Canada and the World
Current Events with a Canadian Perspective
Last update
20 September 2011
The Arctic
The race is on among five countries to grab
as big a chunk of the Arctic as possible;
the rewards for the winners could be gigantic
The Arctic ice is melting. It has been for
several years, but the process is accelerating
with temperatures rising far faster in the Arctic than anywhere else on Earth
Whenever ice-
Canada says it’s getting ready. In a symbolic
move, Ottawa renamed the Northwest Passage
the “Canadian Internal Waters” in 2006