BBC News - Putin orders Russian military to boost Arctic presence
Blame Canada. No really.
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He was speaking after Canada announced plans to claim the continental shelf under the North Pole.
Russia and Denmark also lay claim to parts of the resource-rich shelf.
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The Arctic is estimated to have 30% of the world's undiscovered gas and 15% of the undiscovered oil. Climate change and advances in drilling technology mean these reserves are becoming easier and cheaper to exploit.
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Damn Canada and it's appetite for oil. This might start a
cold war.
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"We're talking about the centre of a large, inhospitable ocean that is in total darkness for three months each year, thousands of miles from any port," he told the Associated Press.
"The water in the North Pole is 12,000 ft [3,650m] deep and will always be covered by sea ice in the winter. It's not a place where anyone is going to be drilling for oil and gas. So it's not about economic stakes, it's about domestic politics."
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This is eerily similar to the plot of the Fallout series. Resources are dwindling so the world powers go to war over the arctic reserves. In FO Canada was annexed by the US but the general idea is the same.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkBNKa2KXZE]Fallout Intro Movie - YouTube[/ame]
Skip to :28, but the whole intro is awesome.
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