Indlæg 2010

26-08-2010Kuupik møder den internationale presse
Formand for Naalakkersuisut Kuupik Kleist mødtes i dag med mange af de udenlandske korrespondenter i København. Mødet foregik i International Press Centre, der traditio-nelt lægger hus til møder med politikere og kulturpersonligheder. ...
24-08-2010Foreløbige resultater fra Cairns boringer i havet vest for Grønland
Cairn Energy har netop offentliggjort deres halvårlige regnskabsopgørelse. I denne op-gørelse er der en beskrivelse af de foreløbige resultater fra Cairn’s boringer i havet vest for Disko-Nuussuaq. ...
24-08-2010News from Cairn
First well in Greenland ...
24-08-2010Cairn confirms Greenland oil find
• Cairn says well has found gas and oil-bearing sands in Arctic • Greenpeace ship already in area protesting against drilling ...
16-08-2010Scientist lives as Inuit for a year to save disappearing language
Stephen Pax Leonard will live with the Inughuit in north-west Greenland He wants to document their language and traditions Leonard says there are about 1,000 speakers of Inuktun left The average temperature there is minus 25 degrees Celsius. ...
16-08-2010Cairn sale of stake in India could help Greenland drilling
Cairn Energy is set to bolster its firepower for a pioneering exploration drive off Greenland by agreeing a deal to sell a 51% stake in the company’s Indian subsidiary for more than $8bn (£5.2bn). ...
12-07-2010'The Last Airbender' brings Hollywood to Greenland
When it comes to film locations, few could be considered as forbidding as Greenland. ...
28-06-2010Greenland gets green light to hunt humpback whales
AGADIR, Morocco — Greenland's indigenous peoples won the right Friday to hunt 27 humpback whales, capping three years of acrimonious debate within the 88-nation International Whaling Commission. ...
28-06-2010Groenland mag weer bultrugwalvissen doden (met dank aan de IWC in Agadir, Marokko)
Greenland wins back right to kill humpback whales ...
25-06-2010Slædehundenes suk
Hvorfor sukker slædehunde? Den lille slædehundehvalp vil finde svaret og begiver sig på en lang rejse i den pragtfulde grønlandske natur og polarnat. ...
25-06-2010Om eventyr og missioner
Alle der kan lide at sejle, og alle der kan lide Grønland – og ikke mindst alle der kan lide at sejle i Grønland bør have denne bog. ...
21-06-2010Premiers’ meeting raises Aariak’s hopes for return of Greenland flight
Western premiers agree on open skies, aboriginal education ...
21-06-2010Cairn Energy gets green light for Greenland wells
Cairn has identified a number of sites in waters off Greenland for exploration Edinburgh-based Cairn Energy has been given approval to start drilling the first two wells in Greenland. ...
14-06-2010Canadian inspector to Greenland
Canada’s federal energy regulator will station an inspector in Greenland to help ensure the safety of a summer drilling program in iceberg-prone Davis Strait, Environment Minister Jim Prentice said Thursday. ...
14-06-2010A Greenland woman’s triumph over tragedy, adversity
Language, poverty no barriers for Petrine Hansen ...
14-06-2010Canada Won’t Seek Delay in Greenland ‘Iceberg Alley’ Drilling
Canada will ask Greenland for information about safety plans for drilling in arctic waters, without seeking a request to delay exploration following the Gulf of Mexico spill, Environment Minister Jim Prentice said. ...
07-06-2010Det vil være synd at sige
Sofia Rossens indlæg ved Folketingets afslutningsdebat juni 2010 ...
07-06-2010At kende sin besøgelsestid
Lars-Emil Johansens indlæg ved Folketingets afslutningsdebat juni 2010 ...
07-06-2010Hodes to back off-shore oil drilling moratorium at Greenland appearance
In the midst of the largest oil spill in U.S. history, Congressman Paul Hodes is expected to reaffirm his stance on offshore drilling today at the Great Bay Discovery Center. ...
31-05-2010Greenland to Canada: don't worry, our offshore drilling rules best in world II
In Canada, bureaucrats at the Northern Affairs Department decide which leases to put up for bids, usually at the suggestion of industry. Successful bidders promise to drill within five years. ...
31-05-2010Greenland to Canada: don't worry, our offshore drilling rules best in world
Greenland says Canadians shouldn't worry that offshore oil drilling in the Arctic just over the international boundary could lead to a disaster like that in the Gulf of Mexico. ...
29-05-2010Fokus på medierne i Grønland
Naalakkersuisut har med Naalakkersuisoq Mimi Karlsen i spidsen taget initiativ til at få udarbejdet et forslag til en langsigtet mediepolitik. ...
25-05-2010Changing Greenland - Viking Weather
As Greenland returns to the warm climate that allowed Vikings to colonize it in the Middle Ages, its isolated and dependent people dream of greener fields and pastures—and also of oil from ice-free waters. ...
25-05-2010to Greenland: tighten offshore drilling rules
Environment Minister Jim Prentice says he will demand the highest environmental standards be followed as Greenland explores offshore oil drilling just outside of Canada's territorial waters. ...
25-05-2010Cairn Energy planning four wells in Greenland
Cairn is planning to four wells this summer in the west Disko offshore Greenland using a dual rig strategy. ...
25-05-2010Energiforsyning i Arktis – hvilken vej vælger Grønland?
Energiforsyning i Arktis - hvilken vem vælger Grønland? Produktion, Distribution, Forvaltning og Lovgivning Velkommen til ARTEK event nr. 51. Foren os ligger tre dage med foredrag og diskussioner om et særdeles vigtigt emne både teknisk og politisk. En grøn profil på energiområdet er ønskelig, men ikke realistisk at gennemføre uden hjælp fra politisk hold. Tilskudsordninger eller skat på særligt uønskede energiformer kan være vejen. Gulerod eler pisk? ...
17-05-2010KONFERENCE: “ARCTIC – CHANGING REALITIES” DEN 26. MAJ
Nordisk Ministerråd og det danske formandskab for Nordisk Ministerråd afholder en konference om Arktis: "Arctic - Changing Realities", onsdag 26. maj 2010, Eigtveds Pakhus, København. ...
17-05-2010Polarskrøner som tegneserie
Jørn Riels fortællinger om fangerne i Nordøstgrønland er blevet til tegneserie – på fransk. ...
17-05-2010Could Mackenzie gas gain momentum from Gulf oil spill?
Unlike Alaskans, some Canadian officials are touting their natural gas riches -- including the proposed Mackenzie pipeline -- in the wake of the Gulf spill. ...
17-05-2010Greenland Gears Up for Oil Search
Oil, one way or another, promises to transform this barren ice mass. For years, many Greenlanders and scientists have blamed the burning of oil and other fossil fuels for rising temperatures that have caused Greenland's huge ice cap to recede and its building-size offshore glaciers to crack apart. ...
04-05-2010Drilling plans near Greenland spark concern
As the world watches the spreading oil-spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, plans to drill in Greenland's iceberg-choked ocean are raising concerns about possible accidents poisoning adjacent Canadian waters. ...
20-04-2010Askesky over Grønland
Askeskyen befinder sig nu over sydvest Grønland fra Maniitsoq og sydover. Der er in-gen helbredsrisiko ved askenedfald for mennesker eller dyr på nuværende tidspunkt. ...
19-04-2010In Greenland, mining students have a whole mountain to play with
When Greenland’s trade school set about offering a new program to train workers for that country’s mining industry, it decided to offer the ultimate in hands-on experience. ...
19-04-2010Perth company eyes mining in Greenland
A change in the structure of the government of Greenland has opened the door to international mining companies wanting a foothold in one of the last untapped mineral frontiers in the world. ...
19-04-2010OECD crackdown on tax havens seen lacking teeth
(Reuters) - Over the past year, the number of countries on an Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development "gray list" of tax havens that have not fully implemented internationally agreed upon tax standards has dropped to 17 from more than 40. ...
10-04-2010Dronning Margrethe II — 70 år
I anledning af Hendes Majestæt Dronningen fylder 70 år den 16. april deltager POST Greenland i fejringen med et smukt offsetfrimærke med fotoforlæg af hoffotograf Steen Brogaard. Frimærket udkommer den på selve dagen ...
22-03-2010Dutch Artist Puts Giant Sculpture on Iceberg in Greenland
Dutch sculptor Ap Verheggen has launched a series of four art projects in areas undergoing tremendous climate change. For the first, he designed one giant sculpture that has been placed on an iceberg on the west coast of Greenland. The artwork can be viewed ‘live’ via camera connection until the iceberg melts and the sculpture disappears into the sea. In theory, its journey could last for two years, ending on the east coast of the American continent. ...
22-03-2010Ram Resources to buy tantalum/niobium project in Greenland
Australia’s Ram Resources agreed to buy the Motzfeldt project in Greenland, the company announced on Wednesday. ...
19-03-2010Grønland ser klimaforandring som en chance
Grønlands klimaændringer giver også nye muligheder for at bruge landets lands naturlige rigdomme. Mindre is betyder lettere adgang til udnyttelse af olie, gas og mineraler. ...
15-03-2010London Mining lifts Greenland project’s resource by 65%
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The total indicated and inferred resource of Aim-listed London Mining’s Isua iron-ore project, in Greenland, has increased to 951-million tons, compared with the previously reported 574-million ton resource. ...
08-03-2010Greenland Minerals and Energy seeks $80m in LSE listing
GREENLAND Minerals and Energy plans to raise roughly $80 million in a listing on the London Stock Exchange's main board by the end of 2010 or early 2011. ...
08-03-2010Greenland shareholder digs hole for itself MARK HAWTHORNE
SIX months have passed since listed Greenland Minerals & Energy tucked one of the more remarkable bits of corporate news for 2009 near the back of a financial report. ...
01-03-2010International Whaling Commission Credibility Undermined by Greenland's Attempts to Increase Whale Hunt Quota
- New Report Reveals Serious Failings in Greenlandic Whaling Operations SYS C0N MEDIA ...
22-02-2010Inuit, Iceland irked at exclusion from Arctic talks
Facing criticism from northern aboriginal leaders and Iceland's top diplomat over their exclusion from a five-nation "Arctic Summit" to be hosted by Canada next month, Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon has pledged to meet with a full spectrum of circumpolar stakeholders ahead of the controversial March 29 gathering of Arctic foreign ministers in Chelsea, Que. But his peace offering fell short of opening the summit to other stakeholders. ...
19-02-2010Mansbridge wins excellence in Arctic journalism award
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, an organization dedicated to the cultural and political advancement of the Inuit, has named CBC News chief correspondent Peter Mansbridge winner of the first ITK Award for Excellence in Arctic Journalism. ...
15-02-2010Platina raises $6.8m to accelerate Greenland-Australia work program
STRONG SUPPORT FROM EXISTING AND NEW STRATEGIC INVESTORS FOR RIGHTS ISSUE ...
15-02-2010Nunavut officials envy Greenland oil-gas model
While Greenland forges ahead, oil and gas work stalled in Nunavut ...
08-02-2010Greenland powerless to prevent EU sealskin ban
Greenland has once again been left without an international voice due to its membership of the Danish Kingdom, with the self-ruling administration unable to formally complain against the newly approved European Union ban on seal-product imports to the World Trade Organisation. ...
08-02-2010Greenland Minerals seeks JV partners
Greenland Minerals and Energy Ltd is fielding advances from parties seeking to partner in its $US2.31 billion ($A2.61 billion) Kvanefjeld rare earths and uranium project in Greenland. ...
08-02-2010Lettre, O'Connor, Murman Star In GREENLAND At The Bridge Theatre
The Bridge Theater Company presents a workshop presentation of Greenland, Nicolas Billon's award-winning play, February 4 through 6, 2010 as part of The Winter Workshop Series 2010. ...
08-02-2010Large rare-earth mine may be developed in Greenland
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – ASX-listed Greenland Minerals and Energy (GMEL) on Monday reported that a its prefeasibility study at the Kvanefjeld project, in Greenland, had confirmed the project’s potential to become one of the world’s largest rare-earth mines. ...
01-02-2010Greenland Minerals and Energy
Greenland Minerals and Energy Ltd, is a mineral exploration and development company, focused on unlocking the mineral riches of Greenland, one of the world’s last natural resource frontiers. Our aim is simple; to identify large mineral deposits with the potential to underpin long term, economically robust mining operations. This is achieved through technically-focused exploration, aggressive resource development programs, and a strong understanding of the fundamentals that drive the business of mineral exploration and development globally. Our flagship project is Kvanefjeld, a multi-element deposit located near the southwest tip of Greenland. Through focused exploration, Kvanefjeld is rapidly growing to become one to the world’s largest undeveloped deposits of rare earth elements, uranium and naturally occurring sodium fluoride, commodities with long term forecasts for strong demand increases. ...
01-02-2010Greenland Minerals and Energy's Kvanefjeld Project could alleviate shortfall in rare earths supply
Emerging rare earths developer, Greenland Minerals and Energy (ASx: GGG) has released an interim Pre-Feasibility report indicating the Kvanefjeld Project in Greenland would have free cash flow of US$8.9 billion over the 23 mine life, if developed. ...
01-02-2010Humanoids From Greenland, Lying About Pat Tillman and Avoiding the Pitfalls of the Abortion Debate!
PARK CITY, Utah -- So, we are midway through the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, the snow keeps falling and some sense of decorum and civilized behavior has returned to Park City. Most of the sharks and agents have hightailed it back to Los Angeles. Most of us indie filmmakers have had our premieres, hawked our movies, jockeyed for press, scoured the inter-web for reviews and congratulated each other on a job well done. Now its time to mingle. ...
01-02-2010Australian explorer has bigger ideas for Greenland zinc
Perth-based explorer Ironbark Zinc Ltd is thinking bigger in exploration terms on its already substantial Citronen zinc-lead project in Greenland. ...
01-02-2010Greenland's "Nuummioq" a stunning triumph
More than just a curiosity item as the first feature from Greenland, "Nuummioq" is a startlingly accomplished piece of filmmaking, all the more so considering many of the cast and crew are non-professionals. ...
29-01-2010Grønlands første spillefilm får stor ros
Grønlands 58.000 indbyggere er ikke kendt for deres evne til at producere film. Indtil nu. I mandags havde Grønlands første spillefilm "Nuummioq" premiere på Sundance Filmfestival, og anmelderne roser den til skyerne. - Filmen minder om Bergman, skriver James Greenberg, som anmelder film for Reuters og Hollywood Reporter. Han fortsætter sin ros med at kalde "Nuummioq" en af den slags sjældne film "hvor man kan mærke tyngden og betydningen af et kys". ...
25-01-2010Greenland's gold rush
Global warming will ease access to the vast mineral wealth of Greenland. But at what cost to local people and the environment? ...
18-01-2010Market Report: Cairn lifted by hopes for Greenland drilling
Cairn Energy stood out as the FTSE 100 touched a new 16-month high yesterday, with buyers outnumbering sellers amid hopes for the oil and gas prospector's foray into Greenland. ...
18-01-2010Tracking Device Reports a Round-Trip Wonder
Arctic terns have a reputation as long-distance travelers, migrating to the Southern Ocean from breeding grounds in the Arctic. Researchers have suggested the round-trip distance might be as much as 25,000 miles. ...
14-01-2010Gammell's Greenland bandwagon is worth joining
Sir Bill Gammell is not the kind of man to hedge his holiday bets by booking a motel here, a campsite there. When deciding what Cairn Energy will be up to this summer - and summers for years hence, if his hunch is right - the oil company's boss has plumped for a lengthy outward bound excursion off west Greenland . ...
14-01-2010Cairn Energy Rises After Securing Rig for Greenland
Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Cairn Energy Plc, a Scottish oil and gas explorer, jumped to a 19-month high in London trading after securing a rig to drill in Baffin Bay off Greenland. ...
14-01-2010Cairn Energy +5% As Greenland Oil Drilling Plans Accelerate
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES ...