How Canada Just Got a Land-Border With Denmark

[@JonathonV]

As a Canadian, I’m almost disappointed that our adorable little rivalry with Denmark is over. 😞

[@Galatzo]

Back to hockey wars

[@benjaminchristensen3075]

As a dane i could not agree anymore😅

[@Very_Grumpy_Cat]

Yhaaa! I was also thinking what the hell wee were doing. I will still offer you some good Danish snaps

[@JW-tg9hh]

Actually the island belongs to Norway. As Greenland (with Island and Fareo Islands) was stolen from the Norwegians. We sent som guys over to occupy back it one time in the 1920s or 30'. I would say the claim still stand.

[@theguywhosaysit]

now we can set up a proper boarder outpost, a couple folks could meet up there for a picnic every once in a while, bringing their passports to go to the other side.

[@HistoricalWeapons]

This is a historically significant since the Vikings were the first Europeans who arrived in the new world and the first to arrive in modern day Canada

[@UnkownYoutuber286]

RLL FELL OFF I WILL REPLACE HIM

[@halalboyseif]

@@UnkownKZbinr286 sus lan

[@bababababababa6124]

*Discovered America for the Europeans

[@gabrielmoralesgonzalez6471]

Before the English, Spaniards and Portugal? I do not like the term that people "discovered" a continent when the continent has always been a part of this world. If someone "discovered" the continent, it was the people who crossed the bridge during the Ice Age.

[@maximus4765]

I wish they settled the northeast so we'd this cultural branch off where viking culture never died

[@cphcity4281]

As a Dane, I'm thrilled to now share a land border with Canada! I always wanted to visit Canada, and now that we share a border, even more so. Every Canadian I have met have all been great, relaxed and funny people - in every way the perfect brother nation to Denmark. Only got love and respect for our Canadian brothers and sisters

[@wasabista1613]

I think it was rude of us to repay your delicious schnapps with our barely drinkable whiskey 😃

[@TShady98]

😂😂😂 so true ​@@wasabista1613

[@whynot5988]

@@wasabista1613 we should have just gave them maple syrup instead and a bag of pancake mix

[@speedPAINTER6969]

​true

[@burningblue1254]

​@wasabista1613 Crown Royal and Gibsons 20 year are some of the best whiskeys in the world.

given Denmarks stellar trak record in terms of public transportation, this means I can reach the canadian border from Berlin utilizing my 9 EUR weekend euro rail ticket... right?

[@UnkownYoutuber286]

RLL FELL OFF I WILL REPLACE HIM!!!!

[@bird-war]

Maybe, if they build a station

[@Ferroes]

@Raytheslay why are you listening?

[@Ferroes]

@Raytheslay what's the criticism and how is it constructive?

[@hangoutdesk1894]

@Raytheslay wait that isnt constructive criticism.

[@zaphodbeeblebrox6795]

I‘m kinda sad the conflict over Hans Island is over. The exchange of bottles was such an incredibly sweet tradition.

[@lostwizard]

Who says there can't be a regular tradition of exchanging bottles that is even more friendly now? Have the foreign ministers or what have you head up there, set up a table straddlig the border, do the bottle exchange, and then kick back and shoot the breeze for a while. Get that tradition going, keep Canada and Denmark intact for a century or two, and keep the tradition going. Next thing you know, people have forgotten what it was all about and successor nations controlling the area continue the tradition.... :)

[@ValkyRiver]

🇬🇱

[@omniyambot9876]

don't worry, in Philippines, we enjoy our sweet conflict with China

[@CMDRSweeper]

Nah we will have to forcefully restart that war and make it a monthly "conflict" Of course the purpose now is to set the future war standard and the new weapons of war!

[@jasonarthurs3885]

Nothing says the bottle swap has to stop.

[@dogwithheadphones]

As an American, I really loved the wholesome border dispute. Like, what else would we expect from our lovely neighbors up north than to just offer the Danes whiskey. We love you, Canadians! ❤️❤️🇨🇦🇨🇦🍁🍁

[@Wyatt-rp4hb]

Love back to you Americans! 🇺🇸❤️🇨🇦

[@mobo8933]

We love y'all too. 🥰🥰🥰

[@SphereofCygnus]

We love ya too! ❤🇺🇸🇨🇦

[@KozelPraiseGOELRO]

As Mexican, south border, I can say: HELP!! Our governament is getting autoritarian, more corrupt and dangerous. Our country is more insecure every day and is the State's fault. Our current president openly and publicly threaten our democracy at least once (but luckily not able to end it so). Middle class is almost erradicated because social movility is just going down. Don't want to let PEMEX (Petroleos Mexicanos) die because is a (fake) Soberany thing, even if red numbers are above -100% keeping our taxes going to a bottomless pit, not including the money that simply disappear.

[@Lady_Graham]

We should unify tbh

[@LarsPallesen]

As a Dane I'm pleased to now be sharing a land border with such a friendly country as Canada. Hello there to our new Canadian neighbors from Denmark :-)

[@brendajenkins4975]

Hello neighbor.... I love it

[@EXODIOSGames]

Hello neighbor 👋

[@jiajianhou426]

Neighbours (Canadian) lol

[@cedriclasry9151]

It is a pleasure to finally share a land border! all the best from the great white

[@jeneric989]

The whole island belongs to us and you know it Dane, just enjoy this temporary delay to our glory.

[@CDSAfghan]

When I was in the Canadian army my Sgt burst in the door and yelled "we're going to war boys!" With who we asked (we were currently in Afghanistan) "those sneaky Danes! They took our island" we agreed they should probably have it as it seemed like a long hike to go put our flag up, and we were losing like 3 polar bears on the census.

[@CasualAiden710]

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[@paddington1670]

not the polar bear cavalry! ohhh the horror!

[@mysteriousDSF]

Oh no those pesky Danes

[@dragonfly4441]

I would like to see a polar bear filling out a polar bear census please.

[@Margoth195]

@@dragonfly4441 it's in the end credits for the coca-cola commercial

[@neuro3834]

"This gruesome war's amount of casualties was a devastating two. One missing bottle of Danish lichor and a tragically and neatly folded canadian flag left to die in the coasts of this island."

[@Allofmynamestaken]

As a Canadian, I am glad that the Whisky War have been finally ended. Like many lads my generation, I was conscripted and spent my time in that frozen hell hole. Our medical centers were full of soldiers wounded everyday from the horrible lego minefields. We of course weren't innocent ourselves. Many a time when we couldn't storm one of the comfy Danish Hygge bunkers, we would simply dump in maple syrup and seal those Danes in a solid block of sweet maple amber. And the geese... my god, how often we would call in an air strike from those honking war crimes... Sometimes I would wake up to the sound of the honks. The horror... The horror.

[@tcn9939]

"Our medical centers were full of soldiers wounded everyday from the horrible lego minefields." I laughed, thanx :)

[@Doofy1906]

I'm so sorry. Our lego mines truly are brutal😭 Also, hello new neighbor!

[@CaptainLicorice]

Oh god not the geese

[@Kilthan2050]

“Honking war crimes.” Never have i read a more accurate description of Canada Geese.

[@Sssmaug]

Love it, well done! 😄 I'm English & married a Dane 54 yrs ago - what was I thinking!?! Skål! 😜

[@therandomer285]

I'm canadian and I find it really funny how it took us 50 years to resolve a border dispute over a useless rock and I'm now glad we share a border with 2 countries

[@advancetotabletop5328]

Canada bestest neighbor, ever! ;)

[@freemanc6258]

If you count in marine borders, we share one with France...

[@rokksula4082]

RLL was wrong in stating the island is useless. It is used by the indigenous inhabitants of both Greenland and Nunavut while hunting. And has been for centuries.

[@bobthegoat7090]

You are going to regret it when we Danes launch an invasion from Hans island. We can just about fit all our soldiers on our half of the island. We can see you eyeing our incredible schnapps, so we will take your maple syrup!

[@nomore-constipation]

Real quick question... Can I build on that rock or it consider uninhabitable by the government for each side? Wouldn't it be better if each side builds something special on it to just continue the 'fight'? Like building in height or something. Maybe even offer some kind of reason to keep it in the news to continue to rub it in Putin's face. Lol

[@sniclops15]

This is the first time I've heard of this mini border dispute over the rock, and I am giggling like an idiot. Hello Denmark neighbors!

[@leonorakristinerozalinamll9473]

Me too😂. Hello Canadian neighbours🖐.

[@WanderingCoyoteXVII]

"Canada and Denmark are two totally different nations..." If South Park has taught me anything it's that Denmark is Europe's Canada.

[@daryld4457]

RLL FELL OFF I WILL REPLACE HIM

[@daryld4457]

@@spoo0901 The Lord Ken Barlow will provide.

[@jamesedwards1284]

Belgium is europe’s canada, and here is why: 1: larger “original” country borders it: in this case netherlands instead of usa. 2: funny accents 3: for some reason, a part of its population speaks French. 4: love fries 5: garbage government

[@mbugard]

Ha! I immediately thought of South Park when I saw this video.

[@LaFacedera]

@@jamesedwards1284 And both our French accents are mocked by the French.

[@billylacharity3443]

As a Canadian, I welcome our new Neighbours! Now we need to build a hockey rink on the island and have a game each year to decide who reins supreme until the following year!

[@hockeyislife2]

Yes!

[@iangurudata]

Let's keep it fair and make it bonspiel 😉

[@MasterDecoy]

that's not fair bro

[@paddington1670]

only Canadian and Denmarkian, or whatever thems call thems players though

[@seventeenpoint5]

To the winner goes the whiskey

[@SH1974]

Since many Years I knew about the probably most friendly teretorial conflict a.k.a. "Whisky War". Glad to hear that this conflict is finally solved, but given the numbers of victims of that "war", it was not that urgent to do so. It was a beautiful example how cilivized countries can deal with conflict.

[@NarayananV28]

This was far from a FRIENDLY dispute. If it really was, either of these countries should have gladly given the island to the other. The fact that they settled it by splitting a 1200 sq meters island is the depiction of how unrelenting & cheap both the countries were. On the contrary India gave away 1 island to Srilanka (Katchatheevu Islands) & 1 island to Myanmar (Coco Islands) for free, without bullying those 2 tiny countries. That's how big hearted & civilized countries behave.

[@NarayananV28]

@bottle21716 Yeah! Goa is one of the states in the middle of India. So, What about it?

[@fetlix]

The hilarity of how the "Agression" between them is told is priceless. As said, the most friendly borderdispute in history

[@UnkownYoutuber286]

RLL FELL OFF I WILL REPLACE HIM

[@amossa2319]

@@UnkownKZbinr286 Ratio

[@halalboyseif]

@Don't read profile photo i wont

[@halalboyseif]

@@UnkownKZbinr286 ruh what the hell bruh

[@halalboyseif]

@UnoriginalGeographyName lol

[@Nalhirrim]

I'm from Greenland and I live here. I, for one, am glad if Canada and Denmark can have closer relations. Both Danes and Canadians are wonderful people in my experience.

[@bnbcraft6666]

Is it cold this time of year?

[@bentjensen3841]

Det er Grønland, ikke Danmark som grænser op til Kanada. Grønland er jo så godt som en selvstændig nation.

[@celineo9445]

Why does Greenland have the highest suicide rate

[@NotinEzugo]

@@bentjensen3841 Egentlig ikke

[@flo2677]

@@bentjensen3841 Grønland er underlagt Kongeriket Danmark og København har derfor noe de skulle ha sagt.

[@tbz1551]

3:03 That little island is not New Brunswick, as this seems to imply, rather Grand Manan Island which is a tiny part of New Brunswick.

[@MichaelWerneburg]

Thanks for this telling! Apparently, when the matter was officiated the two foreign ministers were joking that with its border with an EU state Canada now met one qualifier for joining the EU.

[@Tsukaiyo]

PLEASE, I'd love to join the EU!

[@bossjihyo2276]

That would allow me to go and study in Canada without having to sell a kidney, right? ...Right?

[@dyIanondrugs]

LOL

[@alexlandsbergs]

but....can we compete in eurovision now?

[@Myrilia]

@@alexlandsbergs that is what i'm wondering too!

[@Knutwolf]

I literally spat out my raspberry lemonade when we got to the “this fearsome warship” part at 7:29. You do quality journalism on many scary geopolitical topics. But good to know you also have humor in abundance

[@michaelkeller5927]

Tensions were at all time high. As a proud Canadian I was ready to enlist in the armed forces!

[@paddington1670]

Me and the boys were just out for a rip behind the silo, soon as I seen that warship on the horizon, I just aboot jumped a Davie over a Susie since she was so large eh. Crazy big, never seen anything like it in ages. Anyway, finished my smoke and told the boys to saddle up the polar bears, we were going to war. They said that's fine and dandy eh. Here we are, in the mariana trench or whatever of Hans island, it's important to do your part eh.

[@Knutwolf]

@@paddington1670, good lord you made me laugh

[@heinedenmark]

The sailors sailing on them, loved them. We had frigate sized OPV's in the area as well. But I guess the navy didn't expect much resistance in this case.. lol. They've been replaced today.

[@dennisnielsen8030]

Don't you mess with our little Viking warship 😂

[@TribleNerd]

My head cannon is that when the Canadian's and the Danes sat down at a table and it went like this. "I am sorry for the inconveniences" :Canada "No, no. It is not your fault. Don't be sorry for it" :Denmark "Oh well I am sorry for the previous statement." :Canada "Oh well it is ok, I did not mean to make you feel that way" :Denmark. This went on for many years

[@KublaKhan1797]

I am as sorry as you are, Dimitri.

[@JRufu]

Finally! I've been saying for years that Canada needed to get closer with Europe... This isn't quite what I meant though...

[@JaxDaBest]

Land border with Europe now

[@UnkownYoutuber286]

RLL FELL OFF I WILL REPLACE HIM!!!

[@Homer-OJ-Simpson]

Time for a land war!

[@EmelyPhan]

There is an island off of Newfoundland that is a French territory.

[@bayousbambino427]

@@EmelyPhan Greenland is also Denmark.

[@calar8]

The correct way to resolve this dispute would have been a third party judging which liquor was better and awarding the island to the winner.

[@freemanc6258]

This would be way more contentious than the original "dispute" ...

[@calar8]

@@freemanc6258 Heh, too true

[@Cruxador]

The point was to resolve it peaceably, not to escalate.

[@AntonLauridsen]

Speaking as a dane, I can only say the Canadians would have won that one hands down. I shudder at the thought of drinking snaps, though maybe it would have tasted better cooled down to arctic temperatures 🙂

[@hkchan1339]

Whatever the result it could start WW3

[@RealJMAC]

That 'meaningless' zone that's mentioned is actually a very important fishing area for both countries

[@iangurudata]

9:30 That is an absolutely stunning shot of Parliament Hill. It captures the magnificence of the rock in a way that even as a frequent visitor to my nation's capital I rarely get to enjoy.

[@than217]

Canada: "With regard to the island our answer remains: Nunavut." Denmark: "Okay, perfect you want none of it?" Canada: "YES! Nunavut." *insert 50 years long Who's on First vaudeville routine*

[@User31129]

There was a nice Who's On First skit going back when Hu Jintao was the premier of China.

[@llee_gg]

The cringe I feel when people pronounce Nunavut as "none-of-it" 😬🍞 Like this guy did in the video 😒

[@guttmana9767]

Thanks!

[@fantasticmio]

Damn, I'm going to miss that ridiculous little war.

[@UnkownYoutuber286]

RLL FELL OFF I WILL REPLACE HIM

[@halalboyseif]

@@UnkownKZbinr286 SHUT UP

[@orbrat212]

the world's friendliest war

[@RandomGamer-]

Damn these bots are getting ridiculous. They *_Can't-ada_* be over 12 years old. If they are, *_Den-mark_* it down. It's a worldwide phenomenal occasion.

[@bradyryan5105]

Just wait till Canada wants ownership of Alaska 😉😉

[@AQFearfullMage]

Its amazing how you managed to stretch out this 2-3 minute video concept into a whole 13 minute long video with sponsors and all. Hats off to you RLL!

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

He's a master at repeating the same facts over and over in a slightly different way each time to stretch out the video for advertising dollars. Most of his content could be a few minutes long

[@NAT-turners-Revenge]

Exactly... i was like.... 🤔 ok.... thats it aaaaannnnd... oh look theres more ☺

[@bobbbxxx]

It's true. I almost stopped watching after that incredibly long list of Nations that shared one border. It just went on and on and on

[@emaled88]

Finally! My mom is Danish and my dad is Canadian. I never knew which side to take in this complicated matter.

[@dyIanondrugs]

*Canadian.*

[@number1kenyan]

Canadian.

[@number1kenyan]

@@madshuulbkandersen3506 Canadian.

[@TylerMarkRichardson]

*_Australian.._*

[@ayadhyist]

Icelandic.

[@cityabsurdia6680]

It's amazing when you read a news story that the media makes seem random, and then to get an actual historical explanation for why this is happening. Great work!

[@SimonGrayDK]

Yeah, there's been an article in the Danish news every year about this island for what seems like a decade now, but this is the first time I actually got the full back story.

[@zachcrawford5]

I'm canadian and my ancestry is danish so I'm really happy that both countries could resolve this boarder so easily. I couldn't be happier to have Denmark as an even closer neighbor:)

[@pisepranavramesh9574]

So happy for you Can understand yr emotional happiness Congrats to both Canada and Denmark

[@dyIanondrugs]

I’m part Russian :(

[@dyIanondrugs]

Nah jk I’m happy about that:))))))

[@fredericgentes3116]

Two countries, one border and same colors flags, I'm happy to share this island with you my friends

[@fastertove]

Three, if you count both Greenland and (the Kingdom of) Denmark.

[@patrickkershaw4154]

Denmark? Canada? Friends? You got that right!!!! Glad we now have a land border with the Danes, hope you all visit soon !!! (no, really, visit anytime, you guys are always welcomed!)

[@wowgetalife1000]

as a Canadian, I'm proud that we along with the Danes put our pride aside and came together to share the island showing the world that border disagreements can be solved with diplomacy when push comes to shove. I'm also now proud to say we share a border with our European friends who knows maybe now that we border an EU/European country we could apply for membership into the European club (European union)! jokes aside I am happy and proud to share a border with my danish friends cheers to all my Canadian and danish friends to eternal peace and friendship between our nations!

[@avinashreji60]

There were zero consequences either way. Unlike say Palestine

[@zciliyafilms5508]

The funny thing is that the original dispute resolution wasn't even a dispute in the sense of certain land theory which states that land only belongs to people while they're using it. Thomas Jefferson stated this as "The land belongs to those in usufruct".

[@UnkownYoutuber286]

RLL FELL OFF I WILL REPLACE HIM!!!!

[@archeewaters]

so, does that mean both nations must build an outpost and man it... 60/40? :)

[@Mike-zx1kx]

@@archeewaters As a Dane I cant speak for Canadians but search YT for "Sirius patrol" and learn that The kingdom of Denmark patrols its territory in entirety.

[@supermaster2012]

No one cares about America outside America, your founding fathers are literally no-ones in the rest of the world.

[@zciliyafilms5508]

​@@supermaster2012 28 likes says otherwise, but feel free to keep speaking for "no one". Blocked for being obnoxious.

[@marks.3303]

At 7:32 "the prime ministers of both countries...". Neither of those guys pictured were the Canadian prime minister in 2005 (Paul Martin).

[@ephraimboateng5239]

Much love to my Danish friends From Canada! Glad we could put asside our differences and end this despicable bloodshed over the island. Peace has won today!

[@cphcity4281]

Proud and happy to share a land border with our great Canadian friends! Cheers from Denmark 🍻🤗☮

[@kugelblitzingularity304]

i like how the two nations essentially trolled on the island for half a century, fun times im sure

[@keithpeden7664]

Canadian forces had to get there by air. I don't think our navy has ships with sufficient ice ratings to go that far north. And certainly not enough to take on that fearsome Danish warship.

[@AllofJamesSorensen]

to be honest, i think that canada and Denmark having a land border will actually strengthen the two nations due to being able to quickly transfer troops to one another. what i think is a funny thing though is that despite both nations knowing that neither side fully claimed the island, news headlines in the U.S said that canada won and ones in the U.K said that Denmark won.

[@Voodoomaria]

They just can't understand a war where BOTH sides won, and came out the better for it. We both won because we decided to exercise our hearts and brains rather than our mouths and fists. And to our new Danish neighbours [and family]; halløjsa We'll keep the liquor coming if you will. Wait... does this mean we can join the E.U. now? They have a recent vacancy. Somebody look in to that.

[@mats7492]

The sailors are gonna be pissed that they won’t get free whiskey anymore

[@daryld4457]

RLL FELL OFF I WILL REPLACE HIM

[@Yvaelle]

The Canadian Navy isn't dry like the American Navy, you can drink as much as you want off-duty so long as it doesn't impede your job or others doing their jobs. Not having it be a big forbidden deal takes most of the insanity out of it - that and the CPO teaching the kids how to drink responsibly.

[@daryld4457]

@@Yvaelle What is their policy on back scuttling?

[@knowledgemafiatidings]

Thank you for making these videos! I've had a tough past couple of years, and I'm sure everyone has. You really make everyone's day! We love you!

[@daryld4457]

RLL FELL OFF I WILL REPLACE HIM

[@juandiegomenciarami3885]

-by no one except bots

[@daryld4457]

@@juandiegomenciarami3885 Do you want some?

[@RandomGamer-]

@@daryld4457 L noob. 🗿

[@NAT-turners-Revenge]

... Is there *OIL ON HANS ISLAND!?* 😲

[@peterb_nonumbers]

That wasn't just any Danish warship. It had TWO!! Browning machine guns. Bet you didn't expect that, did you?:) It was so fearsome, that we had to retire it in 2017, after accusations that we were reigniting the Cold War arms race.

[@heinedenmark]

One of my old friends were chef on one them.. They loved these old slow cutters.

[@dannydanish7050]

I've had conversations with folk who consider this dispute childish over that small island but that right there is how disputes should be solved. Through diplomacy and humor. It is certainly a lot funnier than bullets, bombs and nuclear weapons

[@CreatureOTNight]

Chances are that'll be women folk that "just dont understand".

[@dabnad]

Every conflict should be solved by a chess match, played by the president/prime minister

[@Roketsune]

Fuck that. If Canada wanted it it should have just stationed the military there and dared Denmark to do something about it. Same with Denmark.

[@keithpeden7664]

@@dabnad But then we'd have to elect intelligent politicians. Are you trying to upset the whole world order?!!!

[@RTDice11]

I wish America's foreign conflicts could be solved with liquor and flag-folding

[@UnkownYoutuber286]

RLL FELL OFF I WILL REPLACE HIM!!!

[@DakotaofRaptors]

Americans and liquor don't go well together

[@duckmeister5385]

Our conflicts BEGIN with liquor and flag-folding.

[@simplesimon8255]

@@DakotaofRaptors add guns to that, and you've got a shitstorm

[@advancetotabletop5328]

Pretty sure that’s how we select our presidential and gubernatorial candidates. :P

[@erikstenviken2652]

Denmark sort of have a landborder with Sweden. Its a bridge/tunnel but its still a road connection thats like any other road connections. So Sweden and denmark are connected.

[@gingerjimmy345]

This makes me think of that small French island that is their last territory in North America. It’s called Saint-pierre et Miquelon and is located in the Gulf of Saint-Laurent, in Canada.

[@UnkownYoutuber286]

RLL FELL OFF I WILL REPLACE HIM!!!

[@canadianmmaguy7511]

Like 500 people live there. It is one of the last places in canada that hasn't been invaded in the last 7 years. I'm from an island right under there and we hsd 125,000 people 7 years ago and 170,000 now. Mass invasion.

[@email5023]

It is not located there. It is located off the south shore of Newfoundland. You might be thinking of Iles de la Madeleine.

[@canadianmmaguy7511]

@@email5023 i was. Thank you.

[@jiajianhou426]

Anyone know if I need a passport to get on that island?

[@JaxDaBest]

WOO! We finally got two land borders now!! Love you Denmark! (from Canada)

[@italy8795]

WHY CANADIAN DISCRIMINATED THEIR INDIGINEOUS PEOPLE 😭😭

[@svendalsgaard]

hallo from denmark :) Love you Canada (from Denmark)

[@halalboyseif]

Noice 👍

[@JaxDaBest]

@@italy8795 I would never discriminate against anyone. We don't do that anymore. Times have changed and just because I am a Canadian doesn't mean I hate natives. I respect every nationality, every gender, and every sexuality. I am sorry on behalf of my country and I hope you understand.

[@italy8795]

@@JaxDaBest Hmmmm...why should I believe you? Even Quebec wants to seperated from Canada just like Scotland for UK and Catalonia for Spain

[@peter9477]

As a Danish-Canadian, I finally feel complete.

[@bravehome4276]

The most amazing part of resolving this dispute to me is that the island is split 60/40 Denmark/Canada. I can only imagine the conflict resolution discussions that resulted in that unequal split.

[@UnkownYoutuber286]

RLL FELL OFF I WILL REPLACE HIM!!!

[@NatureXwars]

It makes sense for the border to follow a natural rift of the island. And besides, the island is slightly more towards Greenland from the halfway mark.

[@collinscody57]

It's were the sea border crossed the island already

[@williamr.s.5693]

@@NatureXwars Well that settled it then.

[@thirdtooth4069]

Maybe I am being ridiculous because honestly who cares about this island, but I find this grossly embarrassing for Canada. We couldn't even get 50%.

[@ilkoallexandroff]

Wow, uploaded 1 minute ago! Cheers from Japan, and if you read this, have a nice day!

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Where is Japan?

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Cheers from Mars.

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Cheers from Mars.

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Thank you very much. French 💋s to you. Sushi flavor.

[@eeryminotaur960]

Actually, Denmark wasn’t on that single border country list. Denmark and Sweden actually border each other by a bridge. Though it is only about 10 meters or so, it still exists.

[@jarehelt]

I had no idea how fearsome the Denmark Navy is!

[@Very_Grumpy_Cat]

Haha true

[@Asg2121]

Well, now you know😜😂. Greetings from your new neighbor🇩🇰

[@stevencollins8348]

I love how you covered this. It's been a hilarious tidbit of history but the whole booze swapping and flag planting will be missed

[@MarsJenkar]

Maybe the flag-planting will be abandoned, but no reason the two armies can't send each other a bottle of whisky every few years as a token of friendship.

[@stevencollins8348]

@@MarsJenkar 🍻

[@CanadaPlayz48]

What i love about this is that each party actually respectfully folded each other's flag

[@jlrthebassplayer]

thank you for this it's encouraging that 2 nations can shake hands over such a small seemingly insignificant border

[@iamaloafofbread8926]

2:54 funny enough, along the western part of Canada and the U.S. boarder there is spots where civilians can walk in and out of the boarder with out really being stopped by boarder patrol. That's how close the U.S. and Canada are.

[@SteadyRoosevelt]

love my Canadian brothers and sisters

[@raptorfromthe6ix833]

im illegaly immigrating to america

[@ghyslainabel]

There was a time when a passport was not necessary to travel between Canada and the United States. Unfortunately, that changed within the last 20 years.

[@canardchronique3477]

@@raptorfromthe6ix833 You can clean their bathrooms, and work as a day labourer in a hardware store parking lot. Good luck.

[@thejnasty]

Loved the video, always A1 Quality! You should make a video about why Denmark owns Greenland 🤘🔥🔥

[@stretch129k]

Thank you so much for this, you always keep me up to date on world events and how they matter. Thank you thank you so much

[@UnkownYoutuber286]

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[@stretch129k]

@@UnkownKZbinr286 huh?

[@daryld4457]

@@UnkownKZbinr286 Listen, friend. If you plagiarise my catchphrase on this channel, or any channel, one more time, I'm going to seriously hurt you. This is your FINAL warning.

[@EE-sw3uh]

This is such a long video to say “They decided to split an island”

[@UnkownYoutuber286]

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[@halalboyseif]

I know right but its still fun ngl

[@EE-sw3uh]

@@halalboyseif I guess, I think a few other creators have been talking about it so for me it was especially boring, if you didn’t already know its a cool vid!

[@soundscape26]

Yes, there's a lot of unnecessary blah blah in this video.

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

He's a master at repeating the same facts over and over in a slightly different way each time to stretch out the video for advertising dollars. Most of his content could be summed up in one or 2 minutes

[@thunderman_2226]

They split a rock in half, a 10 second explination stretched out into 13 minutes Gotta respect the grind

[@ChinnuWoW]

I guess you don’t care at all about the history behind it.

[@thunderman_2226]

@@ChinnuWoW 🤓

[@drmadjdsadjadi]

Interesting that Canada also shares an oceanic border with France, so two-thirds of all countries that it directly borders are in Europe.

[@keithpeden7664]

More reason to join the EU

[@mp40submachinegun81]

4:45 it should also be pointed out, to show truely how remote this is, alert isnt even a town. its a military post, used mostly during the cold war to monitor the soviets and soviet communications. there is people stationed there constantly, but nobody actually lives there.

[@thebrownknowser]

At about the 7:33 mark, you mention both prime ministers and show photos of two stately gentlemen. I don't know about the Danish prime minister but neither of those men is a Canadian PM. Great video, though!

[@a587789]

God bless Canada and Denmark!

[@hamder]

7:32 The man on the left described af the Danish Prime Minister, is Per Stig Møller luckily he has never been the Prime Minister of Denmark, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs tho.

[@gokeefe]

The other guy wasn't a Canadian Prime Minister either. No idea who he is.

[@daryld4457]

RLL FELL OFF I WILL REPLACE HIM

[@wseam1]

Love this channel - I feel like I never would have learned this otherwise haha

[@davidblair9877]

Canadians and Danes are so friendly they fight wars with bottles instead of bullets.

[@mikeneufield2855]

As a Canadian I approve this message ( our national passion /or idiosyncracy for hockey aside 😄

[@BrianBaileyedtech]

Actually, this area is VERY geopolitically important!! I personally served at CFS Alert twice back at the peak of the Cold War in the 1980's. CFS Alert is, for lack of a better term, a spy station of the highest magnitude, that was listening in on the conversations in the Kremlin, amongst other things. Over in Greenland, not too far away, you have the American's Thule military base, part of Space Command (let's just leave it at that). There - fixed that for you.

[@NAT-turners-Revenge]

☺ awesome

[@bruh-sf4gw]

0:38 the UK doesn't just boarder Ireland by land because of Gibraltar it also boarders Spain as well as Cyprus and I'm guessing there's probably more but I don't know off the top of my head

[@element4element4]

As a Dane that used to live in Canada for 5 years, I am glad that I now can just drive over the border to get cheap maple syrup.

[@thwingerpodthvet4302]

I don’t think there’s even enough room for a road on that that island if they even wanted to build one

[@TheRealSnaggletooth]

Im pretty happy! Denmark is awesome!

[@UnkownYoutuber286]

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[@TheRealSnaggletooth]

@@UnkownKZbinr286 Bot

[@shaneanderson8358]

I’ve been to the arctic more times than I can count. Explored Greenland many times. Our Canadian Forces Base known as Alert, and an American base in Greenland known as Thule are both in constant communication and we travel back and fourth often. It’s maybe 300kms from one another. Probably less. On a clear night in Alert you can see the lights shining from Thule across the water. Doesn’t happen often, the storms are bad in the winter. 🤟🏼

[@i-cdoor42]

My step mother lived in Thule when the Americans forced all citizens of the town to leave. She’s half danish, and half Greenlandic.

[@abchaplin]

At time stamp 6:15, you mention that "soldiers" took turns visiting the island. Please note that it was usually sailors.

[@Mike-zx1kx]

As a Dane it is important that you understand that Canada now has a direct border with THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK, not Denmark itself. The Kingdom of Denmark consists of Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Greenland and Faroe Islands have representative elected members in the Danish parliament but Denmark does not have the same in the local elected parliaments in Greenland/Faroe Islands. Foreign policies and defence are primarily governed by Denmark and local domestic policies and administration are primarily under direct parliamentarian governance and administration locally. Having said that, I hope this could be a start for en even deeper cooperation between the Kingdom of Denmark and Canada. Just a few weeks ago, with Denmark as the driving force and backed by EU, the North Sea summit deal between Denmark, Belgium, Holland and Germany were signed agreeing on the worlds largest transition deal from fossil fuels to sustainable energy were signed. Inside same deal are the worlds largest green hydrogen production deal. 230 million (!!!) high energy using Europeans are to get their entire electricity needs and some heating and future fuel covered by this deal. This will be achieved by creating several large (worlds largest) off shore windmill park clusters in the North Sea connected by "energy islands" built in the North Sea where the energy can be transported to and different conversions also can take place, such as hydrogen production (hydrogen are made from electricity and water and when burned it only emits....water! The 4 stroke direct injection hydrogen engine HAS been invented and works just as a gasoline engine just without the CO2 emissions). It would be absolutely wonderful AND URGENTLY NEEDED if Canada maybe could make a cooperation with Denmark to replace its highly damaging fracking and tarsand projects with off shore clean energy. It would be a massive jobcreator and enhance Canada´s chance of living up to its promises of reducing CO2 emissions while laughing all the way to the bank. The fastest AND cheapest energy conversion option ARE off shore windmills and combining it with hydrogen production can level out dips in wind and high consumption times, such as winter, without spewing out CO2. I hope the enhanced diplomatic cooperation that probably have taken place lately to finalise the Hans Island deal can be used as a starting point for a deep Canadian/Kingdom of Denmark cooperation regarding such a transition project. If there are any Canadians that do not know this I can tell that Denmark consistently for last 40 years have been breaking records for windmill inventions/productivity. To my knowledge there already are some cooperation between Denmark and Canada regarding hydrogen production and storage in Canada as part of being able to fuel future Maersk ships with hydrogen. Maersk HAVE said they are in active process of planning a future without bunker oil but instead green power to X fuels, primarily hydrogen. This IS what the future will be. Canada now have a chance of becoming leaders in this on your side of the pond. As a Dane I personally would love ALL our neighbouring countries to prosper and the transition WILL happen (otherwise we all eventually die - out), and actively pursuing this WILL be a winning strategy. Please do this now and I will never use any other syrup than Canadian maple. ALL coastal nations should make their own "North Sea summit" transition project NOW. Through glaciology we KNOW that we have had a relative stable CO2 content in our atmosphere last 500.000 years+ at 220 Carbon PPM but since the industrial it has progressive exploded to now 417 PPM. We are out of time! Please, dear new neighbours....ACT!

[@ShipinPro]

I think Queen Margerethe and Queen Elizabeth should settle the discussion once for all over tea! technically speaking in a sorta similar vein Canada is part of the Commonwealth.

[@Mike-zx1kx]

@@ShipinPro I do not understand what discussion you want settled between these two parties? Just as British Queen Elisabeth, Danish Queen Margrethe the second are not allowed to direct state political opinions and/or negotiate political issues. Culturally I believe that Elisabeth as commonwealth regal means a lot less for Canadians than our Queen do to us, but that are another talk. In Denmark the PM regularly meets and report to our Queen that also have to sign all democratically decided laws before they can become law. just as the British PM meets Elisabeth but to my knowledge Trudeau do not have to report to Elisabeth about Canada´s ongoing business. My suggestion regarding a fast deep cooperation between Denmark and Canada regarding energy transition from fossil fuels to green alternatives to a very high degree would benefit from top governmental dialogue and cooperation to pave the way for including private investors should Canada so which. It is not much more than a decade ago where windmill projects often were subsidised in some respects (although not in the massive way fossil fuels still are in some nations), recently investors are investing with money up front and subsidisation have seized, all due to the massive improvements of energy outputs mega off shore windmills have. The sectors solutions simply are good investments in a free market in itself. The German government, for reasons that forever will be hard for me to understand unless I factor in corruption inside the top of the German government at the time (I suggest any start by looking at Gerhard Schrøder that went from top of gov to a new job for POOtin´s Gasprom negotiating with his - just three days earlier - own parliamentarian colleagues to build Nordstream 2), decided to become deeply dependent of Russian gas while they COULD have made the deal with Denmark they now have and avoided being in such a tight spot now. HAD Germany done that they would have had access to plenty of hydrogen today and their car industry could have taken a worldleading position in hydrogen engine driven cars. There are not enough rare earth materials to support even 25% of the world driving battery cars. BUT hydrogen cars, that resemble the handling of a gasoline driven basically can be thrown in the oven and new cars and engines can be built from the old thus fitting perfectly in the circular sustainable green economy where growth does not equal further global planetary ecosystem disruptions. As soon as the German government (finally) realised their grave mistakes and they politically were ready to act, a deal was not far away. (Ukraine was invaded 24th of Feb 2022 and North Sea summit deal a few weeks ago! Denmark have been pushing for this for some time, but took an invasion to do the right economically and environmental deal) I seriously hope Trudeau and his government reads this and calls our PM, Mette Frederiksen and set up some fast meetings. IF Canada's needs in this transition process NOW can be incorporated in the the overall production needs (just remember the North Sea summit deal will create the worlds largest orders in the sector and new plants will have to be made or existing greatly expanded) in the sector it will be cheaper and faster for both parties. When it comes to planning to use parts of your sea for green energy production pre-approval of this in itself removes 10 years of red tape and allows projects to be investigated much much faster. Imagine a private company beginning from scratch to plan for a off shore sea spot to place a windmill park! They will often have to go into a decade long dialogue before they even can begin to make environmental investigation of seabeds etc. IF the Canadian government fx decides to pre investigate the seabed for optimal places for the parks they can then sell the right to use these areas afterwards just as if a municipality sells a bare piece of undeveloped land versus a plot that have sewage/water and electricity included. Sorry if a little long but hope it gave some insight into why I urged the Canadian government to step up and act. LEAD the way and you can become your continents first movers and make much more sound, for Canada and Canadians, business than if you wait. The planet are responding more and more to the abuse generations before us laid the ground for. WE have the knowledge AND the solutions to keep our lifestyle IF we transitions to sustainable energy production and usage now.

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Amen.

[@patrickkershaw4154]

As a Canadian, knowing that Denmark is our friend, I say this "Welcome to North America" Our great nations are true neighbours since we share a land border. Hope to see you soon!!! You're welcomed here anytime

[@danishcommander4dk]

Thank you for your kind words. Hope this will be a strengthening of the Canadian- Danish friendship 🇨🇦🇩🇰

[@houseofspadesamoderngarden6425]

As an American I'm fascinated by rethinking war in a more playful non violent event.

[@Kev4Kev]

The Kingdom of Denmark (Metropolitan Denmark, Greenland, & The Faroe Islands) has a border with Canada via Greenland. The country of Denmark does not border Canada since it is in Europe. You know there is a difference between the Kingdom of Denmark and Denmark ! Its a similar situation between England and say the UK or Metropolitian France and the rest of France (French Guinea, Reunion, French Polynesia etc).

[@chhaylab7520]

No

[@Kev4Kev]

@@chhaylab7520 No what ?

[@AstroRex]

Good on ya, @Kevin, educate the populace! "Danskjävlar!" 🍻🍻

[@TheRealBedintruder]

Sorry to say it but you are incorrect. The official name of Denmark is "The kingdom of Denmark" and it includes greenland and the Faroe Islands even though they have some amount of self governance. What you are stating is the same as saying Hawaii, alaska, guam etc. are not a part of the US

[@Kev4Kev]

@@TheRealBedintruder When you speak of the USA, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa etc have a difference status than Hawaii, Alaska or any of the other 50 states or the District of Columbia so that is not a Apples to Apples comparison. You would be better off comparing Kingdom of Denmark vs Denmark or Greenland with other places with similar structures the UK, the Nederlands etc

[@13thravenpurple94]

Great work 🥳🥳🥳 Thank you 💜💜💜

[@M41real]

So as a German we're basically 1 country away from Canada

[@Countofelfs]

Just a quick correction; at 7:34 the minister on the left is the then Danish foreign minister Per Stig Møller, and not the Danish PM. This is then corrected at 7:40 to be the foreign minister. Just a quick heads up. Nice video otherwise

[@UnkownYoutuber286]

RLL FELL OFF I WILL REPLACE HIM!!!

[@olivierprovencher]

Same thing for canada. Its not the pm of time or any pm for that matter

[@klondikechris]

It seems you missed the dispute regarding the Alaska-Yukon offshore border. Canada has that it continues along the 141st degree line of longitude, as the land border is, but the USA has that it runs perpendicular to the shore line there, and thus hangs a right. This is still in dispute (as far as I know).

[@xds3185]

The fact that they are very far away from mainland, some people will still think it's fake

[@UnkownYoutuber286]

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[@xds3185]

@@StewieGriffinOff1cial I did not know that, thanks

[@VerityFraser]

While I am deeply saddened to have lost all the fun of calling for outrageously overblown responses to the Dane presence on Hans Island, I'm still glad that we could work it out and have a good laugh about it with our NATO ally.

[@Humancompassion1234]

I always learn something new and from a different genre than straight news. You assist putting puzzle pieces together

[@cupacartoon991]

Once my friend said that Canada and Denmark have a land border and I said not,we made a bet(5 dollars) and I showed him the map and I won the bet,hopefully he doesn't see this.

[@PinkStratovolcano]

Yeah sure

[@UnkownYoutuber286]

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[@jesseywater3446]

Haha I will tell him

[@VanpyroGaming0]

The UK also borders Spain, at Gibraltar.

[@UnkownYoutuber286]

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[@HarveyDangerLurker]

Yep. Correct!

[@bradley8575]

It to mention France border with Brazil

[@AstroRex]

The UK is not a country. Thanks.

[@VanpyroGaming0]

@@AstroRex Hey buddy, you just blow in from stupid town?

[@philipnorris6542]

You learn something new every day.

[@thesherbet]

I think the standard way to fix these things historically is that if two countries can't decide between themselves, then us Brits get to come in and plant our flag. Seems to solve most issues right?

[@StephiSensei26]

I love my little country in the North, Denmark. And, I wouldn't expect anything less from them than to find a way to come to an agreement with its neighbor, than over a bottle of Danish Akvavit (Schnaps). Mmm, yummy! I can just hear them, Denmark: "Oh, you can have it, just take it. You're so nice. Canada: Nah, you're too nice too, you keep it. We like you so much!" Hey Canada! Skål! It's a really silly country, but you can't help loving it!

[@rubendan6898]

Hello Stephi, how are you doing today

[@Canleaf08]

There is also St Pierre Et Miquelon , which is linked by ferry from Newfoundland. Wanted to visit that French overseas departement, but it is complicated to get there.

[@compassroses]

So Canada now shares the longest land border and one of the shortest?

[@bumba5897]

Damn if i hadn't just heard about this, i could have just claimed this island for myself and then made this whole situation a little more complicated

[@AntonLauridsen]

Correction: It is known as the Snaps war. The Whiskey war is the Canadian term for the "conflict"

[@barttennekes544]

Russia: NoOOoOoO I don't want to be humiliated by ending the war Canada and Denmark: Fine, we'll do it ourselves

[@commanderhawk8908]

3:33 I can’t believe people say that Canada is the second biggest country in the world, look how small it is!!

[@tenantnumber1sres543]

1:06 . . . wrong . . . France has a boarder with Canada. There's a small island that is connected . . . if you're going to try and quibble over it not being perfectly land connected, several of your mentions up to that point in the video have rivers dividing them.

[@DeathsHood]

There's nothing to quibble over. One's a literal island some 20km off the coast that shares no land connection at all, and the island being talked about in the video is split nearly in half, so there's a *literal* land border there.

[@tenantnumber1sres543]

@@DeathsHood seriously? . . . you have no idea where that land is obviously and if you knew anything about reality, you'd know you can't see 20km over a horizon.

[@DeathsHood]

@@tenantnumber1sres543 I know exactly where "that land" is, you desperate twit. It's 19km off the coast of Newfoundland. Well into the *_ocean._* Making it a *_maritime_* border, *_NOT_* a land border. "Seeing over the horizon" is utterly meaningless, because we _know where the island is._ To be specific, it's *_3_* islands approximately 19km off the coast of Newfoundland. Are you really this stupid? Or do you like pretending because it makes you feel special?

[@jimmyohara2601]

Why don't you learn to spell Border correctly & distinguish said word & meaning from Boarder ??

[@Amsayy]

Love you Denmark, you're our favourite neighbour 😘😘

[@Mike-zx1kx]

We love Canada as well! Here we have access to the core national television channels from all our Scandinavian friends and neighbours and also from our land bordering neighbour Germany. I think we should swap such a deal as well so we can watch each others national news channels so we can learn more about the type of issues we both struggle with.

[@daniellat5763]

@@Mike-zx1kx Canadian news channels are biased garbage. It’s not enjoyable to watch. You’re not missing anything.

[@TheDCGuitar13]

Guess you could say Canada embarked on a “special logistical” mission delivering that wiskey lol.

[@daryld4457]

RLL FELL OFF I WILL REPLACE HIM

[@email5023]

*whiskey

[@Kurupone]

keep up the good work, love you`re vids!

[@halfdandenostede8740]

As a dane i would like to tell you that flødekartofler has a very nice taste

[@perskaudu]

yes, that is good but how you guys can eat lakrids.....

[@UnkownYoutuber286]

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[@carlh9120]

It’s a shame that they miss out on flødeboller.

[@TheBarser]

@@perskaudu Lakrids is the best candy. Especially salmiak lakrids. But it seems it is only for the cool nordic gang.