Very shot touch with Grenland... passing it above thanks to Iceland volcano ash and airplane taking longer route...
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Physiographically, it is a part of the continent of North America.
Greenland has been inhabited by the Inuit since 2500BC. There were Norse inhabiting in Greenland from 986 AD until the 15th century. In the early 18th century, when contact between Scandinavia and Greenland was re-established, Denmark established rule over Greenland.
In 1979, Denmark granted home rule to Greenland, with a relationship known in Danish as Rigsfællesskabet (Commonwealth of the Realm), and in 2008 Greenland voted to transfer more competencies to the local government. This became effective the following year, with the Danish royal government remaining in charge only of foreign affairs, security and financial policy, and providing a subsidy of DKK 3.4 billion ($633m), or approximately US$11,300 per Greenlander, annually.
Greenland is, by area, the world's largest island that is not a continent. It is the least densely populated country in the world.
