Signal: increased military activities
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Generals meet to deal with melting Arctic

by on 15. Apr, 2012 in Uncategorized

Defense chiefs from eight Arctic nations agreed on Friday to cooperate more closely to deal with disasters and search and rescue operations in the remote resource-rich region, Canada’s top soldier said. As the Arctic warms up, major nations are jostling for influence in a frozen part of the world believed to contain vast reserves of [...]

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Canada building navy to patrol ice-free Arctic Ocean

by on 20. Feb, 2012 in Uncategorized

The head of the Royal Canadian Navy says Canada needs to bolster its military presence in the Arctic to prepare for a boom in human and economic activity resulting largely from climate change. Global warming is thought to be occurring faster in the North than anywhere else. The gradual disappearance of sea ice is opening [...]