A friendly territorial dispute between Canada and Denmark over a 1.3 square kilometer Arctic island has gone online, where a lone Canadian insurgent and an unknown enemy combatant, ostensibly a Dane, are waging an internet guerrilla war over Hans Island. Reuters reports that the two have placed online ads through Google about which country controls the piece of ice and rock situated between Canada and Greenland, which belongs to Denmark.

As is usually the case in such matters having to do with national pride - and economics - the dispute could take a turn toward nasty if the island turns out to be rich in minerals.

For now, the mood in the respective capitals is relatively cheery. "Notwithstanding the disputed area, the Canadian Foreign Affairs Ministry is allowing its cafeteria to sell Danish pastries as a goodwill gesture towards the Danish government and people," ministry spokesman Reynald Doiron said.

But if relations were to undergo a further chill, the threat of a "Freedom Pastry" launch may loom over the Arctic horizon.