French mountain infantry soldiers were spotted in Nuuk, Greenland, over the past hour from 8:16 AM to 9:15 AM UTC on January 16, 2026, according to an X post by Tom Antonov citing BFMTV. The sighting aligns with earlier deployments of 15 French personnel among 37 total from NATO allies including France, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands to a remote outpost in Nuuk, as reported in the previous 3-hour window ending at 8:16 AM UTC. No additional details on the soldiers' activities or the purpose of their presence were provided in the BFMTV-cited post during this 59-minute period.
