Qaanaaq
- 2012
- 4m
At the height of the Cold War, Greenland became strategically significant to the United States in its proximity to the USSR. Plans were made to establish a new American military base to moni... Read allAt the height of the Cold War, Greenland became strategically significant to the United States in its proximity to the USSR. Plans were made to establish a new American military base to monitor incoming missiles. The only problem was what to do with the sixty five indigenous Gree... Read allAt the height of the Cold War, Greenland became strategically significant to the United States in its proximity to the USSR. Plans were made to establish a new American military base to monitor incoming missiles. The only problem was what to do with the sixty five indigenous Greenlandic families who lived at the site. In 1953, the local Inughuit were forcibly relocate... Read all