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The last reported ship to reach Greenland was a private ship that was "blown off course", reaching Greenland in 1406, and departing in 1410 with the last news of Greenland: the burning at the stake of a condemned male witch, the insanity and death of the woman this witch was accused of attempting to seduce through witchcraft, and the marriage ...
1945: Greenland is given back to Denmark but the US and NATO use the island as a base for operations. 1953: Greenland is now integrated with Denmark and has representation in Denmark's parliament. 1968: An American B-52 bomber crashes on the island. But the bomber had four nuclear bombs and the people claim that not all weapons were found.
The ice cores show that Greenland has had dramatic temperature shifts many times in the past 100,000 years. [47] Similarly the Icelandic Book of Settlements records famines during the winters, in which "the old and helpless were killed and thrown over cliffs". [45] These Norse settlements vanished during the 14th and early 15th centuries. [48]
After home rule was secured, a bare majority (53%) of Greenland's population voted on 23 February 1982 to leave the EEC, a process which lasted until 1985. This resulted in the Greenland Treaty of 1985. [17] In 2008, Greenland's citizens approved the Greenlandic self-government referendum with a 75% vote in favor of a higher degree of autonomy ...
Greenland is the largest island on Earth, and about 80% of it is covered by a giant sheet of ice. Slowly flowing glaciers connect this massive frozen reservoir of fresh water to the ocean, but ...
An acquisition of Greenland would give the United States permanent possession of an island that is crucial to its defense. [6] [29] The country would acquire vast amounts of natural resources—whether found or expected—including petroleum and rare minerals; [26] [21] the island has the largest deposits of rare earths outside China. [81]
When Greenland and Canada began shifting apart about 61 million years ago, the early separation started with a northeast-southwest movement of the distinct plates that coincided with the formation ...
A colossal rockslide that triggered a mega-tsunami caused the Earth to ‘hum’ for days, an event scientists say is directly linked to climate crisis