Fight for Greenland papers over a very murky past

To understand the geopolitical conundrum over Greenland you need a globe of planet Earth and a summary of the judgement of the Permanent Court of International Justice in Denmark v Norway in 1931 that explains Denmark’s sovereignty over the huge island in the Arctic that was described as green to hide the fact it was ice white.

Denmark claimed that Norway had unlawfully occupied certain territories in Eastern Greenland in breach of its sovereignty over the island that it argued was recognised worldwide.