Greenland’s elite dogsled unit patrols desolate, icy Arctic

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Greenland's elite dogsled unit patrols desolate, icy Arctic

Donald Trump has ridiculed Denmark’s defence of Greenland as amounting to "two dogsleds", but the Sirius Dogsled Patrol is no joke: the elite navy unit works in extreme conditions where only the toughest survive.

Denmark has allocated billions to beef up security of its vast Arctic island, but when it comes to policing the frozen wilderness of northern and eastern Greenland in winter, it relies on six low-tech two-man teams with a dozen dogs each.

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