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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Ashley Kirk, Lucy Swan, Tural Ahmedzade, Harvey Symons and Oliver Holmes

Greenland: new shipping routes, hidden minerals – and a frontline between the US and Russia?

A boat travels though a partly frozen sea inlet with snowy mountains in the background
A boat travels though a partly frozen sea inlet outside Nuuk, Greenland Photograph: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP

Lying between the US and Russia, Greenland has become a critical frontline as the Arctic opens up because of global heating.

Its importance has been underscored by Donald Trump openly considering the US taking the island from its Nato partner Denmark, either by buying it, or by force.

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