We have been fighting with those Danes for years. Creeping onto Canadian soil (rock) and planting the wrong flag. Color is right, they have to get the design right.
It's been a costly affair to; Bottles of a good Canadian Rye can be pretty pricey.
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There's a 1.2-square-kilometre rock near the tip of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, called Hans Island. Denmark says it's theirs, while Canada is pretty convinced it belongs to them.
In the 1970s, the countries agreed to disagree — stopping the maritime boundary at the water line on the south shore, hopping the island and starting the line again on the north side.
Since then, visiting military ships have battled it out, placing their flag and a bottle of rye whiskey or Danish schnapps to stake their claim.
"Whenever you get people together, especially people who are friends and neighbours and like a drink or two, they come up with ingenious ways of indicating what's theirs or not," said Alan Kessel, a legal expert with Global Affairs Canada.
