Because of a small island, Canada is going to border Denmark.
Between Canada and Greenland, Denmark, there is a 1.2 square kilometer Hans Island, and there is nothing but stones.
In the 1970s, Canada began direct maritime delimitation with Denmark, when the two sides of the division around the Strait of Nares clashed.
The humble Hans Island in the strait, which has not been declared occupied by any party before, can be said to be a terra nullius.
But if Hans Island is occupied, it will be able to get more waters in the Strait of Nares, so Denmark and Canada have begun to compete for this desert island.
The Canadians were the first to land on the island, but they planted a flag and left a bottle of whiskey, and the Danes reacted quickly, changing the flag on the island and leaving a bottle of gin.
In the following decades, Canada and Denmark took turns running to the islands to plant flags and leave bottles of wine, just like a joke.
Until now, the two sides have agreed to divide the island of Hans, bounded by a natural crack formed on the island, with Canada on one side and Denmark on the other.
As long as the parliaments of both sides formally pass the bill, Canada and Denmark will officially become land neighbors.
The Hans Island itself is of little value, the key is that under the International Convention on the Law of the Sea, the island can serve as the basis for the extension of the continental shelf and the exclusive economic zone.
Once the island is occupied, the surrounding large area of sea and the resources in the sea can all be obtained.
This is the reason for the world's major island disputes, marine resources are abundant, marine rights and interests are more important, and even an inch of their own land must be well guarded.
