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Greenland's per capita disposable income is the lowest in the Arctic other than Russia's, and less than one third that of the American state of Alaska. [10] GDP per capita is close to the average for European economies, but the economy is critically dependent upon substantial support from the Danish government, which supplies about half the revenues of the self-rule government, which in turn ...
List of disasters by cost. Over $1 billion. Actual, and inflated to 2023 (unless otherwise stated) Event Cost ($ billion) Fatalities Type Year Nation(s) Actual Inflated Chernobyl disaster: $700 [6] $888.7 30–500: Contamination (Radioactive) 1986 Soviet Union (, , ) 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami + Fukushima nuclear disaster: $360 [7] [8 ...
The following contains a list of trading losses of the equivalent of US$100 million or higher. Trading losses are the amount of principal losses in an account. [ 1 ] Because of the secretive nature of many hedge funds and fund managers, some notable losses may never be reported to the public.
Donald Trump’s renewed push for control of Greenland comes as Denmark announces a $2 billion Arctic defense upgrade. This upgrade points to the strategic value of an island that hosts America ...
A 650-foot tsunami in Greenland was the result of melting glacial ice that caused a landslide. The waves it created bounced back and forth for nine days.
Unlike Greenland, the Danes were willing to sell the islands to the U.S. for $25 million in the 1917 Treaty. After the transfer, the U.S. government changed the name of the territory to the Virgin ...
Selling Greenland might have made a return to Denmark's traditional neutrality easier, and would have provided funds the country greatly needed after the war. [40] All Danish political parties rejected selling the island when they heard the rumors, however. [108] Jens Sønderup said in a 1947 budget debate:
The Petermann Glacier in northwestern Greenland is one of the largest glaciers connecting the Greenland ice sheet with the Arctic Ocean. Petermann's ice flow has accelerated in recent years.