The United States offered after WWII to buy Greenland from Denmark for $100 million but Denmark declined. Is it plausible that Denmark would accept? What would the implications be?
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A possibly interesting effect is that it would make the two Cold War superpowers the two largest nations in the world by area. I'm not sure how this would effect the Cold War, but it's worth noting.
It wouldn't be a state by this time, the population is too small.
One possible effect could be the US getting more interested in Arctic exploration, due to having more land and potential seabed claims up there. We could see more Cold War activity in the Arctic, and a better-explored Arctic by the present day.
Maybe it becomes the site of many conspiracy theories? It is a pretty good place to hide something from the public, and a disappearing explorer or two would only add to the mystery.
Would this conspiracy theory involve strange occurences in a long forgotten underground mine related to the disappearance and rumored death of a british physicist 30 years ago?
I hadn't thought about the exact theory. I was thinking it could become a replacement for Area 51. It's hard to find a better hiding place, if you want something kept secret. Small population, brutal weather, vast expanses of space... and a crashed UFO in a GOVERNMENT lab!!1!1!!![]()
Another thought...maybe it's used as a testing ground for any Mars probes?
It wouldn't be a state by this time, the population is too small.
Its population at the time wasn't very different from Alaska's at the time, if I'm not mistaken. It's entirely possible that Greenland's strategic location would lead the US to take the initiative and set up a large number of naval/air bases there, driving more citizens to come and live there. It would probably be the least populous state even today, but it would probably at least come close to Wyoming in population if it started to become more populous at the dawn of the Cold War. Perhaps its development looks like Alaska's, but delayed by 30 years or so.