Will Trump take over? Trump says that acquiring Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, will “protect the free world". But Europe, and Greenlanders themselves, stand in his way.
Struggle for Greenland turns surreal
Community ties: Eighty-eight percent of the people living in Greenland are Inuit or mixed Inuit and Danish, with strong ties to Inuits in Canada and Alaska. Most of the remaining 12% are of Danish descent. Glossary
Tundra - One third of the Earth's soil-bound carbon is in these treeless arctic regions. As global warming melts the permafrost, this carbon escapes as CO2 and methane.
Autonomous - Having the freedom to control itself or its life.
Nato - The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation was founded in 1949 to unite Western democracies in Europe and North America against the perceived growing threat of the USSR. It now has 31 members.
EU - European Union. An economic and political union of 27 countries.
GDP - Short for Gross Domestic Product, the measure of all the goods and services produced inside a country.
Travesty - A fake and offensive representation of something. Travesty descends from the French verb travestir, meaning to disguise.
Expansionism - The belief that a country should grow by taking over new territory.
Alienate - Make someone feel disconnected or isolated.
Imperial - Relating to an empire.