Local company’s $3.95-billion U.S. arctic base contract “good news” says Greenland

The Government of Greenland says it welcomes news that local company Inuksuk A/S was awarded the new maintenance contract for Thule Air Base in the territory’s High Arctic. “A satisfactory solution to the dispute over Pituffik [Thule Air Base] has been decisive for our cooperation with the USA. I’m proud that we managed to negotiate a comprehensive solution that everyone can be satisfied with.”The U.S. Air Base has long been a sticking point between Washington, Copenhagen and Greenland. The $3.95-billion contract covers operations and maintenance services at the base for a period of 12 years. The establishment of Thule Air Base goes back to the Cold War when it was constructed in secret starting in 1951.