Greenland: Caught Between Empires

President Donald Trump’s fixation on taking control of Greenland from NATO ally Denmark sent European leaders scrambling to prevent a confrontation.

But it's only the latest chapter in a colourful history of attempts to control the world's largest island.

In this episode, we connect the dots between today's rising Arctic tensions and Greenland's turbulent colonial history - by way of whale blubber and rare earth metals.