Washington on Monday also stressed the need for military and economic investment in the Arctic to safeguard the region.

Washington on Monday also stressed the need for military and economic investment in the Arctic to safeguard the region.

Denmark, Greenland and the United States are expected to sign their new agreement on Sept 22. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Those sites are Narsarsuaq, whose population has dwindled to a few dozen people since the US closed its Bluie West One military base in the 1950s, and Mestersvig, a military outpost currently used by the Sirius Dog Sled Patrol, a Danish special forces unit.