Riches Await As Earth's Icy North Melts (summary)

An international race has accelerated by the impact of global warming on the North Pole; Canada and Denmark have staked their claim to Hans island. The ice cap is warming very fast and that puts the organisms in danger. However, others think to make money and to find short shipping routes. The Norwegian oil company plans to start tapping gas from an offshore oilfield, and Norwegians are hoping to have a place to use their technology in the Shaktom natural gas field in Russia. Arvid Jense, said that “oil will bring geopolitical focus. It is a driving force in the Arctic”.
The dispute erupted two times between Canada and Denmark. Although, both countries sent warships to the island the peace was preserved. There was no shooting war.
The first ship which reached to the North Pole without an icebreaker’s help was Russian. The Norwegian ships sail forward in clear water and then turn around to use their sterns through heavier ice. The representative of the American transportation company which moved more than 50000 tons of grain through the Churchill port said that “the company doesn’t think about the climate change”.
The global warming has appeared in the last 10 years, Ogborn said. The old reports say the ice would melt after 100 years but the latest reports say it will melt in the next 5-10 years. Canada’s military is claiming sovereignty over the frigid water. Fish are moving to the colder waters and thus into the different countries, so Russia contests with Norway on the Svalbard islands which are rich in fish.

Main Idea is :
Canada, Denmark, the USA and Russia are competing in the Arctic to benefit from oil and fish.
companies

Comments:
The competition can make good profits. Unfortunately, the big problem is that developed countries are not thinking about the global warming seriously; they talk about it and make a lot of research only for other countries and then they ignore it.