US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet Danish officials next week to discuss the fate of Greenland - a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark that President Donald Trump says he needs for national security.
The vast island finds itself in the eye of a geopolitical storm with Trump's name on it and people here are clearly unnerved.
Yet when you fly in, it looks so peaceful. Ice and snow-capped mountains stretch as far as the eye can see, interrupted here and there by glittering fjords - all between the Arctic and the Atlantic Oceans.
It is said to sit on top of the world; much of it above the Arctic Circle.
Greenland is nine times the size of the UK but it only has 57,000 inhabitants, most of them indigenous Inuit.
You find the biggest cluster of Greenlanders on the south-western coast in the capital, Nuuk. We arrived there as a frozen twilight was creeping across snow-covered pedestrian streets. Parents dragged their children home from school on sledges, and students mooched their way in and out of brightly-lit malls. Few wanted to talk to us about the Trump-related angst here. Those who did sounded very gloomy.
One pensioner banged his walking stick on the ground in emphasis as he told me the US must never plant its flag in Greenland's capital. A lady who said she was mistrustful of everyone these days, and didn't give her name, admitted she was 'scared to death' about the prospect of Trump taking the island by force after she watched his military intervention in Venezuela.
Meanwhile, 20-something pottery-maker Pilu Chemnitz said: 'I think we are all very tired of the US president. We have always lived a quiet and peaceful life here.' Of course, the colonisation by Denmark caused a lot of trauma for many people but we just want to be left alone.
Never mind opposing a takeover by the US, which 85% of Greenlanders say they do, most also say they favour independence from Denmark - although many tell me they also appreciate the subsidies coming from there that help prop up their welfare state. While rich in untapped natural resources, poverty is a real issue here in Inuit communities.
Overall, Greenlanders want a bigger, louder say, not only in their domestic policies, but in foreign affairs too.
Pipaluk Lynge-Rasmussen, co-chair of the foreign affairs committee in parliament, voiced the need for Greenlanders to express their desires regarding their future. She highlighted that the islanders have historically been treated as second-class citizens, even sparking the desire for more independence since gaining home rule in 1979. Current geopolitical tensions, with the US's keen interest in Greenland, should serve as a moment for taking charge of their narrative.
As US Secretary of State Rubio prepares for talks, many Greenlanders are left anxiously watching, hoping for an outcome that respects their autonomy and concerns amidst a complex international landscape.
