Rare Earth Mine Takes Centre Stage In Greenland Vote By Christian SOLBECK, with Camille BAS-WOHLERT in Copenhagen 04/06/21 AT 8:04 PM Greenland went to the polls Tuesday after an election campaign focused on a disputed mining project in the autonomous Danish territory, as the Arctic island confronts the impact of global warming. Snow fell over the capital Nuuk as voters queued at polling stations, with roughly 40,000 people eligible to vote in the legislative elections. Face masks were handed out to voters entering a Nuuk polling station. There have only been a total of 31 confirmed Covid-19 cases and no deaths in the isolated territory.