Denmark and Canada end 49-year-old feud over Arctic isle

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Under the agreement, a border will be drawn across the 1.3-square-km Hans Island in the waterway between the northwestern coast of the semi-autonomous Danish territory of Greenland and Canada’s Ellesmere Island. The rock has no known mineral reserves of value.

“It sends a clear signal that it is possible to resolve border disputes … in a pragmatic and peaceful way, where the all parties become winners,” said Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod. […]

Something tells me that if that rock was loaded with valuable minerals things would not have been as easy as the Danish minister pretends.