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Originally Posted by RN7
At the time it would have undoubtably been for military purposes, but the maps have come to light now as the Arctic is beginning to open up due to warmer weather and the massive hydro-carbon reserves known to be under its polar caps. It is estimated that Arctic hydo-carbon reserves are greater than Saudi Arabia's and at least twice that of Russia's land reseves.
Its becoming the new frontier for many countries and energy corporations that have territorial and economic interests in the Arctic Circle. Canada, Denmark and Russia have begun to refocus their defence policies towards the Arctic, even China wants a stake in it.
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Oh great, let's pump more carbon into the air, and while we're at it, have a war in an ocean that's supposed to be frozen over all the time, but increasingly isn't...
