China and the USA are Fighting Over Greenland

Why Greenland is Suddenly So Important
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As the world gets warmer due to man-made climate change, geopolitical competition is heating up in the arctic. And Greenland is finding itself at the center of this competition, as world superpowers fight each other for economic influence and geopolitical control.
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[@johnnyharris]

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[@tnterror8085]

Love your vids

[@colekarrh9114]

Question why do you always make the US sound really bad

[@ammarahsan2157]

​@@colekarrh9114 they are

[@tnterror8085]

@@colekarrh9114cus US propaganda isn’t reality

[@pavlopaavo6144]

I know you’re a map nerd, Johnny. I remember when I was taught cartography at the University, I’ve been hundred times told about the importance of using the correct and valid data sources for my maps. With all due respect, Johnny, what was the source of data for your maps(country images, to be precise) in your video? Do you consider Crimea as a Russian territory? Do you think it’s correct to ignore international laws and treaties and display territories by de facto control? Thank you

[@AndreasMnck]

I feel like you missed an opportunity to tell the crazy story of how a single rogue Danish diplomat secured a deal with America to open a military base in Greenland while Denmark was occupied by Nazi Germany. Important point in the history of a long alliance between Denmark and USA.

[@zazikswan8204]

I Agree very much so, Muncken! Harris should do a 10 minutes spin-off video on that xD

[@Jack-pf6lv]

Nazis? NAZIS?

[@mothralord1709]

Spin off spin off

[@johnnyharris]

great point and would have been a fascinating addition. thanks for sharing

[@erik_griswold]

And mention the German claims on Greenland (as well as the Norwegian) before WW2?

[@REDnBLACKnRED]

A video about geopolitics of Greenland that doesn't clearly discuss Greenland's relationship to Denmark is strange. Not once was it explicitly mentioned that Greenland is a part of The Kingdom of Denmark (now by choice), which makes Denmark a central player in the arctic too. This video shockingly highlighted the US-centrism - mentioning only US interests and the ones of its rival China.

[@AshrakAhmed]

well it's not like Denmark will disagree with USA if they want to stay in NATO.

[@REDnBLACKnRED]

@@AshrakAhmed that is no excuse to ignore the role Denmark has to play. And it is to be noted that Denmark has refused to "sell" Greenland to the US several times even if they are allies.

[@tdrm]

The key to understanding here is that this is episodic content. Some of that colonialism by Denmark was discussed in the previous episode about Greenland. Not every detail needs to be repeated in every episode.

[@MoorishAlliance]

Because the US is preying on Greenland. Old school imperialism at play. This video is priming you to accept it when it happens. This is how the us functions. They use the power of soft propaganda to achieve goals

[@AL-lh2ht]

johnny has an agenda and he is going to push this agenda above all else. Facts be damned.

[@SophiaChristian-so2of]

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[@alexanderolesen1597]

I am from Denmark and it’s crazy to me that we own such a significant geographical location. But Johnny you did event mention us lol, and you say they are building diplomatic relations with Greenland, but they are building diplomatic relationships with Denmark.

[@LumpAbundance]

Its because his focus on the video isn't on Denmark as a whole; people on the internet get confused really easily so he's saying Greenland but really means Denmark because its easier for the average viewer to understand

[@hydrashieldbasementservice8453]

The average viewer is a doofis you say?

[@LumpAbundance]

@@hydrashieldbasementservice8453 Well, yea. That's exactly what I'm saying.

[@newagain9964]

This channel is globalist (ie USA) propaganda. And Denmark does not own Greenland! Colonizing 🤡

[@Stephenwarrior-xi9ow]

Yeah ! Your next Tiawan 😂

[@HeisenbergFam]

"US sold this town back to Greenlandic government for $1" What a great business deal

[@andyc9902]

Now they want the whole land from Denmark

[@Xrl8r]

Now that they have found it's valuable they expect it get it back for the same price. Acting exactly like a petty b1tch

[@Labyrinth6000]

@@andyc9902and I like the idea

[@Shivas-cj7vr]

I think it was more like. " Thanks for letting us crash here for a while, please have this nice couch."

[@venkatsrkyt]

That's Greenland's own land. In fact, US owed Greenland a lot of rent for using that land. But US cleanly escaped from paying any of that and on top of that littered all the area with war equipment trash which is of use to nobody. And US still has the audacity "sell" the land. What an effing "d**k" move.

[@Sanatani_Sherni]

*Perfect Example Of the Quote:* _In Geopolitics , there are no permanent friends... only permanent interests_ ❤

[@QWERTY-gp8fd]

nothing is permanent except death and tax.

[@Jack-pf6lv]

*Gift is gifted by interest of geopolitical entity*

[@lifePaultheball]

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[@Jack-pf6lv]

@lifepaultheball I not an fucking bot

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

@@lifePaultheball wdym?

[@katefrancis3015]

Great Video Johnny and crew!! My grandfather did work in Greenland back in the 80’s. He said it was so different there and cold there. It amazing what’s happening now. I hope the people there enjoy the working of having the upper hand with the superpowers. They get to pick what they want!! Good luck to them and of course the whole world will be watching. ❤❤

[@evaklum8974]

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[@haydenmichael5099]

Hi. Just wanted to give you props and a thank you. I know these videos must take a lot of time and effort to produce so thank you. So glad I stumbled upon your channel.

[@evaklum8974]

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[@JohnAndJohner]

Let's not pretend Greenland is even remotely self-sustaining. They live off nearly half a billion dollars annually from Denmark for approximately 50K people. I support Greenlandic independence morally, but we're a long way away from it being financially viable, and realistically you'd end up being financially chained by worse countries instead.

[@jaylewis9876]

Perhaps they could encourage vertical farming and immigration

[@SanjayRamaswamyWolvie]

That is what I was thinking. How could these people living on a block of ice that has no trees, afford to have all of these facilities and live a comfortable life in such a harsh climate where even animals wouldn't want to live

[@Joehk416]

Greenland shall forever be danish

[@Labyrinth6000]

@@Joehk416and be forever poor and reliant.

[@nuzayerov]

@@jaylewis9876 I don't think people would like immigrating to Greenland tbh XD

[@calvindobson7353]

The US immediately getting involved once China decided to start funding and building airports in greenland reminds me of the town in West Virginia who couldn't get state funding for a necessary bridge so they went to the USSR who decided it was a perfect opportunity to show off.

[@frenchthot]

hahahahah

[@evaklum8974]

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[@jasonrubik]

16:41 The background audio on this part was interesting ! Thanks for being so genuine, Johnny!

[@shalomex-muslims2991]

A very well-made video about this sort of unknown region in the world. Thank you, keep up your good work in sharing your videos with us.

[@Kristian.B.Kristiansen]

I well know, that Denmark isn't a superpower by any means, but since Greenland is part of our realm and have members represented in our Parliament, a bit more mention on Denmarks role in this question would have been nice. A major reason for the US being able to build all those bases was Denmarks Nato membership and alliance with the USA. We the Danish had no reasons to complain about them strengthening the defense against a possible Soviet threat.

[@ravensfan777]

That's why alliances are so important. We have similar interests. And more can be accomplished as a team. Despite the Soviet Union being disbanded, Russia is still looking for new ways to grow in power and influence. Now China is in the mix so it will be interesting to see how things play out in the future.

[@aqqatone]

Hvis bare videoen handlede om dk. 😄

[@Kristian.B.Kristiansen]

@@aqqatone Det ville ikke være nødvendigt overhovedet. Grønland har al ret til selvbestemmelse, men siden de pt. er en del af rigsfælleskabet, kunne han have dækket Danmarks rolle lidt mere.

[@jasonhaven7170]

Denmark are colonisers and Greenland will be independent.

[@REDnBLACKnRED]

It bothered me so much that so little attention was paid to Denmark's role in all this.

[@shagituz]

Not a Trumper but it seems like cognitive dissonance to trash Trump for wanting Greenland, after you just went on about how important it is.

[@marcuslindberg9829]

No one is trashing Trump because he wanted Greenland, people are trashing Trump because he thought the Greenlandic people could be bought and fucking sold.

[@Riptionator]

Was looking for someone to bring this up. Johnny is a bleeding heart liberal who hates America so of course he hates Trump. His bias comes through in every video he makes. His videos are good, but they would be way better if he kept his personal beliefs out of it.

[@HamHamHampster]

Not when his rhetoric did more harm than good.

[@JustMoseyinAround]

The hate for Trump is so big that they're okay with the current president not even being able to debate for re-election 🤦

[@Perspectiveon]

Trump clearly didn´t like his idea called absurd which is what the danish PM did.

[@Imbalanxd]

I wonder if the US was ever referred to as a "non european" or "non asian" nation when covering Ukraine or Taiwan

[@user-tm9qs7jo9j]

Not when they have military bases, actual sovereign American territory in 80 countries around the world.

[@user-tm9qs7jo9j]

Sort of like when the president of France was angry with the US about some NATO disagreements and told the American secretary of state he wanted all American soldiers out of France by the end of the month. The secretary responded "If you mean ALL American servicemen we will need more time than that to dig up all the Americans buried in French fields ." I think the demand was retracted.

[@Imbalanxd]

@user-tm9qs7jo9j by that logic russia owns europe

[@jessedameron7985]

Thanks for making this video Very informative an fun to watch!

[@BenDiaz]

These arctic videos you put out are so fascinating to me because we rarely see maps from a North Pole centric perspective. It makes people and countries halfway around the world seem a little closer.

[@infodockYT]

I was going to say this. It's beautiful and strange seeing a map from this angle. Feels like a new Earth.

[@endenverted9237]

Same thought. I'm mesmerized really

[@agubata1]

The unusual perspective is truly amazing. Quite apart from the politics, this is a new vista that is both enlightening and captivating

[@daMillenialTrucker]

@@infodockYT THE EARTH IS FLAT! jkjk

[@jordanoneill7052]

As a brit it blew my mind seeing russias spacial relationship to the UK from that perspective. It's kind of common sense when you think about it, but the mercator projection is so hard wired

[@alexhoang6954]

I love that Johnny Harris lets us see how long he is advertising for a company so we could skip that part😆😆

[@sng345]

I should’ve skip ~9:00m, straight to the point 😂

[@prplt]

I just use sponsor block lol 😂

[@amarissimus29]

Take a look at who he works for. The whole thing is an ad. Is there an emoji for shills?

[@suntzu1409]

​@@amarissimus29 He calls himself independent journalist, so not sure who he works for

[@stephsil]

Thank you for making this!

[@actualunicorn9462]

Just a beautiful video honestly visually and I liked the bit at the end humanizing the people who lived in greenland

[@Novacification]

Instead of taking steps to prevent the ice caps melting everyone is simply looking to take advantage and likely make the situation worse in the process.

[@LarryLoveSosa69]

I think we’re it’s way to late and hard to prevent it, may as well invest on preparation for when it melts

[@AshrakAhmed]

well capitalism requires unlimited growth and we live in one planet which isn't growing on size so gotta unlock the other places. Once Greenland is done we will liberate the Amazon basin from that bloody insect infested jungle and Brazil will see progress like no other.

[@srikengames]

​@@LarryLoveSosa69 that exact kind of thinking is what got us here

[@alfredcampos7268]

​@@srikengames completely wrong, was hopeful greedy idiots who though they could control comex system

[@rustomkanishka]

You can fight the Chinese or Soviets and win. Unbridled greed? Hell no.

[@ninjacole803]

I’m not pro China, but it’s worth pointing out that Chinese influence tactics are lifted straight from the western/USA playbook of post colonial control

[@JayForsure]

That's why the US is mad, they know EXACTLY what chinas doing/trying to do because they've done/are doing it lol

[@Jcguy123]

China has been imperialist before USA even existed. You think they learned this from the USA?

[@bodigames]

lol where?? USA holds no control over any country

[@reigak6599]

@@JayForsureexactly, China is literally learning from the US

[@maximipe]

Also, the bare face of saying China isn't an arctic nation all the while the US having bases on Antarctica

[@DevilishKira]

Big fan of your content man. Much thanks to you and to the team that helps you deliver this content! I'd totally watch your videos too if they are more than 30 mins long! You truly captivate our interest with your delivery! Wishing you and your team all the very best!

[@evaklum8974]

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[@chriscolley2229]

Agreed

[@dinasar_]

Haven't been this excited about following a new account in idek. It's been a companion on my ride to work lately.

[@jeffreystewart6786]

Just a small correction: Thule (TOO-li) Air Base reorganized to be a Space Force base back in 2020. Then in April 2023, it was renamed to Pituffik (bee-doo-FEEK) Space Base to recognize the native name for the region.

[@TheParsnip]

space base

[@evaklum8974]

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[@evaklum8974]

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[@ehseahla]

Can't we all just live peacefully, hold hands and sing a rousing song of Kumbaya?

[@anugrah1921]

unfortunately not everyone thinks like that, after all we're just humans and conflict making is a human behavior

[@Natu1016]

America = NO Peace

[@colekarrh9114]

Lol

[@rishabh5610]

Not while there is insane amounts of inequality and widespread poverty.

[@sahilsamundre0]

This isn't the Vinland saga and seeing the state of this prolonged war eventually it will get even worse though I would like peace happens

[@HaldenUniverse]

amazing job thanks for sharing

[@ricardochiesa9829]

Thank you for what you and your team do. I always look forward not only being only informed by these videos, but simply inspired by the beauty of our planet you guys capture, and the big picture of very complex historical events through the perspective of geo-politics. And as a composer, props, amazing music!

[@zman3886]

A while ago The Canadian military backed out of a deal where the government was going to provide arctic warfare training for Chinese military officials (or at least let them observe Canadian exercises). I think it was the military command that was just like yeah no we're not doing that. This gives it some context

[@manjsher3094]

The fact they had a deal to back out of is more telling.

[@JustTryingToYoutube]

@@manjsher3094money talks shop the options America doesn’t get everything they want automatically

[@evaklum8974]

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[@_harrop]

I actually had a professor researching this topic via Camp Century (the biggest US camp on Iceland). Ok there he also was able to access Ice cores that no one had ever really accessed. Super cool stuff. But on the lecture he gave us in class, he was absolutely freaked about about the war potential of Greenland.

[@antonioprealta3514]

Great video as always❤

[@muhammadadil719]

what a great and informative Video ! Great job : )

[@TheRealFalkin]

"How tiny Denmark would be without us". Comes from a nation whose economy would crumble if Denmark didn't dump buckets of money into that bottomless pit every year.

[@TheLetterKyu]

Well, Denmark is one of the world's largest importers and exporters of fish and fish products, and why do you think that is? There's so much that Denmark is making out of Greenland,. just in the fishing industry there are cods, halibuts, shrimps, crabs, caviars and so much more that comes from Greenland. And because The US has a military base in Greenland, Denmark saves tons of money, when they're paying to NATO. Yes, Denmark "pays" buckets of money to that "bottomless pit" every year, but it's nothing compared to how much money Denmark makes out of Greenland every year.

[@Bubajumba]

​@@TheLetterKyu Not true, why do you think Greenlanders are happy to stay with Danmark?

[@AL-lh2ht]

@@TheLetterKyu literally 40% of population works for the government. And about 60% of Greenland’s government budget is paid for by Denmark. So this literally means about half of Greenland’s economy is free money from Denmark. who's exploiting who here?

[@hobbygrg-eudaimoniastudio]

But whenever they talk about independence, Denmark tries very hard to show how they can't do that, like they are afraid of losing it, while danish 'non-political people' wants to get rid of Greenland. Kind of weird

[@madsbodin]

@@hobbygrg-eudaimoniastudio Greenland is a very important place for Denmark like it is for US. When 'non-political people' talk about getting rid of Greenland it is because we do actually spend an massive amount of money that could be used in-land insted and like these comments shows you don't really show any gratitude, just being idiots about it ;) But, we need each other. Denmark need greenland for the power of landmass and Greenland need Denmark because of its existens in a modern world.

[@saturnscx]

Not a word about the whisky war between Canada and Greenland (Denmark) for Hans island 😢 the war in which casualities were measured in flags and alcohol bottle.

[@Mmjk_12]

The only war i think I'm sad that stopped lmao. It actually ended a year ago today :(

[@johnnyharris]

i've had the Whiskey war on my ideas list for years. someday

[@saturnscx]

@@johnnyharris it could be a short. The end pf the war brings hope to how country can solve their problemz

[@mizapaloma8217]

Such a well made video! subscribed❤

[@Sigma_Sage13]

Gratitude for algorithm, allowing this channel to find me. So insightful.

[@Sanatani_Sherni]

_"Most powerful countries will get their way by any means necessary"_ is one of the most accurate sentences said in history. 🌟

[@Jack-pf6lv]

Atleast vietnam resisted with force in 1970's

[@fatboyRAY24]

@@Jack-pf6lvIf the US wanted Vietnam it would’ve drop a nuke on it, let’s be honest. Full measures were never used by the US in any post ww2 war. Kinda like Russia right now playing with its good when it could send Ukrainian to kingdom come if it wanted.

[@Jack-pf6lv]

US knowns that dropping stupid ass amount of nukes on vietnam will has some pretty serve consequence that I don't know

[@slowedreverb2906]

@@fatboyRAY24 But USSR would drop them nukes

[@Jack-pf6lv]

Today North korea will do it

[@valentingalvan121]

All these proxy conflicts and territorial disputes are leading up to something bigger. It’s hard to not notice the similarities between current geopolitical times to those of the pre WW1 or WW2 time periods. It’s definitely alarming.

[@schnick2596]

True thing man it's fucking terrifying

[@owensks]

@@schnick2596no it isn’t get over it

[@perhapsyes2493]

I've been shouting from the rooftops (metaphorically) ever since 2007/8. We're building up to a new world war. I don't expect to live to seniority. I do not save up for retirement. Even if I don't die because of the war, I will because the climate is going to get absolutely wrecked by large scale destruction.

[@davec8153]

The issue with "This looks sorta like pre WW1 and WW2 time period" analysis is they have tons of false positives. There are plenty of times where things look "sorta like pre WW(s)" (if you squint hard enough) and no WW came of it. Also the calculus is way different pre- vs post- nuclear arms.

[@schnick2596]

@@owensks i know we're really far away from another world war, but the geopolitical tensions between world powers grew massively in the last 10+ years. This does scare me.

[@carriebradon2807]

Your graphics on that map are amazing!

[@apthetique]

Awesome video! I would have liked to have seen more about the relationship between Denmark and Greenland though. Otherwise this was very informative, as always!

[@kaospilot2774]

Great episode. Relevant for us that live in the Arctic (Norway). Sidenote: You're speaking about Greenland as if they were a souverign nation, though. It's Denmark. Denmark has the final word in everything Greenland decides to do or not do.

[@AshrakAhmed]

Thank you! This was what baffled me through out the whole video! the question we should be asking is how Greenland even went to China to make deal in the first place? I like John's video but on this one he kinda try to gloss over the fact that Greenlanders has no say in it. So 70% don't want Chinese money but 100% wants USA money? cause USA money is coming into the country uninterrupted cause Denmark said so, don't matter what Greenlanders think.

[@SuperShamuu]

Not true anymore.

[@marpee6700]

Greenland is relatively independent in its governance though. The deals that he was talking about are not directly proposed to the Danish government. They are proposed to Greenland and the governance there. It has it's own prime minister and everything.

[@marpee6700]

Although yes, denmark does technically have the "final say" if there is something that is bad they want to prevent.

[@kaospilot2774]

@@marpee6700 For sure.

[@curiousguy6472]

Johnny - "It's abandoned now" CIA operatives 16ft. below inside their underground secret base - "LoL"

[@captainayaan]

Congratulations on your 4.02M subscribers!

[@MusicallyQ]

*Because that would be the equivalent of basically throwing our alliances with dozens of other countries in the trash.*

[@rsdigiomoney]

i love your videos. all this talk about "territory" and "influence" really inspired me to keep learning the game "go" or "baduk" or "weiqi" because it really is like a geopolitical playground on a board

[@evaklum8974]

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[@yaxleader]

As someone in the Space Force, I think you mixed up the intent of Thule Air Base. It's not meant to detect a Russian invasion over the arctic (a crazy idea that should never be attempted in the first place), it's meant as the newer version of the very radars you visited. It's a phased array radar site to detect Russian ICBMs. Due to the shorter distance between Russia and the U.S over the Arctic, Russian nuclear missiles have always been anticipated to fly over the North Pole. Thus, Thule is THE most strategically important base for the U.S in the event of Nuclear war. When it's not detecting missiles though, it's tracking space objects. Hence why it's becoming a Space Force base.

[@user-tj6ef1td1l]

President Kim. Remember this man

[@amanuli9821]

Appreciate you sir harris good luck for more .

[@kitiowa]

The great irony is that the association with Denmark is probably more valuable than is realized. Greenland would be wise to maintain connections with Scandinavia even if it becomes completely independent. Small countries in the North that have managed to maintain independence from the whims of the larger powers and actually have outsized influence and power in the world themselves is a model these Nordic countries have mastered.

[@Guru_1092]

To be fair, the US is hardly a "near arctic" country. We have Alaska, and that's about it. Most of it is Canada and Russia.

[@rogueknight2459]

To be fair, Alaska is also fucking massive with more coastline than the other 49 states combined

[@lordrichardson4447]

lol. Alaska is a lot of land. The US has a massive border with the arctic….

[@user-vl8jv1tl5e]

usa thinks they are near to everything.

[@QuantumNoir]

Lol. Russia, Canada and the US are all extremely massive. Any slab of land up there is pretty big. Alaska alone is giant and has lots of arctic coastline. The US position is fully legitimate. Chinas ret@rded claim is what you should be commenting on. Sad that 45 ret@rds aggree with your silly comment.

[@whadiyatalkinabeet9960]

10:53 thank god America has sleepy Joe, right Johnny?

[@jojosiwadrillremixmp3141]

where did he imply that it was better in the vid?

[@whadiyatalkinabeet9960]

@@jojosiwadrillremixmp3141 where did I imply he said that?

[@EEGmaghrabi]

People in Greenland always say to each other in a very dramatic way: "Summer is coming"

[@jonathanmurdock999]

Stunning images. awesome.

[@Daniel-Mast]

Love your short documentaries on Greenland. I hope you continue to focus on Greenland a little further because they deserve the publicity :)

[@speculationsperceived]

I'm glad that DK has repeatedly denied requests from the US to purchase GL. Whoever controls GL should be up to Greenlanders, not up to a foreign power who only seeks to exploit the land for their benefit.

[@thabisodube]

Yet DK has never allowed the greenlanders to be independant

[@speculationsperceived]

@@thabisodube Nope, Greenland now has the right to declare independence whenever it wants.

[@mettelindegardnielsen9411]

@@thabisodube Greenland are the ones choosing not to be independent because of economic reasons. The only way greenlanders currently will choose to be independent is if their economic situation change(which is possible dependent on future choices of Grenland) or if Denmark keep giving them money after they become independent, which never will happen.

[@thabisodube]

Ohh fair enough then my apologies

[@williamdhl72]

Clearly it's a good thing denmark still has some control since the greenlanders almost sold out to china...

[@Blair1Collins]

Great video. Thank you. :-)

[@Wowimhungry9]

If you can do research of Antarctica and do some video from there, you’ll be the best independent journalist in the world.

[@rasta5299]

I'm not sure how I didn't stumble on this channel before. Besides the storytelling, the production is just amazing. Love use of the maps and visualization of the story. Keep up!

[@DinoRodriguez]

Johnny Harris is a G.O.A.T.!

[@tomfurstyfield]

You might want to do a bit of research, he took money from the world economic forum (which is a lobbying org funded by large multinationals like Amazon) and made a shill video, extolling the virtues of "Shareholder capitalism" which is very dangerous version of neo liberalism, where these multinationals will have a greater say in world events. That's just one example of things he's misrepresented or got wrong.

[@tomfurstyfield]

@@DinoRodriguez no he isn't

[@Worm99]

its Propaganda

[@Nubbe999]

storytelling? he says the same things over and over again in 15 minutes of this 20 min video he should do better research and added information to the video or made it a lot shorter.

[@aarondolan]

I never realized the immense significance of Greenland until now. The race to control its resources and strategic location is truly fascinating and makes you wonder about the geopolitical dynamics at play. The melting ice and potential access to valuable minerals definitely add a new layer of complexity. It's crucial that we prioritize environmental sustainability and engage in responsible governance to ensure the well-being of both the region and its people. Thanks for shedding light on this compelling topic! 👏🌍

[@ColdPotato]

Pretty sure we tried to buy it and Denmark said nope... We're too busy kicking our own behinds to ask again right now.

[@cron1165]

Yeah so definitely don't let the U.S. touch it then

[@tkskagen]

Great video boss!

[@Standartt01]

I am sure it would be facinating for the team to research or even make a video on the Norweigen Annexation of East Greenland "Erik den rødes land". Then furthermore how this conflict led to a new understanding in claiming desolate areas, and the requirement for Denmark to uptain sovereignty in NE Greenland with the Sirius Patrol. I think this story is really interesting, especially in modern terms with the wish to be independant, how will the rules of desolate sovereignty work today.

[@wickedwickey]

Always been a fan of your work Harris and your team. The real life stories you bring forward and the way you divulge and present the different aspects of a story to make viewers think is commendable. Been a fan and a supporter of you and your team's work ..always. carry on forward.

[@no4hf]

Did you film all your Greenland videos on the same trip or do you keep flying up there 😂 so cool

[@nabbous10]

17:38 kudos to the editor with their voice to video alignment

[@ProjectResident]

Nice video Johny. Btw would be nice if you could make a separate video about the strategic development of the arctic region.

[@thepittsstops5146]

Hey brother I watch your channel almost every day now and I gotta say it inspires me to no end!! The world has been needing someone like you for quite a while and I hope you continue to inspire so many more to do the same! I wanted to ask you, have you ever looked into where all the corporations get their "clean" lithium from? I must warn you that it is pretty rough when you get to digging into it, but I honestly believe that you could shine an amazing light on that subject. Just wanted to mention it. Stay awesome and keep being you my brother!

[@cr7neymar908]

Everyone talked bad on trump when he wanted to buy it… now what

[@ZaneLinCN]

It is interesting that the United States seems to like to decide the business of other countries, stopping China to do business with Denmark in the Arctic, but building hundreds of military bases in the South China Sea. It is not a good thing to look at the world from the perspective of American interests.

[@ChenAnPin]

Wouldn't it be crazy if Russia was somehow convinced to sell any one of their islands in the Arctic circle to China just so China can even at least claim to have an actual territorial presence in that region?

[@Labyrinth6000]

They don’t even trust each other from time to time, there’s a reason why Mongolia exists as a buffer state.

[@reinerbraun1116]

The last thing Russians would ever want is to give away their lands, impossible

[@Hrotiberhtaz]

I really doubt Russia would give up the last kinda power projection they have of having to "sharing" the Arctic with yet another super power. It would also undermine China's talking points to a point of hypocrisy when they argue about U.S "neocolonialism" when it's China who literally expanding it's territory to regions not even coherent to their mainland territory.

[@cabbybrocolimania5297]

Keep your hands off, thieves! The Arctic Ocean belongs to Albania!

[@fastertove]

@@AustinCameron Explain

[@yvonne.morales]

I love waking up to a new day and finding out that there is a video out. My mornings feel so much better when I can see an educational video that you have put out. Thank you so much! ❤

[@jumpinjehoshaphat1951]

In 1951, the US negotiated a treaty with NATO founding member Denmark giving the US military permission to station troops in defense of Greenland. Its base at Thule plays an important role in NORAD's early detection of ICBMs launched over the Pole. It hosts F-35s year-round and often stages RCAF elements during exercises.

[@kevinkleinsasser9387]

No point in fighting over Greenland when Denmark most likely would never give it up.

[@albertwernsdorfer5193]

The arctic was important in the cold war because all of the nuclear ICBMs would be flying over it as it was the shortest route between the US and the USSR. So the early warning was designed against missiles and not a ground invasion.

[@clothedwiththesun]

No wonder only 50K lived under the interception zone.

[@lemmuhj]

"That was a crazy four years, im glad it's over"..😂 because now is calm😂

[@nkazimulomnisi]

Your videos are very educational about things we rarely pay attention to. Good luck and go on with making them

[@cutolafiebre7915]

love your videos

[@nAw00b]

As a Dane, I am happy that Greenland gets a larger say in what happens with their Country. I just hope they actually get a say and not just get ran over by other Countries.

[@stevencooper4422]

As an American, many of us are fine with Denmark holding Greenland. We already took the virgin islands from you 😉

[@Romainecole]

@@stevencooper4422 we *bought* the Virgin Islands from Denmark..

[@stevencooper4422]

@@Romainecole They didn't have much of a choice after a world war...

[@fastertove]

@@stevencooper4422 Incorrect. Denmark had wanted to sell those islands for a very long time....

[@domerame5913]

@@stevencooper4422 you mean because they didn't generate any profit

[@hideouswh5718]

This video honestly scares me. I'm from Friesland, in the Netherlands. Our entire province already lies beneath the sea level. The fact that people are already planning new trade routes over the north pole instead of preventing the melting of the arctic and preventing rising sea levels is terrifying to me. Our whole country is currently protected by dikes, but these aren't going to last forever. Just imagine seeing your whole identity, culture, language and land getting erased.

[@mhow4967]

Ghost 👻 Please 🙏 RUN 🙏😭😭😭

[@peterheinzo515]

because it is not preventable anymore

[@user-vl8jv1tl5e]

you can always resettle in greenland

[@2mnxffrddfghjbbvcdfh6644bcddcv]

Maybe stop watching KZbin?😅

[@NjieZiphougarth]

😂😂😂 U did the same with the trans Atlantic slavery is coming back to hunt u her name is karma 😂😂😂

[@BrianBaileyedtech]

I could tell you lots of stories because I worked up there a couple of times back in the middle of the Cold War - well over at CFS Alert, where you can see Greenland on a clear day. I have been to Thule Greenland several times as part of that work. Once I saw a Russian Bear Bomber fly over us at low altitude at CFS Alert, only to be chased back in the other direction a few minutes later by US fighters scrambled out of Thule - those were the days.

[@lisaleemorgan6274]

This great video got me to subscribe, so thanks. I have been waiting for someone to feature the strategic development of the emerging Arctic Ocean! I appreciate the focus on Greenland’s opportunity for ascendance. It becomes obvious that many many global powers have a vested interest in global warming just enough to melt the Arctic.

[@GeorgeTheodosidis]

The 2022 last season of the Danish, brilliant political drama series "Borgen", is all about this conflict exactly. Raises all the issues about alcoholism and depression in Greenland's youth that you mentioned in your previous video.

[@AshrakAhmed]

Alcoholism helps to keep the people docile and dependent which is good, or you get too many funny ideas in a country where half the time of the year you are stuck indoor.

[@AL-lh2ht]

@@AshrakAhmed or there is nothing to else to do besides drunk ad culturally greenlanders do not care about alcoholism.

[@fastertove]

Alcoholism has little to do with this conflict. They are concerning the same country but are two very different subjects.

[@LituanaCorazonmexicano0508]

People and countries should look for ways to take care of our Planet, to see what can be done so that the ice does not continue to melt instead of exploiting every single inch of this Planet.

[@re-dna7099]

It feels so strange watching a video about influence on Greenland without talking about Denmark in any detail

[@georgelelandturner]

Johnny Harris you are a gifted communicator

[@lifePaultheball]

The production, editing & storytelling on this video is top-notch. Well done team Johnny. 👏👏

[@krissroxxy]

except half of the time it's full of half truths, missing information and pushing anti-China (or other countries) propaganda...

[@monostripeexplosiveexplora2374]

Error 0:49 the dish is part of the old Instrument Landing System for the airport, not missle defense.

[@HeavenlyMandate]

can you do a followup on your shampoo video? there has been a recent increase in interest regarding that topic in my country

[@seagoat1918]

Fun fact: Icelandic/Scandinavian vikings were actually the first people to inhabit Greenland that still lives there to this day. The first people to ever inhabit Greenland died out. The modern inuit population of Greenland didn't settle there until 200 years after the vikings. Technically the Scandinavians are the native population of Greenland and it rightfully belongs to a Scandinavian country (Denmark).

[@Perspectiveon]

Not true. The viking settlers disappeared around 1450. Lots of vids about it.

[@seagoat1918]

​@@Perspectiveon That doesn't make what I said not true, I didn't say that Scandinavians "continually" or "unceasingly" lived on Greenland to this day. Scandinavians as a people still existed after Greenland was abandoned by the original Norse settlers and Scandinavians do inhabit Greenland today as well.

[@quel2324]

A huge requisite for being a Native population is continually living in an area. Since the Vikings willingly left. These "ethnic" rights to a certain land don't come from getting there first, they come from towns, cities and/or nomadic settlements existing in a certain area. They come from people living in a place. "This race was living here first" implies "It's not ethical to kick out a race because you come later", it doesn't mean "This race now has permanent claims to the area". Also, even if the right by ethnicity worked how you propose, Denmark would have a claim to Southern Greenland. They never inhabited or colonized the Northern areas until the rediscovery of Greenland in the 18th century, as opposed to the Thule Inuit (and its modern day descendants), which inhabited it since the 1300s, before Norsemen left. Another factor is that they weren't expelled from the island, they willingly left because of the Black Death reaching Norway

[@seagoat1918]

​@@quel2324 "A huge requisite for being a Native population is continually living in an area.", did you just make this up? If your parents leave their house temporarily, then I come along and decide to break in and live there, have your parents (and you as their heir) lost their/your right to their/your own house? Of course not, so why do you go out of your way to be logically inconsistent? There are already universally accepted rights like jus sanguinis that apply rights to land based on ethnicity. Also your evidence for the vikings willingly leaving Greenland is what now? Did you ask them? Is leaving a settlement because of a plague the same as leaving it willingly? Some sources show that the Norse left because the climate became harsher and even attacks from the increasing inuit population. Would you claim that native populations of today who are forced to move because of climate change lose their right to their land?

[@CreastNess]

Paleo-eskimos lived there first and still live there as inuit people that are the majority of inhabitants of greenland(Kalaallit Nunaat)

[@daltongrowley5280]

Don't Icebreaker ships increase the rate of ice loss around the poles? I have always wondered this.

[@kwphone9735]

An elderly man had lived his whole life living off his land by planting and growing his own vegetables. Unfortunately, this year it seemed impossible as the ground had grown too hard for him to dig through. He sent his son a letter about the predicament. "Dear son, I wish you were not in jail so you could help me dig up the garden for my vegetable patch. The work had become too difficult for me as the ground has become so hard. Anyway, I will be okay. I hope you are well and not getting into trouble. Hopefully, I will be able to see you soon. Take care, son, love always, Dad. " A few weeks later, the man received a letter from his son. "Dear Dad, please do not dig up the garden as that is where I hid all of the bodies. Love you, your son. " The following day the federal police showed up along with FBI agents. They all spent the day digging up the garden, searching for evidence of dead bodies. However, the officers did not find anything. A few days later, the man received another letter from his son; "Dear Dad, that was the best I could do given the circumstances. I hope they did a good job on the garden, from your son.

[@RobbbbM-qk3ei]

Ahahaha!! Genius!

[@razabadass]

Thanks team Jonny :)

[@acicada1526]

always a good moment when Johny Harris uploads

[@Yozo_official]

I do agree

[@taylor_drift1]

China trying to get their hands on Greenland despite being literally on the other side of the world and getting rejected is hilarious to me lol

[@ellishaindobo1794]

and whats your stance on America?

[@taylor_drift1]

@@ellishaindobo1794 I would much rather have America aiding Greenland than China. And judging by the actions of the owner of Greenland, Denmark, they also think so as well.

[@Leon_George]

@@ellishaindobo1794 You can at least make the argument Russia and the US are near Greenland.

[@triadwarfare]

Typical China. They'd probably make something up like Greenland belonging to them since ancient times. Is there a 9 dash line?

[@Newramsin]

@@taylor_drift1 Why would you rather have America aiding Greenland than China?

[@OliverCooksey]

Anyone else think the starting background music sounded like the BF3 loading music for Op Metro?

[@deicryfreedom]

Great, as usual

[@tomkelly8827]

As a Canadian, I'd say this sounds like a whole lot of hype. The arctic is a harsh place. Only super powers can operate up there, or very large companies. It looks to me like there is plenty to go around in the vast arctic, surely US, Russia, China, Eu and others can all be investing in parts of Greenland without fighting being necessary and Greenland can prosper through all the activity and investment.

[@fastertove]

It is not only about who can prosper from it, but who gets to dictate the rules. Nordic Countries are for example much more likely to care about softer things like the locals or the environment..

[@tobbe1224]

"We've realised how tiny dDenmark is without Greenland" Big talk considering Denmark supplies Greenland with 50% of its gdp, handles its foreigns affairs and funds the most things it decides to do.

[@kap6833]

Yep, exactly! It is just all talk she does. I do agree that idenpendence is important. Meanwhile the economic growth would collapse on Greenland, if Denmark didn't supply Greenland with products and huge sums of money. Their import of products is much bigger than their export. Since they don't have a lot of industry. Most just fish and fishing products. Which is a narrow market. I sincerely hope she actually knows how much Denmark has given to them. Also worth mentioning that Greenland potentially has a huge intapped natural resource deposits beneath the ice. Which - if they ever got to exploit - would need Denmarks technology, research and equipment

[@jakobpedersen8475]

As a Dane, I genuinely don’t want to have my country associate with any area that views us as oppressors. Not because I think they’re right to view us as such, but because I am so fucking done with their shit.

[@ManuRathi99]

I found a new way here to introduce your sponsor. usually I skip that part but this time as you were moving around while talking about your sponsor it kept me engaged. maybe for your upcoming videos, you can try out this method where your visual presentation differs from whatever you are talking about the sponsor and small short clips about the sponsor added in between. in this way, I will be engaged with your interesting visual ( video side) while listening to some part of your audio ( sponsor comments ) just a thought/ free advice :p

[@ambergris5705]

Nice video, but I've got two issues with it. First, I don't really get the confusion between the economic consequences of the opening of the North Corridor, and the military influences of the region. Obviously, those two things are linked, but they're not the same, unlike the way they've been presented here. But my biggest complaint is that this video feels very americano-centred. It sounds like Greenland is a virgin land, open to any new influences, when actually it is still (willingly) a part of Denmark. Greenland might have autonomy, but its strongest ties are for now still very much European. And Europe knows this, and is not going to let its influence slip away to either the US or China, especially now that it's united in the EU. And in fact, discussing the arctic without mentioning that the biggest usable area of the Arctic Ocean is shared between Iceland (Europe), Greenland (Europe through Denmark) and Norway (Europe and European Union even) feels like a huge blindspot. Europe knows it has a huge role to play in the race for the Arctic, and it's not ready to drop the ball on this, be it for economic, military, ecology or other reasons (especially now that it has a war with Russia on its hands). Discussing the influence on Greenland without discussing those are really the most important players in the arena is quite baffling.

[@taylor_drift1]

Team USA and Denmark! Keep Greenland with the West!

[@ebbeb9827]

only if thats what the local people want