The Illogical Case Behind Buying Greenland

Wendover Productions March 7, 2025
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Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/wendover Youtube: http://www.YouTube.com/WendoverProductions Instagram: http://Instagram.com/sam.from.wendover Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/WendoverPro Sponsorship Enquiries: [email protected] Other emails: [email protected] Reddit: http://Reddit.com/r/WendoverProductions Writing by Sam Denby, Tristan Purdy, and Christine Benedetti Editing by Alexander Williard Animation by Derek Brown, Gabriel Ferreras, and Sara Stoltman Sound by Manni Simon Thumbnail by Simon Buckmaster References [1] https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/at-station-nord-greenland-life-for-researchers-is-not-lonely-feature [2] https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/rdaf-cl-604-permanently-deployed-in-greenland [3] https://nyheder-tv2-dk.translate.goog/samfund/2025-01-14-fortrolige-dokumenter-afsloerer-plan-om-demonstration-af-magt-i-groenland?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp [4] https://media.defense.gov/2023/Mar/02/2003171995/-1/-1/0/230204-F-IP109-0159.JPG [5] https://media.defense.gov/2024/Jul/22/2003507411/-1/-1/0/DOD-ARCTIC-STRATEGY-2024.PDF [6] https://www.americansecurityproject.org/russian-arctic-military-bases/ [7] https://www.chathamhouse.org/2019/06/russias-military-posture-arctic/3-military-infrastructure-and-logistics-russian-arctic

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