Why disputed Denmark and Canada on an island is not suitable to live?

             

In the far reaches of the Arctic island of barren desolate called Hans "Hans Island" island, and the conflict rages around between Canada and Denmark.

The total area of ​​this uninhabited island of 1.3 square kilometers, which does not have any natural resources is what makes contested something strange.

Since 1930 this "rock" in the middle of the water a matter of dispute between Canada and Denmark, because international law provides for the eligibility of the claim lands located within the 12-mile distance away from the beach any area, and according to "World Atlas" island located in the middle of the Straits of Nares, who separates between Greenland and Canada region.

Thus, Hans Island is located in the Danish and Canadian waters on both, and the International Court of Justice permanent (in the era of the League of Nations) has approved the ownership of Denmark to the island in 1933, but the court dissolved later was replaced by the International Court of Justice, the United Nations has made the ownership of Denmark's decision the island has no value.

And he returned the case of contested ownership of the island to re-emerge in 1984, where Canadian troops have raised Canada's flag over the island and put to him a bottle of "whiskey", then Danish Minister-designate visited the affairs of Greenland island and removed the flag, leaving a bottle of "whiskey" with the sentence in which he wrote "hello Welcome to the Danish island ", Vaandm dispute between the two countries since then in what is known as the" whiskey war. "

Although these events seem quaint and with a comic character but that it hides the continuing disagreement on the regional situation of the island, as deciding who controls legally on this island where the sea water interfere with the land avoids the charge of infiltrating into the territorial waters of the other position to extend its control over the region .

Although the issue of the ownership of the island is still not a foregone conclusion, but it is currently conducting negotiations on the transfer of Hans Island to the common area can be managed jointly by the Canadian and Danish authorities together.