Geopolitical storm leaves isolated Greenlanders hanging by a telecoms threadThe northern lights, aurora borealis, in the winter sky above the harbour and small settlement of Kapisillit, in Greenland, on Feb 15, 2026. Located about 75 kilometres (47 miles) from the capital Nuuk, Kapisillit is remote and isolated. Like hundreds of other villages in Greenland, now caught up in a geopolitical storm, the settlement depends on a fragile and costly telecommunications network. "They prefer to speak to their aunt or uncle elsewhere in Greenland than learn Danish," Mathiassen said sourly. "In case of an emergency, we would have had no help from Nuuk," Nolso said.

Source: Bangkok Post March 03, 2026 18:24 UTC