This article recounts the comedic and surprisingly peaceful 'whisky wars' between Canada and Denmark over Hans Island in the Arctic. The dispute, which lasted for four decades, involved both countries marking their territory with alcoholic beverages. Eventually, a working group agreed to split the island, ending the unusual feud in 2022.
go, none did so little to disrupt the global order as the “whisky wars” that pitted Canada against Denmark for four decades. Flaring up in 1984, the unlikely spat involved a one-square-kilometre island in the middle of an icy Arctic channel marking the border between Greenland (now a self-ruling part of Denmark ) and the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Both sides assumed the rock was theirs.
What might have been considered aby lesser countries became, for the northern duo, an exercise in diplomatic civility. Canadian officials visiting the island marked their territory by leaving whisky and flags; Danes asserted sovereignty by snaffling the booze and leaving their own schnapps for Canadians to enjoy. In lieu of shots fired, polite letters were occasionally exchanged. When the quarrel grew tiresome a working group spent years agreeing to split the island down the middle, ending all hostilities in 2022
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