Cold War

This post could be a postscript to the last one (below). It too involves Canada; specifically, its diplomatic dispute with the United States over the long sought-after Northwest Passage. It seems the US Ambassador to Canada has repeated the American government's position that the northern sea route through the Canadian archipelago is not the sovereign territory of Canada, but rather an international waterway. The Canadians beg to differ.

The most striking thing about this is the fact that the Northwest Passage has only become a viable sea lane due to global warming. Its existence spells doom for polar bears and, by altering Earth's albedo, could lead to runaway climate change, but never mind all that. With climate scientists predicting ice free summers in the Arctic by mid-century, speculators are already staking claims and the Arctic nations are scrambling to shore up theirs as well.