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By Luis Andres Henao NUUK, Greenland (AP) \u2014 On a boat, surrounded by snow-covered mountains and icebergs in shades of blue, Qooqu Berthelsen points to the breaking sea ice as a worrisome sign. Now, though, something is worrying him and many Greenlanders as much as the retreating ice that endangers their livelihood. \u201cMy concern,\u201d says the 23-year-old hunter, fisher and tour company owner, \u201cis that Trump will come and take Greenland.\u201d He then repeats what has become a mantra for Greenlanders in the weeks since U.S. President Donald Trump pushed their Arctic homeland into the spotlight by threatening to take it over. That has ignited unprecedented interest in full independence from Denmark \u2014 a key issue in a parliamentary election on March 11. \u201cGreenlanders don\u2019t want to be Danish. Greenlanders… <\/p>\n

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By Luis Andres Henao NUUK, Greenland (AP) \u2014 On a boat, surrounded by snow-covered mountains and icebergs in shades of blue, Qooqu Berthelsen points to the breaking sea ice as a worrisome sign. Now, though, something is worrying him and many Greenlanders as much as the retreating ice that endangers their livelihood. \u201cMy concern,\u201d says the 23-year-old hunter, fisher and tour company owner, \u201cis that Trump will come and take Greenland.\u201d He then repeats what has become a mantra for Greenlanders in the weeks since U.S. President Donald Trump pushed their Arctic homeland into the spotlight by threatening to take it over. That has ignited unprecedented interest in full independence from Denmark \u2014 a key issue in a parliamentary election on March 11. \u201cGreenlanders don\u2019t want to be Danish. Greenlanders... <\/p>\n

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