Cairn finally scores in Greenland
British drilling firm Cairn Energy has seen its share prices increase after finally finding evidence of oil in one of its controversial Greenland well...
‘Half-hearted’ CIA flights inquiry takes off
An inquiry into so-called ‘CIA rendition flights’ in Greenlandic airspace will go ahead, but will not be the formal investigation that the country hop...
Study: life may have bubbled out of Greenland volcano
Despite being one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world, scientists believe Greenland may be the place where life first began.
Industrial chemicals making polar bears poorly
Polar bears from Greenland are becoming ill because of chemicals which make their way from the industrialised world to the Arctic via air and sea curr...
Tensions bubble as Cairn fails again
British oil company Cairn Energy has announced that it has again failed to strike black gold at its sixth controversial well off the coast of Greenlan...
Atlas shows Greenland is losing its ice
The latest edition of the Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World reveals a somewhat different picture of Greenland than in the edition of the book whi...
Greenland rocks unlock golden shower secrets
Scientists say rocks from Greenland prove that precious metals, such as gold, were deposited in the Earth’s crust by asteroid showers billions of year...
Stranded mountaineers in lucky Greenland rescue
A group of British climbers, cut off on their route by rising floodwaters, have been rescued from polar bear territory in Greenland by pure chance.