US Edition'We Can Hunt': Greenlanders Weigh Drastic Options as US Threatens
Residents of Nuuk prepare evacuation and survival plans amid US interest in Greenland's strategic Arctic location and rare earth minerals, with no official invasion guidance issued.
- On Jan 16, Greenlanders in Nuuk, Greenland are weighing evacuation and survival options amid rising concern for the capital's 20,000 residents.
- Amid talk of Arctic resources, US President Donald Trump has been clear about his desire to seize Greenland, prompting residents to consider options they wouldn't have a few months ago.
- Some residents are filling freezers, stocking water and petrol, and buying generators while Nuuk's 20,000 residents plan to flee by sea to fjord cabins or by air to Denmark.
- Authorities have not issued guidance on invasion response, and residents vary—some vow to stay and help while others prepare to leave, risking family separations.
- Many say they could survive by using local survival methods, while others prepare medicine caches and hideouts as they imagine occupied streets.
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