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[1] 25 June – Google Translate adds support for Kalaallisut. [2] 27 June - A polar bear is sighted in Disko Bay near Alluttoq Island, north of Ilulissat. [3] 29 June - The yearly Danish royal visit begins. King Frederik and Queen Mary land at Pituffik Space Base and are greeted by Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede. [4]
The Greenland ice sheet is 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) thick and broad enough to blanket an area the size of Mexico. The ice is so massive that its weight presses the bedrock of Greenland below sea level and is so all-concealing that not until recently did scientists discover Greenland's Grand Canyon or the possibility that Greenland might actually ...
In Nuuk, the average daily temperature varies over the seasons from −5.1 to 9.9 °C (22.8 to 49.8 °F). [90] The total area of Greenland is 2,166,086 km 2 (836,330 sq mi) (including other offshore minor islands), of which the Greenland ice sheet covers 1,755,637 km 2 (677,855 sq mi) (81%) and has a volume of approximately 2,850,000 km 3 ...
The prime minister of Greenland has unsurprisingly rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s statement late last night that the country—a Danish territory—be controlled by the U.S.
While Greenland is currently not for sale, the U.S. has purchased land and territories from other countries in the past. FILE PHOTO: A general view of the port in Nuu, Greenland on March 8, 2013 ...
The geology of Greenland is dominated by crystalline rocks of the Precambrian Shield. [1] The crystalline rocks of the Nuuk/Qeqertarsuatsiaat area comprise some of the oldest bedrock in Greenland which covers most of western Greenland. The surface has been altered several times and has an appearance as though it were shaped billions of years ago.
In 1946, the U.S. proposed buying Greenland for the price of $100 million in gold. Greenland’s leader, Prime Minister Múte Egede, responded promptly to the latest development. “Greenland is ours.
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