Northern Lights over the Church of Our Saviour in Nuuk, Greenland, Saturday Feb. 21, 2026.
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Denmark’s army says its arctic command forces evacuated a crew member of a U.S. submarine off the coast of Greenland for pressing medical remedy.
The Danish Joint Arctic Command, on its Fb web page, stated the crew member was evacuated on Saturday some 7 nautical miles (8 miles; 13 kilometers) off Nuuk — the capital of the huge, ice-covered territory — and transferred to a hospital within the metropolis. The crew member was retrieved by a Danish Seahawk helicopter that had been deployed on an inspection ship.
Additionally late Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump introduced plans to deploy a hospital ship to the Danish autonomous territory of Greenland, alleging that many individuals there are sick and never receiving care — prompting a protection of Denmark’s healthcare system from Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.
“Working with the fantastic Governor of Louisiana, Jeff Landry, we are going to send a great hospital boat to Greenland to take care of the many people who are sick, and not being taken care of there. It’s on the way!!!” Trump wrote on his Fact Social platform, referring to his particular envoy for Greenland.
The traditionally robust bilateral ties after World Conflict II between NATO allies Denmark and the US have come below extreme pressure in current months as Trump ratcheted up discuss of a doable U.S. takeover of the mineral-rich and strategically situated Arctic island.
Frederiksen defended Denmark’s well being care system on Sunday, writing on Fb that she was “happy to live in a country where there is free and equal access to health for all. Where it’s not insurances and wealth that determine whether you get proper treatment.”
“You have the same approach in Greenland,” she stated, earlier than including: “Happy Sunday to you all” in entrance of a blushing, smiling emoji.
