Cretaceous-palaeogene fossil resins of the arctic part of Denmark (Greenland Island)

The article presents modern outlook on overview of the current knowledge about the first findings of fossil resins in the Arctic territory of Denmark (Greenland). On the basis of obscure and fragmentary documents, the history of their study is briefly given, the primacy of researchers who mentioned fossil resins is noted, locations of fossil resins are given, and the level of their study is assessed. A comparative description of IR-spectra of cedarite (chemawinite), shrauphite, valhovite and resin from Hare Island is given. The similarity of the latter with cedarite is shown.