Canada's arctic sovereignty claim angers Denmark
CTV.ca News Staff
An ongoing border dispute between Canada and Denmark is heating up again following Defence Minister Bill Graham's secret visit to a frozen Arctic island north of Greenland.
Last week, Graham set foot on tiny Hans Island, claimed by both Canada and Denmark.
Graham said Canada had always regarded the 1.3-square-kilometre island as part of Canadian territory.
His comments have caused a stir in Copenhagen and now Denmark says it will send a protest letter to Canada over the incident.
Officials at the Canadian Embassy in Copenhagen declined to comment.
Earlier this month, Canadian military personnel landed on the island, leaving behind a Canadian flag and an Inuit stone marker, reported The Globe and Mail.
Hans Island, which lies about 1,100 kilometres south of the North Pole can only be reached during summer because of pack ice.
It has been claimed by both Denmark and Canada since Arctic borders were drawn in 1973.
The border lies through Nares Strait, halfway between Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory and Canada's Ellesmere Island.
However neither country could agree which one would have sovereignty over Hans Island and several other islands in the area, so a decision was made to sort out the question of ownership at a later stage.
It's not the first spat between Canada and Denmark over Hans Island.
Danish navy ships visited in the island in 2002 and 2003.
And in 1984, Tom Hoeyem, Denmark's minister of Greenland affairs, placed a Danish flag on the island and a bottle of brandy with a note saying "Welcome to the Danish island."
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On a personal note, I must say that the ice shall be stained red with our blood before we allow the Foriegn Danish Invader to defoul our sacred Dominion!
We beat the Nazis out of Normandy, Sicily, Italy, and the Netherlands. Denmark couldn't beat them out of a Copenhagen coffee shop.
When Denmark is finally subdued and conquered, we shall allow them to become a province of Canada, with a few reasonalbe demands. The name shall be changed from "Denmark" to "Gretskyland". Copenhagen will be renamed "New Winnipeg".
All those hot Danish women will be required to be examined by me for..umm...health reasons.
It is part of Canada's destiny to rule the world. The bible did say "He shall have Dominion from sea unto sea; from the river to the ends of the earth." (Psalm 72)
O Canada, we stand on guard for Thee!
CTV.ca News Staff
An ongoing border dispute between Canada and Denmark is heating up again following Defence Minister Bill Graham's secret visit to a frozen Arctic island north of Greenland.
Last week, Graham set foot on tiny Hans Island, claimed by both Canada and Denmark.
Graham said Canada had always regarded the 1.3-square-kilometre island as part of Canadian territory.
His comments have caused a stir in Copenhagen and now Denmark says it will send a protest letter to Canada over the incident.
Officials at the Canadian Embassy in Copenhagen declined to comment.
Earlier this month, Canadian military personnel landed on the island, leaving behind a Canadian flag and an Inuit stone marker, reported The Globe and Mail.
Hans Island, which lies about 1,100 kilometres south of the North Pole can only be reached during summer because of pack ice.
It has been claimed by both Denmark and Canada since Arctic borders were drawn in 1973.
The border lies through Nares Strait, halfway between Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory and Canada's Ellesmere Island.
However neither country could agree which one would have sovereignty over Hans Island and several other islands in the area, so a decision was made to sort out the question of ownership at a later stage.
It's not the first spat between Canada and Denmark over Hans Island.
Danish navy ships visited in the island in 2002 and 2003.
And in 1984, Tom Hoeyem, Denmark's minister of Greenland affairs, placed a Danish flag on the island and a bottle of brandy with a note saying "Welcome to the Danish island."
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On a personal note, I must say that the ice shall be stained red with our blood before we allow the Foriegn Danish Invader to defoul our sacred Dominion!
We beat the Nazis out of Normandy, Sicily, Italy, and the Netherlands. Denmark couldn't beat them out of a Copenhagen coffee shop.
When Denmark is finally subdued and conquered, we shall allow them to become a province of Canada, with a few reasonalbe demands. The name shall be changed from "Denmark" to "Gretskyland". Copenhagen will be renamed "New Winnipeg".
All those hot Danish women will be required to be examined by me for..umm...health reasons.
It is part of Canada's destiny to rule the world. The bible did say "He shall have Dominion from sea unto sea; from the river to the ends of the earth." (Psalm 72)
O Canada, we stand on guard for Thee!
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