Canada, Denmark end 'whisky war' over uninhabited Arctic island
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Canada, Denmark end 'whisky war' over uninhabited Arctic island
Canada and Denmark have reached an agreement to divide a tiny uninhabited island in the Arctic, ending a nearly 50-year-long international dispute between two friendly countries.
Jun 14, 2022
Hans Island Dispute
🥃 #DidYouKnow 💭The World’s Most Intoxicated Border Dispute Forget tanks and tactical strikes, for nearly 50 years, Canada and Denmark waged a "war" where the only casualties were empty bottles and the only artillery was top-shelf liquor. The Backstory: A Rock and a Hard Place In 1973, Canada and the Kingdom of Denmark were drawing their maritime borders in the Nares Strait. Everything was going smoothly until they hit Hans Island (known as Tartupaluk in Greenlandic), a 1.3-square-kilometer bar
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🥃 #DidYouKnow 💭The World’s Most Intoxicated Border Dispute Forget tanks and tactical strikes, for nearly 50 years, Canada and Denmark waged a "war" where the only casualties were empty bottles and the only artillery was top-shelf liquor. The Backstory: A Rock and a Hard Place In 1973, Canada and the Kingdom of Denmark were drawing their maritime borders in the Nares Strait. Everything was going smoothly until they hit Hans Island (known as Tartupaluk in Greenlandic), a 1.3-square-kilometer bar
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Explore the quirky tale of a 50-year "war" between Canada and Denmark over Hans Island a tiny, frozen piece of land. This lighthearted battle involved no weapons, just flags and bottles of booze. Starting in 1984, each country would "invade," planting their flag and sipping the other's liquor, all while a serious dispute over strategic shipping routes lay beneath. In 2022, years of whiskey diplomacy culminated in an unusual agreement to split the island equally, creating the only land border for
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Explore the quirky tale of a 50-year "war" between Canada and Denmark over Hans Island a tiny, frozen piece of land. This lighthearted battle involved no weapons, just flags and bottles of booze. Starting in 1984, each country would "invade," planting their flag and sipping the other's liquor, all while a serious dispute over strategic shipping routes lay beneath. In 2022, years of whiskey diplomacy culminated in an unusual agreement to split the island equally, creating the only land border for
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