At the same time, Denmark wants to show, with the help of NATO allies, how it can better protect Greenland and the Arctic. Denmark has just asked NATO for a permanent presence in Greenland. The model for this could be the increased NATO presence in the Baltic Sea and the Baltics, as Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said.
Over the course of the year, the Danes want to train with international teams in snow and ice – for example in the Kangerlussuaq settlement. “The fairways here are full of ice. It is dangerous to sail a ship,” says Søren Andersen, head of the Arctic Command. “In Kangerlussuaq it can be as cold as minus 40 degrees on a normal winter day.” Many armed forces units have never trained under such conditions, he says. That’s why it’s necessary for them to be on site. The Arctic Command is a unit of the Danish Armed Forces in Nuuk.
