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SaskaBushFire · 02-27-2009, 10:53 AM

There have been a number of incidents in the North recently involving the Russians ever since this "gold rush" of sorts to claim all of the valuable resources. There have always been subs poking around up there but according to my professor the activity has increased dramatically in the last few years. He is part of an annual excursion up north as part of a Canadian Scientist team that is doing an EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) on the development of natural resources in the area, related to the continued melting of sea ice.

I thought we had a thread on this a little while ago.. CBC Just ran a great in depth special about the issues in the Circumpolar North.

Some articles on the subject:

http://www.thearctic.is/articles/top...nska/index.htm

Good general overview of the issues.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story...c-council.html

Older article that talks about how this interest has been growing globally.

Here is a breif video about the issues from CBC. Talking about the Russian bombers that will be patrolling the arctic.. Video talks about this system we now are implementing. Basically a look at the issues while they were developing.

Always interesting to take a look back now and see how it was talked about. How a 3 minute skit turned into an hour long special.

02-27-2009, 10:53 AM	#23
SaskaBushFire First Line Centre Join Date: Aug 2004 Exp:	There have been a number of incidents in the North recently involving the Russians ever since this "gold rush" of sorts to claim all of the valuable resources. There have always been subs poking around up there but according to my professor the activity has increased dramatically in the last few years. He is part of an annual excursion up north as part of a Canadian Scientist team that is doing an EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) on the development of natural resources in the area, related to the continued melting of sea ice. I thought we had a thread on this a little while ago.. CBC Just ran a great in depth special about the issues in the Circumpolar North. Some articles on the subject: http://www.thearctic.is/articles/top...nska/index.htm Good general overview of the issues. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story...c-council.html Older article that talks about how this interest has been growing globally. YouTube Video Here is a breif video about the issues from CBC. Talking about the Russian bombers that will be patrolling the arctic.. Video talks about this system we now are implementing. Basically a look at the issues while they were developing. Always interesting to take a look back now and see how it was talked about. How a 3 minute skit turned into an hour long special. __________________ GO GREEN! Last edited by SaskaBushFire; 02-27-2009 at 10:57 AM.