Word: arctics
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Heat was applied by Norway's new, little-known Arctic Council, constituted last January to advise the Norwegian Government about Arctic affairs. This council, composed of peppery Arctic experts, suddenly released to the Norwegian press a handout with two main points: first, the Norwegian public was warned that a Danish expedition will soon set out to explore East Greenland; second, the Council urged that the Government "draw part of East Greenland under Norwegian sovereignty," presumably by sending out a Norwegian expedition. Norway's claim to East Greenland, the Arctic Council declared, is justly based on the fact that "East Greenland...
...Copenhagen last week the Danish press acted as though the Arctic Council were the Norwegian Government, treated its recommendations as at least semiofficial. This was natural. The Arctic Council enjoys Norwegian Government support. Danes were entitled to think that Norway was about to move upon East Greenland in some way. Danes, the ebullient "Frenchmen of Scandinavia," were thus entitled to auger...
...Norway, where Peace perches upon every altar of a pensive people, the action of the Arctic Council embarrassed everyone exceedingly, led to no end of tut-tutting. In the Storting (Parliament) Speaker Hambro declared: "It is important that the country and the government be not further compromised by the Arctic Council. ... Its action has called forth comment by no means flattering to Norway...
When calm Norwegian reporters cornered calm Premier Peder Ludvig Kolstad he put the Arctic crisis back on ice thus...
...Neither my Government nor the Foreign Office had any part in the decision taken by the Arctic Council. Its uncalled for interference in Norway's foreign politics has made difficult the Government's efforts to watch over Norway's interest in East Greenland. I have requested the Arctic Council to issue no more statements to the press, except upon the request of the Government...