The road south from Greenland’s capital, Nuuk, runs out at the tip of a blizzard-scoured peninsula stretching into the ...

President Trump isn’t the first U.S. politician to be interested in Greenland — not by a long shot.

From the Reconstruction era to the Cold War, multiple administrations have tried (and failed) to acquire the Arctic island.

Let us be clear: we are soon entering the Arctic Century, and its most defining feature will be Greenland’s meteoric rise, ...

Here’s what happened the last three times the U.S. tried to acquire Greenland.

In 1865, in the wake of the Civil War, the U.S. began looking to expand its influence on the world stage. This happened at ...

Scientists uncover hidden land under Iceland, questioning our understanding of Earth's continents and tectonic plates.

A ‘new’ country wouldn’t have many more people or a much higher standard of living – but it would have a lot more natural ...

The riches thought to lie beneath Greenland's icy terrain have been coveted for more than a century. But how easy are they to access, and will climate change make any difference?

Trump’s push to acquire Greenland sparks geopolitical tensions, challenging Denmark and reshaping Arctic power dynamics amid ...

In 1867, he came to Secretary of State William Seward with an ambitious proposal: The U.S. should purchase Greenland and Iceland from ... of Greenland by the United States under an agreement ...