Home to 20,000 of Greenland's 57,000 residents, Nuuk offers a good introduction to the island's culture and history.

Greenland’s critical minerals reserves and Arctic access could come with U.S. strategic benefits. CFR President Mike Froman ...

Greenland's minister for business and mineral resources Naaja Nathanielsen speaks during an interview with AFP in her office in Nuuk, Greenland, on March 6, 2025.

Finally, even if the United States were able to viably source minerals from Greenland, the real hurdle to a secure U.S. mineral supply chain lies in the ability to process and refine them.

“Our mineral resources are of the highest quality,” Greenland’s Minister of Raw Materials stated in early February from her office in Nuuk, the island’s capital.

Gert Ignatiussen, winner of Greenland's annual amateur mineral hunt, throws a chunk of seal meat to one of his sled dogs in Tasiilaq, an Inuit town on the southeast coast of Greenland, in this ...

Greenland's minister for business and mineral resources Naaja Nathanielsen speaks during an interview with AFP in her office in Nuuk, Greenland, on March 6, 2025.