• The 'Ocean Explorer,' a Bahamas-flagged Norwegian cruise ship with 206 passengers and crew, ran aground in northwestern Greenland on Sept. 11, 2023. (voanews.com)
  • An aerial photo shows the Ocean Explorer, a Bahamas-flagged Norwegian cruise ship with 206 passengers and crew, which has run aground in northwestern Greenland, on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. (mystateline.com)
  • In 1985, it was reported that Greenland's flag had exactly the same motif as the flag of the Danish rowing club HEI Rosport, which was founded before Greenland's flag was chosen. (wikipedia.org)
  • The colours of the flag are the same as those of the flag of Denmark, symbolizing Greenland's place in the Danish realm. (wikipedia.org)
  • No way we're putting f***ing Greenland's flag in there. (gnome.org)
  • The Jakobshavn (YA-cob-shawv-en) glacier on Greenland's west coast had reportedly been retreating by around 1.8 miles and thinning by nearly 130 feet annually in 2012. (abovetopsecret.com)
  • Monaco's, Tonga's and Greenland's flags prominently feature the color red. (yahoo.com)
  • A fishing vessel owned by Greenland's government will attempt to use a high tide to pull free a Bahamas-flagged luxury cruise ship carrying 206 people that ran aground in the world's northernmost national park, authorities said. (voanews.com)
  • Capt. Flemming Madsen of the Danish Joint Arctic Command told The Associated Press that the passengers and crew on the ship stranded in northwestern Greenland were doing fine and 'all I can say is that they got a lifetime experience. (voanews.com)
  • The crew of Danish warship Vedderen perform a flag-raising ceremony on the uninhabited Hans Island off northwestern Greenland, on Aug. 13, 2002. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • The term Aappalaartoq (meaning "the red") is also used for both the Greenlandic flag and the flag of Denmark (Dannebrog). (wikipedia.org)
  • The flag of Denmark was preferred to the others. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 1978, Denmark granted home rule to Greenland, making it an equal member of the Danish Realm. (wikipedia.org)
  • The flag of Denmark was used before the Greenlandic flag became official. (wikipedia.org)
  • Denmark-Greenland in the Twentieth Century. (wikipedia.org)
  • The colours derive from the flag of Denmark. (portsmouthflags.com)
  • There are no notices currently in effect for Greenland (Denmark). (cdc.gov)
  • Although Greenland is largely autonomous, Denmark still currently pays half of the island's budget, so any opportunity to build economic independence remains an attractive proposition. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Canada and Denmark have reached a settlement in a decades-old border dispute over Hans Island, a 1.3-square-kilometre rock in the Arctic sea passage between Greenland and Ellesmere Island, sources say. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • NTI expects this long-standing relationship between Inuit in Nunavut and Greenland to be a symbol of continued co-operation between Canada and Denmark. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - The luxury cruise ship MV Ocean Explorer was successfully pulled free on Thursday, three days after running aground in Greenland with 206 people on board, authorities and the ship's owner said. (mystateline.com)
  • Lying between Greenland and Iceland, the Denmark Strait was crossed for the first time by theVikings in the late 10th century, during Erik the Red's expeditions. (chimuadventures.com)
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  • The cruise ship ran aground above the Arctic Circle on Monday in Alpefjord, which is in the Northeast Greenland National Park. (voanews.com)
  • The 104.4-meter (343-foot) long and 18-meter (60 foot) wide Ocean Explorer ran aground on Monday in Alpefjord in the Northeast Greenland National Park. (mystateline.com)
  • Alpefjord sits in a remote corner of Greenland, some 240 kilometers (149 miles) away from the closest settlement, Ittoqqortoormiit, which itself is nearly 1,400 kilometers (870 miles) from the country's capital, Nuuk. (voanews.com)
  • The primary mission of the Joint Arctic Command is to ensure Danish sovereignty by monitoring the area around the Faeroe Islands and Greenland, including the Arctic Ocean in the north. (voanews.com)
  • Brian Jensen of the Joint Arctic Command told Greenland broadcaster KNR that the ship is likely to go to Iceland, the closest place with large ports. (mystateline.com)
  • The Maunder minimum coincided with the coldest part of the "Little Ice Age" (c. 1500-1850) in the Northern Hemisphere, when the Thames River in England froze over during winter, Viking settlers abandoned Greenland, and Norwegian farmers demanded that the Danish king recompense them for lands occupied by advancing glaciers. (abovetopsecret.com)
  • The flag of Greenland (Greenlandic: Kalaallit erfalasuat, Danish: Grønlands flag) was designed by Greenland native Thue Christiansen. (wikipedia.org)
  • Greenland is a semi-independent territory that is part of the Danish realm, as are the Faeroe Islands. (voanews.com)
  • The Inuit name for the island is Tartupaluk - describing its kidney-like shape - and under the agreement, a border will be drawn across the island, dividing it between the Canadian territory of Nunavut and the semi-autonomous Danish territory of Greenland. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • In 1984, Tom Hoyem , then the Danish minister for Greenland, flew to Hans Island by helicopter and planted a Danish flag, prompting the Canadian government to issue a diplomatic protest, he added. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Additional Danish flag plants - and Canadian protests - followed in 1988, 1995, 2002, 2003 and 2004, Prof. Byers said. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • The Bahamas-flagged cruise ship has passengers from Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States. (mystateline.com)
  • However, since the new scientific results show that the ice sheet also covered southern Greenland, the melting of the Greenlandic ice cap can only have caused a sea level rise of about 2 meters. (realclimate.org)
  • With the world's largest undeveloped deposits of rare-earth minerals, Greenland has the potential to become a world leader in producing the materials essential to high-demand products like smartphones and military hardware like the F-35 fighter jet. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • In the depths of the strait lies the world's largest waterfall, an undersea cataract formed by the difference in temperature between the cold waters of the Greenland Sea and the warmer waters of the Irminger Sea. (chimuadventures.com)
  • The research vessel which pulled the cruise ship belongs to the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, a government agency, it said. (mystateline.com)
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  • The context for these statements is the uncertainty associated with the history of the Greenland ice sheet - particularly what happened during the last interglacial period (also sometimes called the Eemian) around 125,000 years ago - a time when the orbital configuration lead to Northern Hemisphere summer temperatures being perhaps 1 or 2 deg C warmer than today (and 3 to 5 degrees warmer around Greenland). (realclimate.org)
  • The flag of Greenland is the only national flag of a Nordic country or territory without a Nordic cross, but is similar to the cultural Sámi flag, which also features a circular design. (wikipedia.org)
  • by 1550 Th last Nordic settlement in Greenland dies out. (worldstatesmen.org)
  • From the coat of arms to the arrangement of stripes to the colors, flags tell us about the history and ethos of a country. (yahoo.com)
  • Green, white, and red flags feature two of the most represented flag colors ( red and white ). (yahoo.com)
  • While not every flag with this mix of colors has the same meaning, this is what green, white and red typically stand for in the in flags around the world . (yahoo.com)
  • As for the colors, in this flag, red stands for power and energy, green represents hope and natural harmony, and white represents purity and knowledge. (yahoo.com)
  • Greenland is free of dog rabies. (cdc.gov)
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  • Wikimedia Commons has media related to National flag of Greenland. (wikipedia.org)
  • According to the Belarusian government, the country is the first to use an ornamental pattern on a national flag. (yahoo.com)
  • Although the national emblem might have its roots in the ancient or recent past, the national flag is a matter of modernity,' Sygkelos writes . (yahoo.com)
  • Christiansen's red-and-white flag was officially adopted on 21 June 1985. (wikipedia.org)
  • Displaying the flags is based on SVG feature. (phoca.cz)
  • NOTE: The information regarding Greenland on this page is re-published from the 2004 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. (immigration-usa.com)
  • World flag friendship double lapel pins measure approximately approximately 1" x 3/4" or 28 mm x 18.3 mm and have a butterfly clasp on the back of the pin. (worldflagsdirect.com)
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  • Phoca CSS Flags is a CSS library which renders world flags with help of CSS file only. (phoca.cz)
  • So including all world flags (over 250 flags) in one CSS doesn't make any sense because the final size of the CSS will be larger than 4 MB (Fortunately, there are different applications where you don't need to include all the world flags. (phoca.cz)
  • In case you are displaying one or two flags on your site, it doesn't make any sense to load 4 MB CSS file which includes all world flags definitions. (phoca.cz)
  • According to ' Complete Flags of the World ' by DK Publishing, 'The green in the hoist is the traditional color of Islam and the white represents purity. (yahoo.com)
  • In his book, 'Nationalism From the Left: The Bulgarian Communist Party During the Second World War and the Early Post-war Years,' lecturer and researcher Yannis Sygkelos says the flag is a nod to the contemporary. (yahoo.com)
  • Take the United States' flag , for example, where the 13 horizontal bands represent the original colonies and the 50 stars stand for each state. (yahoo.com)
  • The Iranian flag features three horizontal bands of green, white and red. (yahoo.com)
  • So flags don't have the same size. (phoca.cz)
  • The size can be set so that all flags will have the same width or that all will have the same height, but you cannot set that they will have the same width and height (because the rate of the images will be destroyed). (phoca.cz)
  • During the last interglacial period 125.000 years ago, temperatures in Greenland were 5 degrees higher and global sea level was 4-5 meters higher than it is today. (realclimate.org)
  • Belarus' flag features a wide red stripe atop a more narrow green one. (yahoo.com)
  • The Bulgarian flag features three horizontal stripes in white, green and red. (yahoo.com)
  • Prof. Byers said Canadians should remember that the Inuit in Greenland and Nunavut "are the same people and they did not have boundaries and borders prior to Europeans arriving. (theglobeandmail.com)
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  • No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Greenland Transnational Issues 2004 information contained here. (immigration-usa.com)
  • Our flags are made to the highest quality and are designed for regular use on outdoor flagpoles. (portsmouthflags.com)
  • Sometimes, activists and others protesting the government will hoist a different version of Iran's flag, where the Lion and Sun emblem (though this is illegal) or nothing will replace the emblem in the middle , known as the Nishan Rasmi . (yahoo.com)
  • Quantity discounts are available for orders of 12 or more of the same flag design. (worldflagsdirect.com)
  • Going to purchase another garage flag with different design to hang along with the one I have now. (metalmulisha.com)
  • The National Liberation Front adopted the Algerian flag, which derives from an older design, in 1954. (yahoo.com)
  • Greenland first entertained the idea of a flag of its own in 1973 when five Greenlanders proposed a green, white and blue flag. (wikipedia.org)
  • Make a patriotic statement of faith in this "Patriotic Flag" Cap by HOLD FAST® in Red/White/Blue. (kerusso.com)
  • Here, we'll dive into the countries with green, white and red flags and explore the meaning behind each tricolor flag. (yahoo.com)
  • What Do Green, White and Red Represent in Flags? (yahoo.com)
  • Countries that have white in their flags include Monaco and Uruguay. (yahoo.com)
  • Algeria's flag is a half-green, half-white flag with a red crescent moon and red star of Islam in the middle. (yahoo.com)
  • Adopted in 1962, the Burundian flag is a red-and-green flag with a white saltire (a cross). (yahoo.com)
  • The current flag of Hungary has three stripes, with red at the top, white in the middle and green at the bottom. (yahoo.com)
  • A previous version of the constitution states, 'The flag of the Hungarian People's Republic is a red, white and green banner charged with the emblem of the Hungarian People's Republic. (yahoo.com)
  • The home rule government held an official call for flag proposals, receiving 555 (of which 293 were submitted by Greenlanders). (wikipedia.org)
  • An Australian company, Greenland Minerals, has been preparing the site for the past 15 years, while a Chinese firm, Shenghe Resources-itself part-owned by the Chinese government-is Greenland Minerals' main investor. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Four years later, it became the flag of the exiled provincial government until it became the official flag when the country gained its independence from France in 1962. (yahoo.com)