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Dogsled teams are low-tech and durable, members of the Sirius patrol argue, making them the best tool for patrolling Greenland's vastness

World

Greenland’s elite dogsled unit patrols desolate, icy Arctic

Donald Trump has ridiculed Denmark’s defence of Greenland as amounting to “two dogsleds”, but the Sirius Dogsled Patrol is no joke: the elite navy...

AFPJanuary 28, 2026

An Inuit hunter rides his dogsled on the soft sea ice as he looks for seal outside Ittoqqortoormiit, on the frozen Scoresbysund Fjord, on the east coast of Greenland

World

Dogsled diplomacy in Greenland proves elusive for US

Greenland’s biggest dogsled race is a cultural mainstay on the Arctic island, but US envoys keep finding themselves disinvited, frustrating attempts by President Donald...

AFPJanuary 20, 2026