evidence: Sitting in the Kennedy Channel of Nares Strait between the north-western coast of the semi-autonomous Danish territory of Greenland and Canada’s Ellesmere Island, the uninhabited half-mile-square Hans Island has no mineral resources nor much else of interest unless you are a visiting seabird. Shaped like a muffin and surrounded by cliffs, it was for centuries an Inuit hunting ground. Crucially, however, it has been at the centre of a long-running border dispute between Canada and Denmark – via Greenland’s home rule government – with Copenhagen claiming that geological evidence points to Hans Island being part of Greenland – a claim rejected by Ottawa. [...] Graham stated Canada had always owned the island, prompting Denmark to respond: "Hans Island is our island." Some Canadians in turn proposed a boycott of Danish pastries, in an echo of the way some Americans rejected "french fries" when France declined to join coalition forces in Iraq.