NUUK, Greenland—On a Saturday evening in early May, the future of Greenland packed an arena no larger than a high school gymnasium.
It was Fight Club Nanoq, a place for teenagers in Greenland’s capital to box. The night’s contestants—which also featured overseas fighters—drew a cheering crowd that spanned all ages.
Fists flew and beer flowed. Outside, where temperatures hovered around freezing, the polar day wore on, well past 10 p.m.
Before the evening’s bouts began, people stood for the Danish and Greenlandic anthems, with a younger group whooping for the latter. Greenland is still a territory of Denmark, and although March’s election seems to have deferred any bid for independence, the hope is palpable among the young….