Overview
- The royal palace said King Frederik X spent several days on the ice with the Sirius Patrol, a Danish military unit that operates by dog sled in Greenland.
- The king lauded the patrol’s work and wrote that he holds every member in deep respect, adding that he can never get enough of Greenland.
- Palace officials did not link the visit to the recent dispute over Greenland, leaving the trip’s timing without an official political explanation.
- Earlier this year, U.S. President Donald Trump mocked the use of dog sleds as proof Denmark could not protect the island and raised U.S. claims while threatening tariffs that rattled allies.
- Sirius teams maintain a year-round presence across Greenland’s remote east coast, where long, slow patrols by dog sled help assert sovereignty and watch the Arctic environment far from towns or roads.