It means the most up-to-date map endorsed by Ottawa no longer places Hans Island squarely in Canadian territory. Uninhabited Hans Island, the size of several city blocks, sits in the Kennedy ...

However, Greenland wasn’t entirely Danish territory until the north was annexed in 1917. In an official capacity, Hans Island first appeared on a map as a Canadian territory in 1967. That map was, ...

On a map, a distinct line divides the Robson Strait between Greenland and northern Ellesmere Island. But the line also crosses over tiny Hans Island. The week before Graham's stroll, Canadian ...

Far in the Arctic North lies the barren and desolate Hans Island. The uninhabited half-square-mile island, possessing no apparent natural resources, is a bizarre sliver of territory for two ...