Canada, Denmark at odds over Arctic island

This one is good, satellite image with 15 meter resolution

Hans in middle, Franklin below, surrounded by breaking ice flow

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Originally Posted by Sigurd Fafnesbane

If our brothers ask, we will join the hærtokt, fight skrælingene and reclaim our Vinland.

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That sounds like a good plan.I think your fellow vikings from Sweden should join too the Attack against those ignorant Canucks. :knight: We Finns can take care of your lands in Scandinavia while you are having drinking contest with Canadians on that rock.Dont worry at all. ~:grouphug: We take gooood care of yor lands and women while you are away.(Starts mobilizing). ~D

I know this topic is old, by backroom standards, but this Tillsonburg guy's op ed/rant piece just cracks me up
http://www.tillsonburgnews.com/story.php?id=177013

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as a kind of calling card, left behind a bottle of Aquavit which we stock on the same shelf between Old Spice and Skin Bracer

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Let me be very clear when I warn you that with the amount of moving parts falling off our fighter planes and jet helicopters, we could take out a serious chunk of your civilized population

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~D

I love this part:

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Originally Posted by William Thomas

Remember when Canadians arrived in the desert of Afghanistan wearing Christmas green camouflage? Yeah, well, when our troops clash on Hans Island, we'll be the ones wearing Toronto Maple Leaf uniforms and bow ties that light up in the dark. We hate being overlooked, even in war.

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Because it's actually true! Our troops in Afghanistan do actually wear pine green camouflage!

Our military is so badly maintained(not undefunded) that we are not even wearing proper clothes to cover our arses. ~:eek: