President Trump isn’t the first U.S. politician to be interested in Greenland — not by a long shot.

Greenland is not an island; it is a mirror — a reflection of the most pressing issues of our time: power, resources, ...

In 1867, Secretary of State William H. Seward, fresh from his triumph in negotiating the purchase of Alaska from Russia, sought to add Greenland to the American fold. U.S. interest in Greenland ...

In the past, Prince William has opened up about how traumatic it was flying a critically ill children to hospital, having become a father himself. In 2018, he convened senior leaders from the ...

After successfully negotiating the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1868, US Secretary of State William H. Seward said he thought the idea of buying Iceland and Greenland was “worthy of serious ...

Prince William dropped into a pub to share a drink with a group of fellow Aston Villa fans ahead of their Premier League clash with Everton on Wednesday. William, a long-standing fan of the Birmingham ...

And so, Russia decided, “Selling Alaska is the right choice!” But how did this deal come to fruition? How did U.S. leader William H. Seward make it happen, and why was it later called ...

January 8, 2025 at 5:06 p.m. ·9 min read On March 30, 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and Russian envoy Baron Edouard de Stoeckl signed the Treaty of Cession. With a stroke of a pen, ...

Though the president-elect's rhetoric is unusual, for over a century a succession of US presidents have tried to gain control of Greenland.

Iggiagruk Hensley, a visiting professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage, to write about that historic sale. This is the article we published then, with minor updates. On March 30, 1867, U.S.

President-elect Donald Trump has cited national security concerns in suggesting the U.S. take over Greenland, but it’s unlikely to become the first new American territory since 1989.

between Alaska Regional Hospital and Merrill Field Airport, and continue through the Chester Creek Greenbelt, connecting with the Seward Highway at Fireweed Lane. The proposed parkway would divert ...