Greenland’s icebergs get GPS trackers
Five icebergs off the coast of Greenland have been fitted with satellite trackers so their movements can be monitored online. Knut Solberg, a Norwegia...
Oil rig spidermen deported from Greenland
Four Greenpeace protesters, who scaled an oil rig off the coast of Greenland and stopped it drilling for 40 hours, have been deported back to their ho...
Cairn hits Greenland gas jackpot
Cairn Energy has confirmed that it has found gas off the western coast of Greenland. The Edinburgh-based oil and gas exploration company made the disc...
Greenpeace ship stopped off Greenland coast
Greenpeace has announced that it has been blocked by a Danish warship in its efforts to sail a protest boat to an oil drilling platform off the coast ...
Greenland’s bedrock to aid climate change predictions
Scientists say ice core samples from Greenland could help predict the impact of global warming, as they reach the country’s bedrock after five years o...
Greenland’s new oil contracts condemned by green groups
Environmental groups have branded Greenland’s government “completely irresponsible” for giving the go-ahead for the drilling of two new oil wells west...
Inuit summit needed to discuss Arctic drilling
A summit of Inuit leaders focussing on resource development in the Arctic is urgently needed, according to the conclusions of the 11th Inuit Circumpol...
Test drilling given the go-ahead in Greenland
Cairn Energy is to begin drilling in Baffin Bay after being given the green light for tests from Greenland’s government. According to KNR, company shi...