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Cowperson · 10-10-2005, 06:22 PM

As the Artic iIce melts, dreams of treasure abound . . . . . leading to some comparisons to Rudyard Kiplings reference to Great Power politics in Asia as "the great game."

The New York Times with a lengthy piece:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/10/science/...artner=homepage

As a sidebar note, I'm just wading through Kim Robinson's superb Red Mars with the follow-ups Green Mars and Blue Mars, from the 1990's, which might draw some comparisons - on a futuristic scale - to the rush for treasure in a once forbidden land.

Cowperson

10-10-2005, 06:22 PM	#1
Cowperson CP Pontiff Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: A pasture out by Millarville Exp:	As the Artic iIce melts, dreams of treasure abound . . . . . leading to some comparisons to Rudyard Kiplings reference to Great Power politics in Asia as "the great game." The New York Times with a lengthy piece: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/10/science/...artner=homepage As a sidebar note, I'm just wading through Kim Robinson's superb Red Mars with the follow-ups Green Mars and Blue Mars, from the 1990's, which might draw some comparisons - on a futuristic scale - to the rush for treasure in a once forbidden land. Cowperson __________________ Dear Lord, help me to be the kind of person my dog thinks I am. - Anonymous