U.S. Northern Command is seeking an agreement with Denmark to expand its operations on the island to three new areas.

Denmark will hold a national election on Tuesday as it grapples with U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated threats to seize Greenland, a semi-autonomous Arctic island of 57,000 people that has been ‌under Danish rule for centuries.

Voters in Denmark will decide who runs the Scandinavian country for the next four years in a general election next week.

NUUK/COPENHAGEN, March 20 (Reuters) - Greenlandic candidates competing for two seats in Denmark's election next week hope to leverage the unprecedented attention brought to their island by U.S. President Donald Trump to wrangle concessions from its former colonial power.

President Donald Trump‘s desire to buy Greenland sounded like a geopolitical punchline, at first. After all, Denmark still oversees the island’s foreign affairs and defense. Then Trump’s comments became a hard-line policy,

The plan came into place amid US President Donald Trump's attempts to acquire Greenland, despite his statements that he "won't use force" to acquire it.

Scientists discovered that Greenland’s ice sheet may be slowly churning deep below the surface, revealing a hidden process shaping its future.

Not long before Greenland became a geopolitical talking point, it was a hot topic for avid travelers — particularly, Americans.