Greenland

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• Despite Cairn's mixed results, the Arctic waters off the coast of Greenland remain enticing for oil companies, where experts estimate that 4. 1bn barrels of untapped crude lies. Cairn Energy fails to find enough oil off the coast of Greenland
• Satellite and ice measurements show the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are losing mass at an increasing rate, and mountain glacier melting is accelerating; 2010 February | Serendipity
• The miner struck significant quantities of zinc and lead in Greenland drilling in the autumn. Times, Sunday Times
• Greenland is classified as a self-governing dependency and has been ruled by Denmark since 1721.
• The sparsely populated island of New Guinea, the second largest island in the world after Greenland, is divided between two countries: the independent nation of Papua New Guinea in the east, and the Indonesian Papua -- formally known as Irian Jaya -- in the west. Danna Harman: Searching for Cannibals
• In Greenland, I was helicoptered up to the top of a mountain, from where you can look down on these amazing blue structures.
• The ship was beset for nine months during which time they disproved the existence of South Greenland which had been shown on maps since 1823.
• Greenland is also subject to extreme cold and total darkness in winter. Times, Sunday Times
• In fact, there's a 100 times as much snowfall and precipitation in south Greenland as there is in the north.
• Leif gave her a gold finger-ring, a Greenland wadmal mantle, and a belt of walrus-tusk. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503