The story of Greenland's name weaves together sly marketing, climate change and the Vikings. While Erik the Red selected the name in hopes that it would attract more people to the icy island, now the island is actually getting (a little) more green as its ice sheet melts.

President Trump’s pick to be the U.S. ambassador to Iceland, on Thursday apologized for joking about Iceland becoming the 52nd state with himself as governor.

A U.S. attempt to seize Greenland by force would trigger "monumental consequences" for the Western alliance and the global order, said former Icelandic President Olafur Grimsson.

President Trump is becoming increasingly fixated on the idea the United States should take over the Danish autonomous territory of Greenland. Here’s everything you need to know.

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When Erik the Red, the father of Leif Erikson, was banished from Iceland in 982, it’s said he called the island Greenland in an attempt to lure more settlers. More arrived, but the lack of wood, limited arable land and harsh conditions led to the mysterious disappearance of the settlements about 400 years later.

Any U.S. attempt to seize Greenland by force would trigger “monumental consequences” for the Western alliance and the global order, Iceland’s former President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson said, as President Donald Trump sharpens rhetoric on controlling the Arctic territory.