What Lies Under Greenland’s Ice
Greenland is 81% glacier, home to 56,000 people, with no roads between most towns. It also holds 25 of the EU’s 34 critical raw materials.
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Greenland
Who Controls the North Pole?
Six countries are staking claims to Arctic waters as ice disappears. Russia leads with 4.8 million square kilometers (1.85 million square miles), Canada has 4 million square kilometers (1.54 million square miles), Denmark claims 2.2 million square kilometers (843,345 square miles) through Greenland. What’s beneath the melting ice makes these claims worth fighting over.
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Greenland’s Strategic Value
A remote island with just 57,000 inhabitants is becoming a focal point for global competition. Greenland’s retreating glaciers are exposing massive mineral deposits including rare-earths that China currently dominates. Meanwhile, new Arctic shipping routes and strategic military positioning make this Danish territory increasingly valuable to major powers.
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Half of Greenland’s Population Lives Here — And It’s Only 0.036% of the Land
Greenland is vast, frozen, and nearly empty – except for one small area. A new map shows that 53% of Greenland’s population lives on just 0.036% of its land.
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Population distribution (and roads) of Greenland
With about 56,000 inhabitants, Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) can be considered a micronation on a mega island. More than simply a
Read MoreTopographic map of Greenland from bedrock elevation data
Greenland is the world’s largest island and the least densely populated country in the world. It is located in the northern part of the North American continent, between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean. Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark, with its own government and parliament.
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Billion-dollar weather & climate disasters by state (1980 – 2016)
The map below reflects a summation of billion-dollar events for each state affected. From 1980–2016, there have been 23 drought
Read MoreSan Francisco Noise Complaints (2010 – 2013)
In San Francisco, the Tenderloin is obviously a hotbed of noise complaints, as is the Upper Haight, The Mission, and
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