After tossing and turning, Ye Chao stood on the Danish island of Greenland......

Here, the climate is very cold, and there is a lot of snow and ice.

Fortunately, Ye Chao has energy protection and is not afraid of cold.

It is said to be the largest island in the world, with an area of 2,166,086 km?, in the northeast of North America, between the Arctic Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.

The island is a typical cold climate with temperatures above freezing in summer in the coastal areas and freezing all year round in the inland areas.

Greenland literally means "Greenland" in Danish, its official language. Why does this land of thousands of miles of frozen and snow-covered land enjoy such a spring-like name?

There is such a story about the origin of Greenland's name.

Legend has it that in ancient times, around 982 AD, there was a Norwegian pirate who sailed alone in a small boat from Iceland with the intention of crossing the ocean.

Friends think he's too bold, and they all sweat for his safety.

Later, in the southern part of Greenland, he found a meadow of less than a kilometer, which was green and he loved it. After returning to his hometown, he proudly said to his friends: "Not only did I come back safely, but I also found a green continent!"

Greenland became its permanent name. Greenland is the world's largest island with an area of 2.166 million square kilometers, about 4/5 of the whole island is in the Arctic Circle, Greenland's average annual temperature is below 0 °C, and the coldest central inland region can reach a minimum of -70 °C.

Standing on the island of Greenland and chanting "A thousand miles of ice, a thousand miles of snow" can be found in full feeling. Icebergs and glaciers in all shapes and sizes become a wonder of Greenland, and there are rich associations with them.

It is said that the Inuit used the islands of the Canadian polar region as a springboard to cross the sea from North America to northwestern Greenland.

They migrated several times, from 4000 BC to 1000 BC. Each of the great migrations brought with it a different Inuit culture, such as the Saquak culture from ca. 1400 to 700 BC, the Dorset culture from ca. 800 BC to 1300 A.D., as well as the Dundas (i.e., Thule) and Innusouk cultures.

In 982, Eric of Norway settled in Greenland after being expelled from Iceland for murder.

In 985, Eric returned to Iceland and named the newly discovered land Greenland in order to make it happy.

In 986, he organized an expedition to explore Greenland, leading to the development of two colonies: the Eastern Colony, near present-day Juliannahob, and the Western Colony, near present-day Gotthob. At their peak, these colonies had 280 farms and could have had populations of up to 3,000 people.

In the 11th century, Eriksson brought Christianity to Greenland when he returned from Norway, where he had recently embraced Christianity.

In 1126, Greenland established the island's first bishopric.

More than 1,000 years ago, the Inuit of northern Canada moved to Greenland and have lived by fishing and hunting for generations. Greenland was discovered by Norwegians who had migrated to Iceland in 982 and became a Norwegian colony in 1261.

From 1261 onwards, Greenland was subordinate to the King of Norway. Until then, Knowles Greenland had been a republic. After the disappearance of the original Knowles colony, Greenland was not colonized for a long time.

In 1380, Denmark and Norway were united, and Greenland was transferred to the joint administration of Denmark and Norway.

In 1721, with the permission of the Danish-Norwegian United Kingdom, Egerd established a trading company and Lutheran mission near present-day Gotthob, marking the beginning of Greenland's real colonial age.

In 1776, the Danish government monopolized Greenland's trade activities. Since then, the coast of Greenland has been closed to the outside world.

After the partition of Denmark and Norway in 1841, it became a colony of Denmark. Norway and Denmark later quarreled over the island's ownership.

In 1933, Denmark and Norway agreed to submit the dispute to the Permanent Court of International Justice, a subsidiary of the League of Nations, according to which Denmark acquired full sovereignty over Greenland.

When Greenland's coast was opened to the outside world in 1950, Denmark made efforts to adapt Greenlanders to the outside world so as not to suffer economic losses after opening up.

From about the 13th century onwards, the beginning of the Norse (i.e. Norwegian) immigration and the expanding Inuittule culture (which appeared in northern Greenland around 1100) interacted with each other. However, mainly due to Greenland's cooler climate, the Knowles colony declined in the 14th century and disappeared completely in the 15th century.

During the German occupation of Denmark during World War II (1940-1945), Greenland was under the protection of the United States, and in 1945, Greenland was returned to Denmark.

After the war, Denmark reacted to Greenlanders' protests against their rule on the island. In 1951, the trade monopoly of the Royal Greenland Trading Company was abolished. After Greenland became part of the Kingdom of Denmark in 1953, Denmark embarked on reforms to improve the island's local economy, transportation system and education system. On 1 May 1979, Greenland gained autonomy in the interior.

During World War II, Greenland was placed under the administration of the United States and returned to Denmark after the war. Greenland became a state of Denmark in 1953 when the Danish constitution was amended, and like the Faroe Islands, it also had two seats in the Danish Parliament.

Greenland has been in full self-government since 1 May 1979, but foreign affairs, defence and justice remain under Danish control. In 1973, Greenland joined the European Economic Community (EEC) along with Denmark. However, as a North American island whose economy and survival depend entirely on marine resources, it is completely unnecessary to be governed by Europe.

On 1 February 1985, Greenland finally succeeded in freeing itself from the European Community by a referendum.

As of 1 May 1979, Greenland has been home to self-government, which, like the status the Faroe Islands had acquired in 1948, has been a country with a special status under the name of the Kingdom of Denmark.

One of the basic conditions of internal self-government is that the Greenland Government administers Greenland's affairs on its own, and only cases relating to the Kingdom of Denmark are decided by the Danish judiciary.

As part of the Kingdom of Denmark, the competence of the Danish representative to Greenland was greatly reduced with the transfer of Danish power to the Greenland Home Rule Government.

Nonetheless, he is the Chief Representative of Denmark in Greenland, managing Greenland's internal affairs in accordance with the law and is responsible for the Danish elections in Greenland. In foreign affairs, Greenland cannot enter into agreements on diplomatic relations with other countries.

On the other hand, as a form of compensation, the Danish Constitution undertakes that all declarations relating to Greenland will be addressed to the Greenland Home Rule Government.

Greenland became self-governing on 21 June 2009. [1] In November 2008, Greenland held a referendum on autonomy with three-quarters of the popular support. With Greenland's autonomy, the government will take over the management of natural gas resources, judicial and police powers, which were previously owned by the Kingdom of Denmark.

Greenland will have some foreign affairs powers, but the Kingdom of Denmark will have the final say on Greenland's defense and foreign affairs. Greenlandic will become its official language.

Despite Greenland's abundant natural resources, resources including oil, gas, gold and diamonds are buried beneath the thick ice of the Arctic Circle and are not easy to extract.

But American experts believe that when global warming begins to melt huge ices, it will become easier to extract Greenland's natural resources.

Greenland is located in the northeast of North America, between the Arctic Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, with an area of 2.166 million square kilometers and a coastline of more than 35,000 kilometers, it is the largest island in the world, larger than the area of Western Europe and Central Europe combined, so it is also called the Greenland subcontinent.

Greenland is both the largest island on Earth and the island where most of the area (about 83.7%) is covered in snow and ice. Greenland's continental glaciers (or ice sheets) cover an area of 1,813,000 square kilometres and have an average thickness of 2,300 metres, which is about the same as the average thickness of the Antarctic continental ice sheet.

Greenland contains 3 million cubic kilometres of snow and ice, or 5.4% of the world's freshwater. If all of Greenland's snow and ice melted, global sea levels would rise by 7.5 metres. And if all the snow and ice in Antarctica melted, the global sea level would rise by 66 meters.