Greenland
Created | Updated Jan 28, 2002
Everyone has looked at a map and wondered what what that huge icecube is doing in the atlantic ocean, but Greenland is so much more than that.
The southern part of Greenland is on the same latatude as Mid-Norway. The nothern part is near the north pole.
The coast of Greenland is the only part inhabited. This land only has about 60,000 inhabitants.
The main industries are all related to the ocean - fishing and shrimping.
The largest mammel in Greenland is the polar bear. Although it is classified as a marine animal.
The largest landbased mammel in Greenland is the musk ox, which has the softest wool in the world.
Greenland is not an independent nation. It belongs to the Danish Kingdom even though they have a homerule, which governs in any internal matter.
What is Denmarks interest in Greenland?
Previously Denmark and Norway were among the greatest whaling nations in the world, and they were mostly operating in the waters around Greenland, but since Denmark has joined an international treaty they nolonger hunt whales unless to keep the stock down.
Now the price on oil has gone skywards and Greenland has a high probability for being rich on minarals, so the interest today is purely economical.
Greenland is known for its fantastic nature, which brings turists there every year. The summer is the most fantastic time of year, when the plants all rush to bloom in the brief summer sun. Most people think that it snows all year round, but in the summer you wear shorts and T-shirts. The fishing in the Greenlansic waters are absolutely marveless - they are said to even beat the Alascan - but most impressing of all is the complete vastness and majesty of nature which you can experience there.
Greenland used to be a society of hunters and fishers, but not in the sense we think of. They used almost everything from an animal so that only 6 (six!) kilos of a blue whale was wasted, when they caught one.
Now most of the hunting techniques are threatened by evolution, but a growing nationalism among the inuits have led to keeping these traditions live and vital.
The southern part of Greenland is on the same latatude as Mid-Norway. The nothern part is near the north pole.
The coast of Greenland is the only part inhabited. This land only has about 60,000 inhabitants.
The main industries are all related to the ocean - fishing and shrimping.
The largest mammel in Greenland is the polar bear. Although it is classified as a marine animal.
The largest landbased mammel in Greenland is the musk ox, which has the softest wool in the world.
Greenland is not an independent nation. It belongs to the Danish Kingdom even though they have a homerule, which governs in any internal matter.
What is Denmarks interest in Greenland?
Previously Denmark and Norway were among the greatest whaling nations in the world, and they were mostly operating in the waters around Greenland, but since Denmark has joined an international treaty they nolonger hunt whales unless to keep the stock down.
Now the price on oil has gone skywards and Greenland has a high probability for being rich on minarals, so the interest today is purely economical.
Greenland is known for its fantastic nature, which brings turists there every year. The summer is the most fantastic time of year, when the plants all rush to bloom in the brief summer sun. Most people think that it snows all year round, but in the summer you wear shorts and T-shirts. The fishing in the Greenlansic waters are absolutely marveless - they are said to even beat the Alascan - but most impressing of all is the complete vastness and majesty of nature which you can experience there.
Greenland used to be a society of hunters and fishers, but not in the sense we think of. They used almost everything from an animal so that only 6 (six!) kilos of a blue whale was wasted, when they caught one.
Now most of the hunting techniques are threatened by evolution, but a growing nationalism among the inuits have led to keeping these traditions live and vital.
