Wp/nth/Whisky War

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Commander Per Starklint o the Danish HDMS Triton on Hans Island iv August 2003
The Whisky War, knawn as the Liquor Wars an â,[1] wes a pseudo-confrontation and border dispute atween the Kingdom o Denmark and Canada ower Hans Island. Atween 1978-2022, the island was under dispute atween the twe nations, though it niver amoonted te direct conflict or violent disputes.[2]

Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail reported on Juin 10, 2022, at the Canadian an Danish governments hed sattled on a border doon the middle o the island, dividin it atween the Canadian territory o Nunavut an the Danish autonomous territory o Greenland. The resolution happened durin the 2022 Russian invasion o Ukraine. Therefore, the end o the territorial dispute atween Canada and Denmark ettled te end the dispute, an te create a symbolic example tiv other nations an â, hintin te Russia, at land disputes can be resolved peacefully.

Backgrund[edit]

Hans Island as seen frae the air iv August 2012, wiv Ellesmere Island i the backgrund

Hans Island (knawn as Tartupaluk i Greenlandic) is i the middle o the Kennedy Channel atween Greenland an Ellesmere Island. Hans Island is approximately 1.3 km2 i size an is barren. Hans Island isn't inhabited, though, through the 19th century, it wes used biv indigenous Inuit populations i the area.[3] Yit, it mun be noted that the Canadian Inuit population didn't use the area as mickle as the Greenlandic indigenous populations. The Canadian claim te the island arose frae the 1880 purchase o Hudson's Bay Company land te Canadian Government territory. The Danish argument wes that Hans Island wes vital te their indigenous populations for fishin, creatin an integral pairt o the nearby Greenlandic area.[4]