As the Arctic's attractions mount, Greenland is a security black hole

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As the Arctic’s attractions mount, Greenland is a security black hole

A Danish patrol vessel sails in Sisimiut harbor, Greenland, in 2015. | KIM MOLLER PETERSEN / DANISH ARMED FORCES / VIA REUTERS

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen
Reuters

Oct 21, 2020

COPENHAGEN – On a windy August afternoon in 2017, Akitsinnguaq Ina Olsen was relaxing in the old harbor of Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, when a Chinese icebreaker sailed unannounced into the Arctic island’s territorial waters.

“I saw it by chance,” said Olsen, 50. “My first thought was: ‘They’re already here!’ They’re pretty cheeky, those Chinese.”

She pulled out her phone and took a picture of the 167-meter long Chinese icebreaker Xue Long (Snow Dragon), before it turned around and disappeared.

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