Sune Rasmussen

And it's essentially impossible to extract these rare earths in Kvenefjord without also extracting uranium. So they kind of fell victim to this new law. And since then, the project has essentially been paused.

And it's essentially impossible to extract these rare earths in Kvenefjord without also extracting uranium. So they kind of fell victim to this new law. And since then, the project has essentially been paused.

I spoke to this young 25-year-old woman. And her argument was like, well, why is it always us, the indigenous Inuit people, who have to suffer for the development of the Western world? This is a very sort of colonialist way of looking at economic development.

I spoke to this young 25-year-old woman. And her argument was like, well, why is it always us, the indigenous Inuit people, who have to suffer for the development of the Western world? This is a very sort of colonialist way of looking at economic development.

I spoke to this young 25-year-old woman. And her argument was like, well, why is it always us, the indigenous Inuit people, who have to suffer for the development of the Western world? This is a very sort of colonialist way of looking at economic development.

So there's that argument in Nassau, and that's a very emotional one for an Inuit population who also for decades, for centuries, has lived under the control of Denmark.

So there's that argument in Nassau, and that's a very emotional one for an Inuit population who also for decades, for centuries, has lived under the control of Denmark.

So there's that argument in Nassau, and that's a very emotional one for an Inuit population who also for decades, for centuries, has lived under the control of Denmark.

And these are people in Nassau, remember, who live off the land. They live off berries they pick in the mountains. They live off fishing. So they're very concerned about the environmental impact. They're also concerned about the impact on their traditional way of life.

And these are people in Nassau, remember, who live off the land. They live off berries they pick in the mountains. They live off fishing. So they're very concerned about the environmental impact. They're also concerned about the impact on their traditional way of life.

And these are people in Nassau, remember, who live off the land. They live off berries they pick in the mountains. They live off fishing. So they're very concerned about the environmental impact. They're also concerned about the impact on their traditional way of life.

Like a big mining project will completely upend life in this part of Greenland where this largely Inuit population has maintained a certain way of life for decades, if not centuries, right?

Like a big mining project will completely upend life in this part of Greenland where this largely Inuit population has maintained a certain way of life for decades, if not centuries, right?

Like a big mining project will completely upend life in this part of Greenland where this largely Inuit population has maintained a certain way of life for decades, if not centuries, right?

They invited these local farmers, landowners, other people with sort of influence in the community. They were then pleading their case and socializing, buttering up the local power brokers.

They invited these local farmers, landowners, other people with sort of influence in the community. They were then pleading their case and socializing, buttering up the local power brokers.

They invited these local farmers, landowners, other people with sort of influence in the community. They were then pleading their case and socializing, buttering up the local power brokers.

One thing they were trying to do was pitch to a local farmer, the biggest local sheep farmer in Nassau, that he should house hundreds of employees that would be working on this project on his farm, which he seemed happy to do because he probably stands to make a healthy buck from that.

One thing they were trying to do was pitch to a local farmer, the biggest local sheep farmer in Nassau, that he should house hundreds of employees that would be working on this project on his farm, which he seemed happy to do because he probably stands to make a healthy buck from that.

One thing they were trying to do was pitch to a local farmer, the biggest local sheep farmer in Nassau, that he should house hundreds of employees that would be working on this project on his farm, which he seemed happy to do because he probably stands to make a healthy buck from that.