The Arctic Land Grab

J Thoendell stashed this in Maps

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worl...

As the polar ice caps melt, it's creating something that the world hasn't seen in a long time: vast, unclaimed territory. That territory also happens to include oil and other natural resources, as well as valuable trade routes. Five countries are competing to claim the new land: Canada, Russia, Norway, Denmark and the United States. How the Arctic land-grab resolves is so potentially important that even Canada is getting much more assertive.

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 As the polar ice caps melt, it's creating something that the world hasn't seen in a long time: vast, unclaimed territory. That territory also happens to include oil and other natural resources, as well as valuable trade routes. Five countries are competing to claim the new land: Canada, Russia, Norway, Denmark and the United States. How the Arctic land-grab resolves is so potentially important that <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/12/26/canada-just-enlisted-santa-claus-in-its-effort-to-control-the-arctic/">even Canada is getting much more assertive</a>.