...Largest island on Earth (81% covered by ice)*, First group of settlers (from Iceland) in A.D. 985, Population of Greenland is ~56,000, Population of Boone, N.C. is ~17,189, Capital is Nuuk, A territory of Denmark, HUGE glacier, thickness of 3.3km (2mi), Total ice loss from both Greenland and Antarctica between 1992 and 2011 was equivalent to 11.7 mm of sea level; Future destabilization of ice sheets could cause sea level to rise substantially. ;