evidence: The two countries formally signed an agreement to share Hans Island off northwest Greenland, creating the first land border between Canada and Europe, at a ceremony in Ottawa attended by the Canadian foreign minister and her Danish counterpart. [...] Hans Island, which covers 1.3 square kilometres, is located between Ellesmere Island in northern Canada and Greenland, a Danish territory. The dispute dates back to 1973 when a maritime boundary was drawn between the two countries. [...] Snow-covered Hans Island is uninhabitable, but the effects of climate change are bringing more and more shipping traffic to the Arctic and opening it up to more exploitation of its resources, especially fisheries.