The Norse explorer Erik the Red arrives in Greenland with a fleet of Viking ships, according to the medieval Icelandic sagas. The Norsemen established two settlements that had a peak population of 2,500-5,000 but disappeared around 1450 for unknown reasons.

The president says the United States needs to “get” Greenland “one way or the other.” The territory has banned political contributions from overseas.

Greenlanders are about to hold a key election on Tuesday as they have been pushed into the global spotlight in the weeks since U.S.