The Arctic is heating up

Posted on August 24, 2008 - Filed Under Arctic, Canada, Norway, Russia, USA | 2 Comments

No, I’m not talking about climate change. Even though I obviously could have, the North West passage is open again this year. No, I’m talking about the international scramble to grab land (read sea bottom) in the Arctic. The United Nations Law of the Sea gives all the countries around the Arctic bassin until 2014 [...]