\n<p>The Extreme E team don\u2019t try to hide this though. Founder Alejandro Agag, who is also the founder and CEO of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//07//22//why-is-a-formula-e-car-made-out-of-ice-melting-on-the-streets-of-london/">Formula E<\/strong><\/a>, is completely transparent about the limitations of his vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[It\u2019s] touching a weak spot for me because I\u2019m not happy at all with our batteries,\u201d Agag says, \u201cand that\u2019s saying a lot because these batteries are probably the best batteries in the world for what they do.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.66650390625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//12//80//10//808x539_cmsv2_33cc8903-4a2a-5965-9cab-14d8bcfb1ecd-6128010.jpg/" alt=\"Colin McMaster\/C.McMaster\/McKlein\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/12\/80\/10\/384x256_cmsv2_33cc8903-4a2a-5965-9cab-14d8bcfb1ecd-6128010.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/12\/80\/10\/640x427_cmsv2_33cc8903-4a2a-5965-9cab-14d8bcfb1ecd-6128010.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/12\/80\/10\/750x500_cmsv2_33cc8903-4a2a-5965-9cab-14d8bcfb1ecd-6128010.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/12\/80\/10\/828x552_cmsv2_33cc8903-4a2a-5965-9cab-14d8bcfb1ecd-6128010.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/12\/80\/10\/1080x720_cmsv2_33cc8903-4a2a-5965-9cab-14d8bcfb1ecd-6128010.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/12\/80\/10\/1200x800_cmsv2_33cc8903-4a2a-5965-9cab-14d8bcfb1ecd-6128010.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/12\/80\/10\/1920x1280_cmsv2_33cc8903-4a2a-5965-9cab-14d8bcfb1ecd-6128010.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Molly Taylor of Rosberg X Racing crashing during one of the earlier rounds in Greenland.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Colin McMaster\/C.McMaster\/McKlein<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>For Agag, batteries are the component holding back the transportation revolution the most. He compares it with Moore\u2019s law - the principle that the number of transistors on a microchip doubles every two years, thereby making computers faster, while the cost is halved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe dream for me will be that there was a kind of Moore\u2019s law for batteries...My telephone is today more powerful than a supercomputer that was bigger than this room - and this has happened very fast!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Batteries, on the other hand, have not developed at the same rate. Agag says that instead of doubling capacity every 18-24 months like microchips, they improve by just two or three per cent across the same period.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is the big obstacle for mass adoption of electric transportation and electric technology,\u201d Agag continues. \u201cMaybe someone will crack that problem. Maybe.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">Batteries, on the other hand, have not developed at the same rate. Agag says that instead of doubling capacity every 18-24 months like microchips, they improve by just two or three per cent across the same period.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>But Extreme E (and its more traditional cousin, Formula E) are at the forefront of pushing this technology forwards. 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GREENLAND TOWN BANS ALCOHOL","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"This Greenland town has temporarily banned alcohol after 'several spooky incidents'","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Greenland town bans alcohol after increase in local violence","titleListing2":"A town in eastern Greenland town has issued a two-week ban on all sales of alcohol after 'several spooky incidents'.","leadin":"A town in eastern Greenland town has issued a two-week ban on all sales of alcohol after 'several spooky incidents'.","summary":"A town in eastern Greenland town has issued a two-week ban on all sales of alcohol after 'several spooky incidents'.","keySentence":"","url":"this-greenland-town-has-banned-alcohol-after-several-spooky-incidents","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2021\/09\/09\/this-greenland-town-has-banned-alcohol-after-several-spooky-incidents","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A town in eastern Greenland has issued a two-week alcohol ban after reporting several \"spooky\" incidents. \n\nAuthorities say the temporary ban on all alcohol sales in Tasiilaq was necessary after a sudden increase in violence. \n\nIn recent days, police in the town have reported fifteen domestic disturbances, two suicides, four suicide threats, and six other incidents of violence. \n\nLocal health officials also stated that they had run out of capacity to treat people for alcohol poisoning. \n\nAuthorities said that the \"spooky incidents\" have left their mark on Tasiilaq, a settlement of just under 2,000 people on Greenland's eastern coast. \n\nThe regional authority in Sermersooq said that they had received a request from health officials to implement the two-week ban. \n\nThe mayor of Sermersooq municipality, Charlotte Ludvigsen, said in a statement that she supports the measure. \n\n\"This is a deeply unfortunate situation, and we naturally support a temporary ban to stop it,\" Ludvigsen said. \n\n\"It really hurts to hear about the 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\n\n\"I have also asked for many more alcohol-free activities in the next fortnight for people to gather around, such as concerts or orienteering.\" \n\n\"I think it is important that we do everything we can to pick up the people who have been affected.\" \n\n","htmlText":"<p>A town in eastern Greenland has issued a two-week alcohol ban after reporting several \"spooky\" incidents.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say the temporary ban on all alcohol sales in Tasiilaq was necessary after a sudden increase in violence.<\/p>\n<p>In recent days, police in the town have reported fifteen domestic disturbances, two suicides, four suicide threats, and six other incidents of violence.<\/p>\n<p>Local health officials also stated that they had run out of capacity to treat people for alcohol poisoning.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said that the \"spooky incidents\" have left their mark on Tasiilaq, a settlement of just under 2,000 people on Greenland's eastern coast.<\/p>\n<p>The regional authority in Sermersooq said that they had received a request from health officials to implement the two-week ban.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor of Sermersooq municipality, Charlotte Ludvigsen, said in a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////sermersooq.gl//da//2021//09//borgmester-derfor-stoetter-vi-lukning-af-alkohol///">statement that she supports the measure.<\/p>\n<p>\"This is a deeply unfortunate situation, and we naturally support a temporary ban to stop it,\" Ludvigsen said.<\/p>\n<p>\"It really hurts to hear about the many personal tragedies that have occurred in a matter of days, so I have no doubt that this is the right decision.\"<\/p>\n<p>The request to stop the sale of alcohol was also backed by a united municipal council, despite previous opposition to the measure.<\/p>\n<p>\"In general, I don't think anything positive comes out of taking responsibility away from citizens, but in this situation, I think a temporary ban is the right solution,\" Ludvigsen stated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" 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New island discovered off Greenland","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Scientists have accidentally discovered a new island in the Arctic","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Scientists have accidentally discovered a new island in the Arctic","titleListing2":"Scientists have accidentally discovered a new island in the Arctic","leadin":"`The tiny island may not be around very long.","summary":"`The tiny island may not be around very long.","keySentence":"","url":"scientists-have-accidentally-discovered-a-new-island-in-the-arctic","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2021\/08\/29\/scientists-have-accidentally-discovered-a-new-island-in-the-arctic","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Arctic researchers from Denmark say they have accidentally discovered what they believe is the world\u2019s northernmost island located off Greenland's coast. \n\nThe scientists from the University of Copenhagen initially thought they had arrived at Oodaaq, an 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He said it may be the result of a major storm that, with the help of the sea, gradually pushed material from the seabed together until an island formed. The island isn't expected to exist a long time, Danish researchers believe. \n\n\u201cNo one knows how long it will remain. 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However, the government says its future no longer lies with oil.","summary":"Greenland is estimated to have enormous reserves of oil and minerals which could hugely change the island's fortunes. However, the government says its future no longer lies with oil.","keySentence":"","url":"greenland-to-halt-all-oil-exploration-as-it-takes-climate-change-seriously","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2021\/07\/16\/greenland-to-halt-all-oil-exploration-as-it-takes-climate-change-seriously","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Greenland will halt all oil exploration despite retreating ice uncovering a potential fortune of oil and mineral resources, the government has announced, adding that it \"takes the climate crisis seriously\". \n\nThe Inuit Ataqatigiit-led government made the decision on June 24 but announced it on Thursday as the next \"natural step\" for the semiautonomous territory. \n\nDespite a lack of oil being found around the Arctic island so far, officials have previously seen possible vast reserves that could be uncovered due to climate change. \n\nThe U.S. Geological Survey estimates there is around 17.5 billion undiscovered barrels of oil and 148 trillion cubic feet of natural gas off Greenland. \n\nIf tapped successfully, these reserves could dramatically change the fortunes of the island's 57,000 citizens - and could have paved the way to the long-held dream of independence from Denmark. \n\nHowever, the Greenland government said in a statement: \"The future does not lie in oil. The future belongs to renewable energy, and in that respect we have much more to gain.\" \n\nIt added that seeks \"to take co-responsibility for combating the global climate crisis.\" \n\nThe announcement was met on Friday with praise from environmental group Greenpeace, which said the news was \"fantastic\". \n\n\u201cAnd my understanding is that the licenses that are left have very limited potential,\u201d Mads Flarup Christensen, Greenpeace Nordic\u2019s general secretary, told weekly Danish tech-magazine Ingenioeren. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Greenland will halt all oil exploration despite retreating ice uncovering a potential fortune of oil and mineral resources, the government has announced, adding that it \"takes the climate crisis seriously\".<\/p>\n<p>The Inuit Ataqatigiit-led government made the decision on June 24 but announced it on Thursday as the next \"natural step\" for the semiautonomous territory.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a lack of oil being found around the Arctic island so far, officials have previously seen possible vast reserves that could be uncovered due to climate change.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Geological Survey estimates there is around 17.5 billion undiscovered barrels of oil and 148 trillion cubic feet of natural gas off Greenland.<\/p>\n<p>If tapped successfully, these reserves could dramatically change the fortunes of the island's 57,000 citizens - and could have paved the way to the long-held dream of independence from Denmark.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Greenland government said in a statement: \"The future does not lie in oil. 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was not seeking to buy their island anymore.\u00a0\u00a0 \n\n\nFormer President Donald Trump had expressed interest in buying Greenland from Denmark and later cancelled a state visit to Copenhagen when the offer was mocked by Danes and Greenlanders alike. \n\nAsked whether the Biden administration had dropped Trump's interest in the purchase of Greenland, Blinken replied:\u00a0 \"I can confirm that is correct.\" \n\nThe comments came as Blinken visited Greenland on Thursday following a meeting of Arctic Council foreign ministers in Reykjavik, Iceland. \n\nHe met with Greenlandic Premier M\u00fate Bourup Egede and other officials in Kangerlussuaq, a small town in western Greenland. \n\nBlinken lauded the re-establishment of a US consulate in the Greenlandic capital of Nuuk and said the administration hoped to boost cooperation with the island on a variety of fronts, starting with climate change\u00a0 \n\n\nThe visit came after Greenlanders elected a\u00a0 pro-independence and anti-mining government coalition earlier this year.\u00a0\u00a0 \n\n\"We will see if Greenland decides in the next two years or so to try to push for full independence and then what that will from Denmark and what that will mean for the historic r elationships between the US and Denmark and with regard to US bases in Greenland,\"\u00a0 said\u00a0 Rockford Weitz, a professor of practice and director of the Maritime Studies program at The Fletcher School at Tufts University. \n\n\"I think one of the top priorities for the Biden administration is to rebuild the relationship with Denmark, which is a very strong US and NATO ally\u00a0 and also reassure Greenland that we're here to collaborate,\" Weitz told Euronews.\u00a0 \n\n\"I personally think the Greenlanders want to maintain good relations with the United States, as well as with Denmark and other European countries. And they're being courted less by Russia and more by China.\" \n\n\"And so how they move into a kind of small country strategy for balancing powerful neighbours will be very interesting,\". \n\nAt the Arctic Council meeting, Blinken said the multilateral forum should maintain its focus on peaceful cooperation on environmental issues, maritime safety and the well-being of indigenous people in the region. \n\nThe US has also rallied Arctic Council members to oppose Moscow\u2019s plans to set maritime rules in the Northern Sea Route, which runs from Norway to Alaska, as well as to resume high-level military talks within the eight-nation bloc. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reassured Greenlanders on Thursday that his administration was not seeking to buy their island anymore.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump had expressed interest in buying Greenland from Denmark and later cancelled a state visit to Copenhagen when the offer was mocked by Danes and Greenlanders alike.<\/p>\n<p>Asked whether the Biden administration had dropped Trump's interest in the purchase of Greenland, Blinken replied:\u00a0 \"I can confirm that is correct.\"<\/p>\n<p>The comments came as Blinken visited Greenland on Thursday following a meeting of Arctic Council foreign ministers in Reykjavik, Iceland.<\/p>\n<p>He met with Greenlandic Premier M\u00fate Bourup Egede and other officials in Kangerlussuaq, a small town in western Greenland.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken lauded the re-establishment of a US consulate in the Greenlandic capital of Nuuk and said the administration hoped to boost cooperation with the island on a variety of fronts, starting with climate change\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>The visit came after Greenlanders elected a\u00a0pro-independence and anti-mining government coalition earlier this year.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"5535132\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//04//07//greenland-elections-left-wing-opposition-inuit-ataqatigiit-party-wins-snap-vote/">Greenland elections: Left-wing opposition Inuit Ataqatigiit party wins snap vote<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"We will see if Greenland decides in the next two years or so to try to push for full independence and then what that will from Denmark and what that will mean for the historic relationships between the US and Denmark and with regard to US bases in Greenland,\"\u00a0 said\u00a0Rockford Weitz, a professor of practice and director of the Maritime Studies program at The Fletcher School at Tufts University.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"4092322\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2019//08//16//what-s-behind-donald-trump-s-desire-to-buy-greenland/">What's behind Donald Trump's desire to buy Greenland?<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"I think one of the top priorities for the Biden administration is to rebuild the relationship with Denmark, which is a very strong US and NATO ally\u00a0and also reassure Greenland that we're here to collaborate,\" Weitz told Euronews.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"I personally think the Greenlanders want to maintain good relations with the United States, as well as with Denmark and other European countries. And they're being courted less by Russia and more by China.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"And so how they move into a kind of small country strategy for balancing powerful neighbours will be very interesting,\".<\/p>\n<p>At the Arctic Council meeting, Blinken said the multilateral forum should maintain its focus on peaceful cooperation on environmental issues, maritime safety and the well-being of indigenous people in the region.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"5674058,5672628,5554946,5535254\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//04//07//russian-military-presence-expanding-in-the-arctic-region-satellite-images-show/">Russian military presence expanding in the Arctic region, satellite images show<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2021//04//14//arctic-should-remain-an-area-of-cooperation-not-conflict-says-mep/">Arctic should remain an area of cooperation, not conflict, says MEP<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//05//19//lavrov-blinken-set-for-showdown-over-arctic-ukraine-at-summit/">Lavrov, Blinken set for showdown over Arctic, Ukraine at summit<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//05//20//what-is-the-arctic-council-and-what-does-it-want/">What is the Arctic Council and what does it want? <\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The US has also rallied Arctic Council members to oppose Moscow\u2019s plans to set maritime rules in the Northern Sea Route, which runs from Norway to Alaska, as well as to resume high-level military talks within the eight-nation bloc.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1621519933,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1621543823,"firstPublishedAt":1621543827,"lastPublishedAt":1621543827,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/05\/67\/85\/38\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_d8298ade-ea71-5f98-8504-f9a24d50e761-5678538.jpg","altText":"US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, centre, arrives for the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland, Thursday, May 20, 2021. 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