Canada and Denmark divide small Arctic island, ending ownership dispute

Canada and Denmark end 50-year 'whisky war' over tiny Arctic island

The good-natured spat was not fought with weapons, but with flags and whiskey bottles – all for Hans Island

Canada and Denmark end decade-long Arctic ‘war’ over remote Hans Island

The two countries have waged the 'friendliest war' for years over the tiny, uninhabited island of Hans in the arctic sea

Canada and Denmark end their “whiskey war” in the Arctic

Canada and Denmark finally ended their decades-long latent “war” on Tuesday, fought with flags, whiskey and schnapps on an uninhabited desert island in the Arctic.

“Whisky War” over Hans Island between Denmark and Canada is over

Denmark and Canada have been fighting over the tiny Hans Island off Greenland for decades. This led to a curious ritual.

'Whiskey wars': Denmark, Canada end 50-year border dispute over Arctic island

It was dubbed as Whisky Wars due to military ships visiting the island and planting flags and bottles of Canadian whiskey or Danish schnapps to mark their territory.

'Whisky War' With Denmark Over Tiny Arctic Island Ends Peacefully With Deal

Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly has struck a historic deal with Denmark, settling a dispute stretching back five decades over a 1.3-square-kilometre island in the Arctic. Joly and the Danish foreign affairs minister Jeppe Kofod signed an agreement Tuesday to divide Hans Island, an uninhabited rock situated between Ellesmere Island, in Nunavut, and Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory. The island has been the subject of fifty years of …