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New consul in Nunavut even more essential without ability to travel to the North, says Danish envoy

'It's important for us to have boots on the ground,' says Danish Ambassador Hanne Fugl Eskjær of the appointment of Navarana Beveridge as Denmark's honorary consul in Iqaluit.

Danish Ambassador Hanne Fugl Eskjær, pictured on November 15, 2019, says she likely won't be able to make her first trip to Canada's North until next year. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY NEIL MOSS

April 21, 2021

Providing a voice for an ambassador stuck in Ottawa as a result of public health measures, Denmark named a new honorary consul to Iqaluit last month. Originally from Greenland, Navarana Beveridge was appointed by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark to the new post on March 5. Danish Ambass...

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