I Went to Greenland and Saw a Warning for Canada

I Went to Greenland and Saw a Warning for Canada

Postby Oscar » Thu Apr 16, 2026 8:57 pm

I Went to Greenland and Saw a Warning for Canada

How the resource-rich Arctic territory braced for invasion

BY BRETT POPPLEWELL - The Walrus - April 15, 2026

EXCERPT: "IN THE OPENING salvos of 2026, Greenland felt at the centre of everything. What may have seemed abstract to those watching from afar felt both real and urgent for the people of Nuuk. By mid-January, the threat of invasion left citizens awake in the night and transformed the port city from an otherwise quiet Arctic outpost of 20,000 people into a rallying point for North Atlantic Treaty Organization troops and ambassadors. French soldiers were there, as were Germans, Swedes, and Finns. Together, they formed a tripwire force hastily deployed as an armed symbol of the Western alliance’s resolve to preserve the rule-bound order—even if it meant going to war with itself. . . . . "

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