 AP Photo A bloc of countries above the 45th parallel is poised to dominate the next century. Welcome to the New North. TAGGED: St. Petersburg, Helsinki, Stockholm, Oslo, Moscow, Copenhagen, Reykjavik, Ottawa, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto, Global Warming, Climate Change, Arctic Council, Port of Churchill, Finland, Iceland, Arctic, Greenland, Norway, Arctic Ocean, Sweden, North Pole, Arctic Circle, New North, Russia, CanadaRECOMMENDED ARTICLES| The race for oil in the Arctic is on. As the polar ice cap retreats, energy companies are looking north for a potentially huge new source of crude supply. In April, Exxon Mobil (XOM) and Russian oil giant Rosneft announced a... more ›› |
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