Far in the Arctic North lies the barren and desolate Hans Island. |
According to World Atlas, Hans Island is located in the middle of the 22-mile wide Nares Strait, which separates Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, from Canada. Due to international law, all countries have the right to claim territory within 12 miles of their shore.
As such, Hans Island is technically located in both Danish and Canadian waters. World Atlas notes that the island was decided to be Danish territory by the Permanent Court of International Justice of the League of Nations in 1933.
However, as the League of Nations fell apart in the 1930s and was then replaced by the United Nations, the ruling on the status of Hans Island carries little to no weight.
The issue of Hans Island then loss traction in popular consciousness and the concerns of the Canadian and Danish governments throughout World War II and the heights of the Cold War, only to reemerge in 1984.
On that year, Denmark's minister of Greenland affairs visited the island and planted a Danish flag. At the base of the flag, he left a note saying, "Welcome to the Danish island," along with a bottle of brandy, CBC reports.
And since then, the two countries have waged a not-quite-serious "whiskey war" over Hans Island.
Although the two countries have continued to disagree over the territorial status of the island, the governments have managed to continue the "whiskey war" and keep a good sense of humor over the incident.
Peter Takso Jensen, the Danish Ambassador to the US, has said that "when Danish military go there, they leave a bottle of schnapps. And when [Canadian] military forces come there, they leave a bottle of Canadian Club and a sign saying, 'Welcome to Canada.'"
Currently, a plan is in the works that could turn Hans Island into a shared territory that would be jointly managed by the Canadian and Danish municipalities bordering it.
64 comments:
Lol... Make them settle am oo
Lmao! Next time leave a bottle of alomo & see how fast the other country would surrender & leave the island
Better shared than violence springs up.
@Lindaikeji No. I FAN.
God go help them resolve the issue. Linda take note!
Hmmmmm
#iT wiLL oNLy gET beTTer
#iT mUsT eNd iN praisE
they should keep on dem go tire
These two countries are just jobless.
Na God get land n sea abeg
...merited happiness
Nice one. They don't have to kill and fight like Nigerian and Cameroon.
Wild flowers!
seen
Peaceful war
hmmmmm and in all there's no discovered natural resources or so. make dey take am easy sha
MrCollz A.k.a Sanity Says.
Lol '' whiskey war ''
Their own cup of tea
My view not urs!!!!
Land war all is well
Who Hans island din help?
The two countries have been battling this and no blood have been shed, no war has broken out. But if it's bia*fraud** now, they will say they want to tunr Nigeria into Somalia... Ewu! Mumu people. Common sense obviously isn't common to these bia*fakes***
Okay! Next.
They should turn it to shared territory..... Let's go Linda
Lol. They should bring some lemme sell for them
-D great anonymous now as Vivian Reginalds
Lol, Funny...
OK good 4 dem...
Nothing spectacle.
Linda look alike
Lol
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Problems of the world.
Observed, free stone for nature nah, am in love with Linda Ikeji for real and would wish to meet her in person as my 2016 resolution.
Funny
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It obvious
ok.
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let the two countries manage it bilaterally.
Linda take note
They should sell it to me. Don't even know what i'l use It for.
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#classicV#
dem wahala...next pls
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Dats it.. sharing is the solution....
Lemme read later
LINDA NOTIFY DBANJ
Negodu dry island, oya Nigerians it's another good spot for ur destination weddings.
Lol...bottles of alcohol huh???
i wonder if diaz mony there
MISSVEE
No man island. #IRepLIB
Notification of end time
Tosisochukwu! Marry me
!brightosman aka fake phyno .#gerarahere
Good For Them, As Them Don Shayo Plenty Na Foolishness Remain For Pocket
OK HEARD.
Kinda da funny.
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Somewhere in the world a young man cannot take his betrothed cos he's got no drinks to take to his inlaw. #amofftotellafriend
Civilized people
Ok na...
Ok
*na them sabi#
#sips oriJin#
Make den share am into two naw
Na wa o!
Na kai-kai war be that.....
their business.....
#Al sah-him
Ogogoro war ok oo. Let dem share it
There is a reason for this.
Mtcheeew..Oyinbo people sha
Lol dis na shayo Island
AJ MAIN BOY...
THEY SHU KUKU GIVE IT TO ME TO END THE FEUD*WINK
Sisi linda howfar,hope u drop key for me?
*LINDA'S ROOMMATE
THEY SHU KUKU GIVE IT TO ME TO END THE FEUD*WINK
Sisi linda howfar,hope u drop key for me?
*LINDA'S ROOMMATE
THEY SHU KUKU GIVE IT TO ME TO END THE FEUD*WINK
Sisi linda howfar,hope u drop key for me?
*LINDA'S ROOMMATE
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okay naa. make dem continue
And so?
THEY R NOT SERIOUS.
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