22 Inuit children were sent to the former colonial power as part of a social experiment that left them traumatised.
![Helene Thiesen, one of the Greenlandic survivors of the failed social experiment, was just seven when she was shipped to Denmark [Courtesy: Helene Thiesen]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/1_ER00DTOD3om9_41R8D2Fdw.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

22 Inuit children were sent to the former colonial power as part of a social experiment that left them traumatised.
![Helene Thiesen, one of the Greenlandic survivors of the failed social experiment, was just seven when she was shipped to Denmark [Courtesy: Helene Thiesen]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/1_ER00DTOD3om9_41R8D2Fdw.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Australia owns the mine, which holds minerals useful for climate-friendly products, but locals fear a lasting impact.
![Election posters for Kirstine Davidsen and Kornelia Ane Benjaminsen from the Siumut party in Nuuk, Greenland [Emil Helms/EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/h_56802406.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)