Denmark plans forces for Arctic

Denmark plans to set up an Arctic military command and task force because the melting of the ice cap is opening up access to the region’s resources.

Denmark’s activities will be focused on its vast ice-covered island Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
Details of the plan, for the period 2010-2014, have emerged in recent days. Danish MPs approved it last month.

The retreat of sea ice is fuelling rivalry between Russia, Denmark and other nations bordering on the Arctic.

Canada, Denmark, Norway, Russia and the US are staking claims to Arctic territory, based on geological and other data collected in the region. The sovereignty claims are being submitted to the UN.

BBC