2011 in Greenland
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- Monarch – Margrethe II
- High Commissioner – Søren Hald Møller (until 31 January); Mikaela Engell; onwards
- Premier – Kuupik Kleist
Events
- January 11: The Arctic Sun rises over Ilulissat, two days earlier than expected. A possible explanation is alterations in atmospheric refraction or inversion from ice crystals that may or may not be the result of global warming.[1]
- March 9: Ice loss from Antarctica and Greenland has accelerated over the past 20 years, according to new research, and will soon become the biggest driver of sea level rise.[2]
- May 29: 3 Greenpeace activists successfully evade a Danish warship to scale an oil rig off the coast of Greenland, attempting to begin deepwater drilling in the arctic.[3]