Greenland
About Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark and is the largest of the kingdom's three constituent parts by land area, the others being Denmark proper and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenland are citizens of Denmark. They are thus citizens of the European Union (EU), although Greenland is not part of the EU. It is the world's largest island and lies between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. It shares a small 1.2-kilometre (0.75 mi) border with Canada on Hans Island. The capital and largest city is Nuuk. Kaffeklubben Island off the northern coast is the world's northernmost undisputed point of land – Cape Morris Jesup on the main island was thought to be so until the 1960s. Economically, Greenland is heavily reliant on aid from Denmark, which has averaged 5.4 billion kr. annually in the period 2019–2023, amounting to more than 20% of the territory's gross domestic product.
On the show — 129 mentions total
There are no two towns in Greenland that are connected by road. You cannot drive to another town — you have to go by boat or fly.
from 38: No Such Thing As A Super Mario Love Hotel, 2014-12-06 at 00:24:12 · read transcript
Other times Greenland came up
There have just been so many false missile alarms, and I think my favorite ones are, well, one of them was in 1960, when there was, so mid-Cold War, everyone is very tense, to be fair. There was radar, US radar in Greenland, which suddenly reported that there were dozens of Soviet missiles coming over the horizon exactly where they'd be expected to be coming from, and they were attacking.
No Such Thing As A Dolphin In An Escape Room, 2020-10-16 · listen
I think my favorite ones are... One of them was in 1960 when there was... Mid-Cold War, everyone is very tense, to be fair. There was radar, US radar in Greenland, which suddenly reported that there were dozens of Soviet missiles coming over the horizon exactly where they'd be expected to be coming from. They were attacking. So the US Defense Command went into maximum alert.
343: No Such Thing As A Dolphin In An Escape Room, 2020-10-16 · listen
No, no, no. It's completely related to that. Oh, jeez. OK, it is time for our final fact of the show. That is Anna. My fact is that the first railway in Greenland was built to transport a meteorite first. One of the only, I think. Lots of places to say the only, but James, I think you might have found some other rogue railways in Greenland. Oh, yeah, I found all sorts.
439: No Such Thing As A Finger Fish, 2022-08-12 · listen
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