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In Greenland, hunters have a word for a sea with no eyes. Seeks. It's a strong word and it strikes fear in people's hearts. The Arctic is warming two to four times faster than the rest of the planet. Greenland is particularly vulnerable to climate change. It's led to an additional threat for the island. The more the ice melts, the more its neighbors want to claim it. As traversing the Arctic Ocean becomes more feasible, Greenland's strategic importance as a hub between North America, Russia, and Europe is
growing. What's more, the mineral resources stored beneath the island's surface are attracting more global political interest, especially from the president of the United States. It's not easy being Greenland. Not when the leader of the most powerful nation on earth says he wants to take you over president. We need Greenland very importantly for uh international security. We have to have Greenland. Why is this semi-autonomous territory part of Denmark so important to Donald Trump? Although it's the size of Western Europe, it only has 57,000 inhabitants.
We might be an Elorado in terms of having resources, but we're going to decide how to use them. In Greenland, we don't want to be Dan. We don't want to be Americans. We want to be Greenlanders. Greenland's people want independence, but are caught in a tugofwar between global superpowers pursuing their own interests, whether economic, military, political, or environmental. The story began in 2019 during Donald Trump's first term in office when news leaked in the American press that the president had expressed an interest in Greenland.
Sounded like a bit of a joke at first with this picture of a Trump Tower plonked on its landscape tweeted by the president saying, "I promise not to do this to Greenland." But the joke it seems Danish Prime Minister Meta Frederickson called the idea absurd and in response the US president cancelled his visit to Denmark idea. I thought that the prime minister's statement that it was absurd that was it was an absurd idea was nasty. I thought it was an inappropriate statement. Some Greenlanders saw this diplomatic incident between the US and Denmark as convenient. We're in the islands south in the village of Narasak.
It's the place Avarak Benson calls home. She's a student of archaeology and an environmental activist. When we heard that Donald Trump was trying to buy Greenland in few years ago, we thought it was so funny and we were a bit like grateful because then suddenly we have like we were on the world plan. Suddenly the rest of the world knew there were Inuits people living here in Greenland. So it was a good thing. But when he made the statement the second time, it was not that funny anymore. Shortly after his reelection, Trump reignited the conflict. He posted the following on December 22nd, 2024. Ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity.
He then questioned Denmark's sovereignty over the island in a statement to the press. People really don't even know if Denmark has any legal right to it, but if they do, they should give it up because we need it for national security. Donald Trump's undiplomatic approach may have come as a surprise to some, but US interest in Greenland long predates his presidencies. Washington has previously attempted to claim the territory colonized by Denmark, Norway in the early 18th century. Yens Hinrich is the head of Greenland's representation in Copenhagen.
He was the first native Greenlander to earn a PhD in modern history at the University of Nuke, Greenland's capital. You have had over time the US acquiring territories in different places. Alaska was bought to Russia. The Danish Virgin Islands were was sold to the US in 1917. You have had US efforts to purchase Greenland earlier from the 1860s onward. You have had a Danish reluctance on doing the deal. Of course, World War II changed everything. German army rolled across the neutral borders of Little Denmark.
Much of northern and western Europe fell under German control but not Greenland which became a strategic hub. The range of aircraft would was not as great at the time and we were not able to do air refueling when planes were in flight. So it Greenland became a sort of stopping point for planes produced in the US. So they flew them to Greenland and then on from Greenland to the UK. So it became really important for the war effort. A defense agreement was put in place in 1941 in which the US authorities were given permission to establish military bases in Greenland. And in that it is stipulated that US can stay in Greenland if they deem a threat towards the United States.
The weather stations at these US military bases were to play a crucial role in planning military operations in Europe. These weather report from Greenland. It was actually part of the preparation for DDay. The Greenland has become a crucial point in military planning. So the Germans brought up their bombers. After World War II, Denmark wanted to solidify its role as the sovereign power over Greenland. It rejected an overture by the Truman administration to purchase the island for $100 million in gold. But given the new international context, the US refused to withdraw from the region.
You had the start up of the cold war following second world war and keen interest from the United States to be able to defend itself towards attacks from Soviet Union. And in that regard, Greenland plays a crucial part because if you want to fire a nuclear missile from the US to Russia or vice versa, then the shortest route trajectory is over the Arctic and over Greenland. Because of the growing tension between the two blocks, Denmark decided to join NATO in 1949. The United States played a key role in ensuring Greenland's military security and its forces largely had free reign on the island. Privileges the US exploited fully.
Tulle air base now known as Patufik was located at the center of a network of radar stations. Its expansion into a massive US enclave forced officials to relocate residents. At the height of its expansion in the 1960s, the base was home to some 10,000 people, almost onethird of Greenland's population at the time. Today, the base houses about 150 to 200 US soldiers, but it remains a crucial part of the US anti-missile shield and satellite surveillance network. Few questioned US military sovereignty over its private domain. But when Donald Trump announced that he wanted to take over the territory, the whole world and especially Greenland reacted with outrage.
It was scary to see on the news. It was just not like a joke anymore. It became like a reality first when his son came to Nuke. After posing by the statue of Hans Egoda, the founding father of the mission in Nuke, Donald Trump Jr. invited some locals he met on the street to a fancy restaurant and he gave me heads and invited some people. MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk who was murdered just a few months later was there too filming a propaganda video. If you could say anything to Donald Trump, what would you tell him? God bless you. You are so strong and we love you so much. I just want to say that uh we're it's a very special place. It's it needs security for itself, but it also needs security very much for the world.
You guys like that, right? President Trump later repeated these security concerns in front of the international press. I'm talking about protecting the free world. You look at, you don't even need binoculars. You look outside, you have China ships all over the place. You have Russian ships all over the place. We're not letting that happen. We're not letting it happen. Is Greenland under threat from the US's main adversaries?
Julian Neshwart, an expert on the Arctic region, served as the president's national security adviser during his first term. To this day, the Trump administration seeks her advice. Look, the bottom line is um the Arctic is a very strategic uh location and Greenland is certainly at that critical juncture when it comes to North America and Europe and so we there has to be increased security um elements in place. Um Russia and China are moving forward and we are behind the curve and we need to be able to step up. The rush to the Arctic is primarily due to climate change.
Geocscientist Paul Beerman of the University of Vermont has long been studying how the climate is affecting the Greenland ice sheet and its surroundings. So, we can we'll get some good stuff there. All right. We have data on sea ice and the data are not good. They show a dramatic decline in sea ice over the last several decades and the forecasts are it's only going to get worse. Depending on who you believe, in the next several decades we could see a summer with no sea ice, effectively no sea ice in the Arctic. Opening the Arctic to ship travel, to commerce, but also to warships and to potential hostility. So, it is a strategic change not to have the Arctic Ocean frozen over
where only ice breakers can move. Is that a good thing? Absolutely not. Because the Arctic is in many ways a regulator reverse climate. And once we've lost the sea ice that covers the Arctic, then every summer, the sunlight that shines 24 hours on there is going to heat the water and heat the Earth. And that's another one of those reinforcing feedback loops that's going to make our planet yet warmer. While scientists are concerned, others are excited about potential new opportunities. If you can go by container ship from Asia to Europe along the Arctic route instead of going uh the other way around through the Suez Canal, then you can h get from Europe to uh Asia much quicker. And that means that you will
save money and for that reason that uh that area has become important especially for the Russians who hope that they can charge shipping going through their national waters. Russia sees themselves as king of the Arctic. They believe that is their domain. They have reopened uh Soviet era military bases uh increased submarines uh ships throughout the region um oil and gas exploration. They've been extremely active and aggressive uh when it comes to militarizing the Arctic region. So I would say both space, air and land as well as under sea has been become very critical um not just with Russia but even with China with you they have their polar silk road initiative uh
to try to have this foothold when it comes to security as well as economic um uh security also. In 2017, China officially integrated the far north into its global strategy for securing transportation infrastructure. Its expansionism, coming on top of Russian ambitions, is causing concern among US officials. But experts still believe tensions in and around Greenland are unlikely to escalate. The US Navy has not intensified its patrolling around Greenland. And if you ask the US Navy, then they don't really see a need for it. They see a need for controlling Iceland so that they can control the straits between uh Greenland, Iceland, and the UK for submarines and other stuff. So they
reopened the base there with a clear military purpose. But they haven't done anything in Greenland, which essentially is because that there's no military threat there. As a member of the opposition in parliament and a spokesperson for the Danish Conservative Party, Rasmos Yarlo, who lives near Copenhagen, can speak more freely than the government. I don't think we should over complicate things and look for very uh complicated reasons for why Trump wants Greenland. It doesn't have to do with developments in the Arctic or Russia or China because these threats are imaginary and not real and they are definitely under control of the current setup with Greenland being part of NATO. The reason is much more
simple. He just wants more land. He wants to put his name on the map. He wants to put USA on the map of Greenland. And that's the reason for it because there is no other logical explanation for it. Speaker, the President of the United States In his quest for territory, the former real estate magnate has adjusted his strategy. During his 2025 State of the Union address, he spoke to Greenlanders directly. And I also have a message tonight for the incredible people of Greenland.
We strongly support your right to determine your own future. And if you choose, we welcome you into the United States of America. We need Greenland for national security. At times friendly, at times demanding, then ambiguous and threatening, the president portrayed himself as a defender of people's rights to self-determination. And I think we're going to get it one way or the other. We're going to get it. We will keep you safe. We will make you rich. And together we will take Greenland to heights like you have never thought possible before. It's a very small population but very large piece of land and very important for military security. America is once
again standing strong against the Where did they dive? Right in front of us, farther away. Right there. Kik is a seal hunter. He also served as prime minister of Greenland from 2009 to 2013, which is one reason why his voice still carries weight among his fellow citizens. the Americans are really unpopular or the presidency at least you cannot just buy a land or its people that's against everything and uh against Greenlanders of course in the midst of uh Greenlanders uh fight for independency of Denmark. Following Trump's speech, Greenlanders took to the streets. Nearly 1,000 people demonstrated in the capital Nuke.
Among them were the leaders of the major political parties. Thank you all for coming today. Let's show them we're united. They can think what they like. Our country belongs to us no matter what they say. may no longer be in power, but he likes discussing international politics with his daughter Meera. Laser Rasmusen, the Danish foreign minister, met with Trump today, but apparently they didn't discuss Greenland. They always say that. Did we discuss it? I don't recall. I'd be surprised if they hadn't discussed it. Now a consultant, Mera Kle worked for Greenland's government for many years.
She also served in the UN Secretariat for Indigenous Peoples and Development. I think a lot of Greenlandic people feel there's been a lot of disrespect of the people that live here and our um our ability to make our own decisions of how our country should be in the future. We want to be the agents of telling our own story but also representing us representing ourselves out in the world and um I think it's it's reasonable and it makes sense but of course it's not as easy as it seems right since 2009 Greenland has enjoyed greater autonomy in areas such as education resource management, law enforcement, and the judiciary. But residents want more. The vast majority support full independence.
Almost all political parties support the idea, but they disagree on how to realize it or just how urgent the matter really is. In this context, Trump's words are stoking tensions and further deepening the divide. Its director Carl Sand Green supports the policies of the governing coalition which advocates for gradual independence. I would say Donald Trump has divided us into in two places. We didn't need that at all. A lot of people were saying let's say yes to Donald Trump and uh become uh part of the US. Um the other place was saying it's not a good idea. Welcome to America. Why would you buy us? Why would you do that?
Can you buy me? Yo, sir, I can put the hat on. Oh, what? Hey, sir. Have you EVER TRIED Buffalo Wild? Per Brock is the leader of the largest opposition party, Nal Iraq. As a staunch advocate of independence, he plays Denmark and the US off against each other. when he said we will get it one way or the other is because all the political parties have said we want a defense agreement, collaboration agreement, trade agreement with the US. So that control they would get one way or the other. That's not a threat. That's stupidity from the European nations thinking that's a threat because that's what we want. The difference between us and the all the other parties in Greenland is that we don't talk about independence as something that is
be used as a bargaining chip towards Denmark. It's actually something we want to achieve. I don't think we are ready to be independent right now. Um it's too unrealistic. We need more educated people. Uh we need more doctors, greantic doctors. We need more greantic scientist. Um we need more Greenlandic inventors. Uh we are too dependent on one um business uh which is fishery. Today more than 4,000 residents of Greenland work in the fishing industry, just over 15% of the working age population. Shrimp, cod, halibot, and other seafood are exported worldwide, often via Denmark.
Since 90% of exports are related to the fishing industry and since the country is heavily dependent on imports, it's essential that it diversify and develop other sectors of the economy. It is precisely this challenge that a key figure in the Greenlandic government is tackling. My name is Na Tenson. I'm a politician in Greenland. Uh I've been in the parliament for 7 years. Then I went out and did something in the real world. that I came back and became minister of uh this area that I also have now which is mineral resources, energy, business, gender equality and justice. 54% of our income into the national budget is from outside. It's primarily from the block
grant from Denmark and then some money also from the European Union. So we do have a very difficult task ahead of us. we do need to make more money on our own in order to be self-sufficient and I think that's a big part of our pride that we are able to pay our own way. Uh so the minerals of course plays a role in that. Many believe that minerals are the reason behind Trump's keen interest. Greenland's subs soil is rich in gold, oil, gas, and all sorts of minerals that have become essential for economies worldwide.
An estimated 43 of the 60 minerals US authorities categorize as critical can be found on the island. So I think Greenland is one of these mystical places where people project their own fantasies onto what it might or might not be. Uh and thinking that this is an Elorado. It's a place where we're going to get rich quick. We're going to find fossil fuels. We're going to find rare earth minerals. We're going to make a quick buck and leave. But in fact, it's far more complex than that. It's dark for much of the year in the northern part of the island. It's incredibly stormy. There's very little in the way of infrastructure that you
would expect for mining. There's no central power grid. There's no central network of roads. So, most everything has to move by ship or move by plane, which is a very difficult way to extract minerals. Right now we have the climate crisis going on and uh the uh green transition is very mineral demanding. So for that reason many countries are looking for places where they can get the supply of minerals and the pandemic also showed that we have been too reliant on China for instance to take care of everything within the supply chain. any of the phases. China has tightened its export rules over rare earth minerals in a move that could significantly impact global supply chains for electric vehicles.
The mountains surrounding Nars are home to some of the world's largest deposits of rare earth elements, minerals that are essential for both green technology and the defense industry. Authorities granted Australian company Greenland Minerals, now called Energy Transition Minerals, an exploration license in the late 2000s. But its work has grown to a halt. Today, Nuka Christiansen, an employee of the company, is taking journalists from around the world to the deposits at Kuanir Suite.
There's iron. This is Kuaner suite. The entrance is just up there. This is the entrance to a tunnel that was opened in the 1950s and sealed off decades ago. Officials have taken samples from two holes in the ground, storing them at the company's warehouse. Carl Barnabasan acts as a sort of curator here and greets visitors. This is compartment number eight at a depth of 42 m. There's lots of neodymium and praodmium as well as dprosium and turbium here.
Two rare earth elements whose export China has restricted. All samples have been studied. Half of them were sent to Australia. The other half is kept here. In addition to rare earth elements, these deposits also contain uranium. What was initially hailed as the deal of the century sparked an outcry among locals. Okay. An anti-uranium group formed out of fear of radioactive contamination has been fighting the mining project for years.
The residents of Nars are divided on the issue, but Avarak Benson is not giving up. The Australian came here and promised a lot of things how it would benefit NASA and people of NASA. There will be a lot of jobs and stuff like that. So, they romanticize the mining for us people. They're going to take the waste in a lake and the lake is not that big and during the winter and also in the summer we have a lot strong wind. So the waste is going to end up in the ocean and we have a lot of fishers here and farmers. They're like you don't have to leave when the mine opens but we will leave. A lot of sea farmers are also leaving if it opens. That's the reason we are fighting for it.
Opposition to the opening of the mine became a big political issue and led to a law that completely banned uranium mining in Greenland. This meant that work at the Kuan Sweet deposit could not continue. In response, Greenland Minerals, as the Australian company was still called at the time, sued the Greenlandic government, seeking more than 11 billion in damages. People's concerns were not just about uranium, but about geopolitics as well. Chinese company Shanghai Resources was a minority shareholder in Greenland Minerals and Western countries were concerned about China's increasing presence in the Arctic.
This interplay of geopolitics, natural resources, and the desire for independence is at the heart of the fourth season of the Danish TV series Borggan Power and Glory. In it, the discovery of oil deposits in Greenland shakes the world order to its core. My name is Sven Harden. I'm a serial entrepreneur, former permanent secretary at the Premier's office in the government of Greenland. In the series, Hardenberg plays the Minister of Natural Resources. Then, in a real life plot twist, he was hired by Energy Transition Minerals. His task was to diffuse the political and financial conflict with the government. I was approached two years ago by the company when the legal track was started um to see if I could help them navigate
this political landscape. And I said, I think I could contribute immensely because I have the background that I have, but hopefully we can mitigate this and move that forward because it's so valuable. That mine will produce huge value for our country for century over a century. Why should we say no? We know that we have to live off our resources. We have a great fishing stock that we are trading off. We have tourism and our nature that we are selling. And then we have to sell and make a profit from our minerals, but not at any cost. The government has approved another rare earth project with low uranium concentrations on the other uninhabited side of the fjord. After years of exploration, Australian American company Critical Metals
Corporation acquired a majority stake in the Tan Breeze deposit in 2025. Although mining has yet to start, the company's market value is rising steadily due in part to the announcement of strategic partnerships with companies linked to the US defense sector. It's been um good to see Greenland um moving forward to become more independent and sovereign um and hoping to have more investment opportunities. But right now it's still very much um in need of the infrastructure such as roads, bridges, airports um being able to come in and out. I think there's huge opportunities by far in Greenland. it is the new frontier by any means because it has been underdeveloped for centuries. I think the issue here is for us as
Greenlanders is who to partner up with. Who has the best financial markets for investments? Is it Europe or is it US? If you look at the share numbers and the stats, it's US by far. In June 2025, a US carrier introduced direct flights between New York City and Nuke. Twice a week, its planes bring tourists and investors to the island. Residents welcome the development up to a point. We want to be in control of this development, right? So, we have a small workforce. If we were to develop everything in Greenland, we would be the minority. So we want to be at the steering wheel and decide how and when we develop different sectors. So
we might be an elderorado in terms of having resources, but we're going to decide how to use them. Remembering painful past experiences, many here have a strong desire for self-determination. I think a lot of Greenlandic people feel that they're not being heard because a lot of people in Europe do not see them as have been violated in culturally or in other ways politically. The racism that also exists today and the fact that we have a different perception of history makes it difficult to move forward together today. one painful memory from the colonial era has just recently resurfaced. That of forced contraception which affected thousands of Greenlandic women.
The campaign was carried out without public transparency or consent. During the 60s, you had a realization that the number of births in Greenland was too high. So an approach from the Danish health care system in Greenland was to administer IODS to Greenlandic females uh girls from the age of 12 onwards. The number is quite large group. It's around 4,000 females in that period that was administered and you had a drastic decrease in the number of births in Greenland. A lot of women were offered um this spiral coil contraceptive. Um many took it I guess with full knowledge and were quite happy because at that time many women were also trying to family plan on their own. It was difficult but a number
of women were not informed about it about the consequences and some were not even aware it was done to them and this is of course a very horrible um act and some were quite young. They were not sexually active uh and it was really traumatic for them. Of course this story with all the other stories need to be dealt with. We need to um acknowledge it happened. We need to understand what happened. And we need to hear the Danish state apologize for what happened. After 3 years of silence, the Danish prime minister finally issued an apology. It came ahead of a trip to Nuke where she was to meet some of those affected by the program.
Dear women, dear families, dear Greenland, there's just one thing to say. Please forgive us. Forgive us for the injustice that was committed against you because you were Greenlanders. Forgive us for what was taken from you and for the pain it caused. On behalf of Denmark, I ask for your forgiveness. one scoop. The positive side effects of the US interest in Greenland, of course, is that you have a change in the dynamics between Greenland and Denmark, and you have a better chance of having a dialogue on these issues.
Ironically, thanks to Donald Trump, the concerns of Greenlanders are now receiving widespread attention. All the while, officials across Europe are getting more and more worried. It was against this tense backdrop that Emmanuel Macau arrived in Nuke where he was greeted by the prime ministers of both Greenland and Denmark. What is Morn trying to prove with his visit? He wants to show that Europe is opposed to the United States. He wants to show that members of NATO have no reason to threaten one another. That goes for the United States as well.
is for us the occasion to convey a very clear message of French and European solidarity. 30 40 years ago, there was a big discussion in Denmark about our security policy and we actually made the choice that we would align 100% with the United States. So Danish foreign policy in the past decades has been all about supporting the United States and being the most uh close ally that you can imagine. And now we're seeing the weakness of this strategy because now our closest and most important ally is now trying to take our territory and is not really behaving like a friend anymore. Everybody think in France in the European Union that Greenland is not to be sold, not to be taken.
I want just for you to know that it's clearly perceived by the Europeans as targeting a European land. What is that? What are the European countries afraid of? Why is Macron suddenly in Greenland supporting ME having the French flag on the airplane and the Danish flag not the Greenlandic? What is that kind of signaling? It's easy for us to see as well why France has an interest in this because France has many overseas territories and if you start allowing other powers to go to French Polynesia or French Gana some just to try to we feel like we should take this country this week then France is also going to be in a bad situation. So it's better for everyone in the entire world that we agree that if you
are going to move international borders, it must happen uh peacefully, democratically and without interference of uh other powers. Perhaps this is the key geopolitical question in Greenland. Will the international order that has been in place since the end of World War II be overturned? The Arctic has been bracing for a conflict between Russia and China on the one side and the US and Europe on the other for a long time. But now there are many signs pointing to a different balance of power.
President Putin recently mentioned Greenland and says, "Of course, yeah, you can have Greenland." As for Greenland, this is an issue for two specific states. It has nothing to do with us. Now, if I was Putin, I would have done that, too, because the US already has Greenland. They have had it since World War II. And if he can get Trump to act like uh the Chinese leader and the Russian leader, then he's essentially creating a new world where the rules don't apply and the great powers can take the territory that they want. So from that perspective I can fully understand why Putin think that yes of course Trump should have Panama, Canada and Greenland because that means
that then Russia should have uh Ukraine and Georgia and Muldova and so on and so forth and China could get Taiwan and then the great powers will be happy. Uh but the smaller powers and most European states would not be that happy. In a show of military independence from the US, European nations have been stepping up their joint exercises with the Danish armed forces in the Arctic. So from that perspective, we have now come to a conclusion unofficially in Denmark, that we can no longer trust the Americans, and that we need up to build our own capability in order to protect ourselves in the event that NATO collapses. And just as I'm speaking here, the Danish government has just
announced that they are now buying a major groundbased air defense system. And 10 years ago, we would have bought the US Patriot system, just as we bought the American F-35 in order to show to the US that we were a good ally. Now, we are buying French and Italian, and that's not a coincidence. Now the Danish government cannot say that we are doing this because we want to build up Europe in the eventuality that the US leaves but that's what's going on. Just some few years ago uh everybody agreed that the Arctic should be deviserized. Now uh just uh in a couple of months everything is militarized and uh we are getting used to it and that's a shame on their national holiday. Greenlanders
try to put aside the harsh realities of international politics to focus on their own aspirations. So there's a lot of celebrations today, family gatherings, a lot of food if it's possible outside. Traditionally, it was the day of the summer solstice because we don't have an independence day yet as you know. Uh so we decided to celebrate the country on this day on the longest day of the year. I think what is often lacking in the full picture is that Greenland, we have been moving towards independence for decades. For us, it's not a sprint, it's a marathon. We are on our way. And I realize there's a lot of interest uh on us and I do understand I do
understand the American interest. I'm not naive. I also acknowledge that we have interest for the rest of the world in terms of our minerals and so on. But I also in the end insist that if we want to build on the values within the western alliance then also really small democracies should be allowed to have a voice and to raise that voice and use that voice uh and not just be a pawn in the big play. This makes it all the more important to listen to the people of Greenland. They are on the front lines of a transformation that affects us all.
Illuat, whose ice f is a UNESCO world heritage site, is at the epicenter of climate change. I am 46 years old and I have witnessed the climate change with my own eyes. It's like melting perafrost. We seen it. Uh we feel it and uh we can feel it in our pocket as well. If you go around inside the uh inside the town, you will see some sinking houses. Literally, you can see uh you can see them by their foundation. It's cracking. So, there's been a lot of focus on the value of Greenland for critical minerals, for fossil fuels, for natural resources. But the real value of Greenland is actually its ice. Because if that ice comes off the land, it's going to raise global sea level by up to
7 m. We are losing something that makes uh other countries sinking. like Bel for example, they're going to sink because our u ice is melting and the losses economic specialists predict are going to run in the trillions, many trillions of American dollars from that sea level rise if we lose the ice. So if Greenland melts, something on the order of half a billion people will be displaced. That's a true global tragedy. And if we think there are migration issues right now, imagine if half a billion people have to pick up and move, what's going to happen to this world? So the real value of Greenland is its ice and keeping that ice frozen and on land and out of the ocean.
It's it's frightening to think about that it can happen in our lifetime. Heat.
