‘Whisky War’ With Denmark Over Tiny Arctic Island Ends Peacefully With Deal
Prime Minister of Greenland Mute Bourup Egede, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Denmark Jeppe Kofod, centre, and Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly share a three-way handshake after signing an agreement that will establish a land border between Canada and the Kingdom of Denmark on Hans Island, an Arctic island between Nunavut and Greenland, in Ottawa, on June 14, 2022. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang
Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly has struck a historic deal with Denmark, settling a dispute stretching back five decades over a 1.3-square-kilometre island in the Arctic.
Joly and the Danish foreign affairs minister Jeppe Kofod signed an agreement Tuesday to divide Hans Island, an uninhabited rock situated between Ellesmere Island, in Nunavut, and Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory.
