Is Greenland really an untapped land of riches?

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  NPR.

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  When Greg Barnes was at college in Australia,

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  he decided to study geology because the other subjects ended too late in the day.

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  I couldn't catch the train home to see my girlfriend on a Friday night.

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  Priorities, am I right?

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  Love, not academics.

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  So Greg's geology career took him all over the world.

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  He made a lot of money fixing up old mines.

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  Eventually, he started exploring Greenland in the 1990s.

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  There, he found a mineral deposit unlike any other he'd seen.

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  When I saw this thing,

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  I just couldn't believe that something of this size and quality was there sitting out there.

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  This is the indicator from Planet Money.

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  I'm Darian Woods.

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  And I'm Waylon Wong.

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  President Trump has ratcheted up his goal of acquiring Greenland in recent days.

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  He announced new tariffs for several European countries unless the US takes over the island.

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  Trump has stated national security as a reason for this pursuit.

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  But at least one Trump official has said it's also about mineral wealth.

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  On today's show, is Greenland really an untapped land of riches?

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