(Click To Enlarge)Conflict Fear Over Arctic Borders -- BBC News
A senior US Coast Guard commander has warned of the risk of conflict in the Arctic, unless disputes over international borders are resolved.
Speaking to the BBC during an Arctic patrol flight, Rear Adm Gene Brooks, in charge of the Coast Guard's vast Alaska region, appealed for a diplomatic deal.
"The potential is there with undetermined boundaries and great wealth for conflict, or competition.
"There's always a risk of conflict," Adm Brookes said.
He added that this was especially the case "where you do not have established, delineated, agreed-upon borders".
Russia is staking the largest claim to the Arctic, after planting a flag at the North Pole last summer, but Denmark, Norway, Canada and the United States are all involved in border disputes as well.
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My Comment: If there are no resources up north, conflicts between the major powers will not be an issue. But preliminary examinations and tests are revealing a resource rich area for the entire arctic. The technology does not exist to develop the resources up north, but this may change as oil and mineral resources become more scarce and valuable.
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