Hans Island
Hans Island is a small uninhabited barren knoll smaller than my bedroom, it's situated in the centre of the Kennedy Channel of Nares Strait (a place that few of us have any business being), the strait that separates Ellesmere Island and Northern Greenland and that connects Baffin Bay with the Arctic Sea. It is the smallest of three islands located in Kennedy Channel.
Canada and Danmark dispute who Hans Island belongs to.
Last week, Canadian soldiers, and Canada's Defence Minster, landed on Hans Island, placing a Canadian flag. A symbolic gesture. The Danes have issued a formal protest. It's like las Malvinas.
Except, there are no fuzzy sweaters on Hans Island, or no people.
I didn't name my son Falkland either.
Canada and Danmark dispute who Hans Island belongs to.
Last week, Canadian soldiers, and Canada's Defence Minster, landed on Hans Island, placing a Canadian flag. A symbolic gesture. The Danes have issued a formal protest. It's like las Malvinas.
Except, there are no fuzzy sweaters on Hans Island, or no people.
I didn't name my son Falkland either.
posted by justinian at 6:33 PM
4 Comments:
i think hans would have been a fuzzy sweater kind of boy. maybe we should have named him elvinas.
Malvinas? Or Elvina - like Elvis?
dude, i was so not awake. i meant malvinas, but maybe i was thinking a tiny sweater, like an elf would wear.
At least the Falklands could sustain sheep. And an invasion every couple of generations.
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