Greenland! As a descriptive appellation, it is a sorry joke--but my story has nothing to do with Greenland, nothing to do with me; so I shall get through with the one and the other as rapidly as possible.
Were one to bump into a Bengal tiger in the ravine behind the Bimini Baths, one could be no more surprised than was I to see a perfectly good quart thermos bottle turning and twisting in the surf of Cape Farewell at the southern extremity of Greenland. I rescued it, but I was soaked above the knees doing it; and then I sat down in the sand and opened it, and in the long twilight read the manuscript, neatly written and tightly folded, which was its contents.
These creatures are generally much smaller than the Greenland whale." {this paragraph has been edited}
In destroying the southern whale (like the Greenland whale, an inoffensive creature), your traders do a culpable action, Master Land.
Why, I could name ye a dozen whose bones lie in the
Greenland seas above," he pointed northwards, "or where the currants may have drifted them.
Greenland is a semi-autonomous territory of the U.S.
It recently emerged that Trump spoke to senior US officials about the possibility of buying the island from Denmark, sparking uproar in
Greenland.
Trump described Denmark as a "very special country" in a tweet on Tuesday and said his planned visit would no longer go ahead because there is "no interest in discussing the purchase of
Greenland."
Then last week Mr Trump suggested the US was interested in buying
Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory.
Trump had been due to discuss the Arctic in meetings in Copenhagen with Frederiksen, who took office in June, and Prime Minister Kim Kielsen of
Greenland.
Trump's is due to visit Copenhagen early next month, when the Arctic will be on the agenda in meetings with Frederiksen and Prime Minister Kim Kielsen of
Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory.