http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/.../403447-ap.html

Denmark, Canada downplay squabble
By JAN M. OLSEN
Storm delays Arctic patrol


COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Canada and Denmark are not at odds over a tiny barren island off northwestern Greenland, officials said Wednesday as they downplayed suggestions that the icebound rock was causing a trans-Atlantic squabble.

Both countries claim sovereignty over the 1.3-square-kilometre Hans Island, roughly 1,100 kilometres south of the North Pole. "Denmark believes that it's part of Greenland and the Canadians have the same opinion but just the other way around," said Peter Taksoe-Jensen of the Foreign Ministry's international department.

Greenland, the world's largest island, is a semi-autonomous Danish territory.

Since 1973, when Canada and Denmark drew a border down the inhospitable strait halfway between Greenland and Canada's Ellesmere Island, the countries have decided that sovereignty over Hans Island and others in the Arctic region would be determined later, Taksoe-Jensen said.

"We didn't have the precise technological measurement methods that we have nowadays," he said, adding that who owns what is still being discussed 31 years later.

Recent Canadian news reports said the Danish navy has raised the flag while visiting the windy, rocky island. In Denmark, however, the story goes that Canadian sailors hoist the Maple Leaf flag when they set foot there.

The Danish navy patrols areas of northern Greenland at sea and on land to maintain a Danish presence in the vast Arctic area.

"There is a no crisis, there is no dispute," stressed Alex Jensen, a Danish navy spokesman.

Hans Island can only be reached during mild summers when the ice melts. The Danish navy did so in 2002 and 2003. "Before that, it was in 1988," Jensen said.

"It's an old story," said Erik Rosenstand, a spokesman with the Canadian Embassy in Copenhagen. "There is nothing dramatic about all this."

Both Rosenstand and Taksoe-Jensen denied reports that a Canadian diplomat had been summoned to the Danish Foreign Ministry over the issue.

"No one has been summoned," Rosenstand said. "If someone is summoned, it means serious matter."

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you can eat fish with anti-freeze proteins in their blood.

oh yeah and bring some snow goggles, don't want you to get blinded by the artic sun.

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Originally posted by subuddha i read a story by a man that had sat by the ocean, whatching icebergs drift in the water, the sun setting and not a single person for miles around. (for those of you familiar with buddhism/meditation, he experienced Source at that point)

I'm interested in buddhism and meditation, where can I read this story?

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Originally posted by N|te-L|fe Doesnt look too green to me

Ah, that is a glacier. The vegetation is very very green in the south in the summer. The most brilliant green. And we have the most beautiful lakes in the world. There are very pure colors...the white glaciers are so white they are blue. And the water can be deep purple or on lower grounds, bright turquoise. It is very striking.

I never saw an iceberg noticeably drift. But I have seen avalanches while hiking. They sound like bombs.

The temperature always feels less severe than it actually is. 0 degrees does not feel like 0 degrees. It maybe feels like 10.

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Originally posted by P4z! I'm interested in buddhism and meditation, where can I read this story?

Nukunu Larsen wrote a book called the true rebellion (swe: Den sanna revolutionen).
it kan be ordered from Regnbågsförlaget in Sweden (i think you still can buy it). or check his homepage http://www.youarethat.dk/rebellion.htm

he only mentions greenland breifly though, a few sentences, but his book is definitely worth a read. very interesting on how he realized himself. he has written another one called "not until you die" but i liked his first book more.

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Spiral out. Keep going.

I definitely want to visit Greenland one day, but I'd visit Iceland first if possible.

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Originally posted by Echo of Silence I never saw an iceberg noticeably drift. But I have seen avalanches while hiking. They sound like bombs.

damn, that's awesome!!!

i wanna see some avalanches

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bring me along!

i really wanna go to greenland

Have you read "Smillas kansla for sno"? Is a lot about greenland there. Don't know the English title...

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Originally posted by subuddha as most of you figured out from the subject, i am thinking of going to Greenland. thing is, i dont really know why. i know it sounds strange but i have come across Greenland a lot lately. people talking about on the radio or mentioning it in books. something makes me want to go there, but i dont know much about the island then that the nature is special and that you can experience midnight sun during the summers.

Simple answer: Visit Norway!
Rock climbing in huge mountains, explore vast ice-caves and mind-boggling glaciers. Unforgettable experiences...
Midnight sun is also an amazing experience, and we have guaranteed nice weather in the summer season.
And then there's Norwegian girls, who are just as nice as the Swedish, only they have bigger boobs.
http://www.visitnorway.com/ <- have a look here.

oh yeah, bring loads of cash!

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Yeah I've heard a lot of good things about Norway. I'm probably going there next year.

A friend of mine from Sweden hates Sweden and says it's the most depressing country in the world.


Edit: if Denmark continues to invade Canada, I might be visiting Denmark next year as well... with a batallion.

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