The Race to Claim the Artic

TheMercenary • Aug 11, 2007 8:50 am

This is shapping up to be a source of significant international conflict.

First Russia, then Canada, followed by the US, and now Denmark:

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8QU73900&show_article=1

yesman065 • Aug 11, 2007 9:15 am

Wrong link there merc

richlevy • Aug 11, 2007 10:12 am

yesman065;373974 wrote:
Wrong link there merc

Unless they're running through EZ-Pass on their race to claim the Arctic.

Cloud • Aug 11, 2007 10:46 am

arCtic! Sorry.

TheMercenary • Aug 11, 2007 12:47 pm

Damm, sorry about the link. I fixed it.

richlevy • Aug 11, 2007 4:14 pm

Cloud;373983 wrote:
arCtic! Sorry.

Speling Natzee.:rolleyes:

wolf • Aug 11, 2007 4:32 pm

So, the Race to claim the Artic are going to be White guys, right?

yesman065 • Aug 11, 2007 7:18 pm

Artie who?

TheMercenary • Aug 13, 2007 11:00 am

wolf;374032 wrote:
So, the Race to claim the Artic are going to be White guys, right?

Yes.

xoxoxoBruce • Aug 13, 2007 2:21 pm

Why is this different from any other ocean with it's 200 mile rules?

wolf • Aug 13, 2007 2:22 pm

Because Santa lives at the North Pole, so it's more important.

xoxoxoBruce • Aug 13, 2007 2:24 pm

In that case, China owns it.

skysidhe • Aug 13, 2007 2:38 pm

xoxoxoBruce;374395 wrote:
Why is this different from any other ocean with it's 200 mile rules?

wooly mammoths? :p

wolf;374397 wrote:
Because Santa lives at the North Pole, so it's more important.

yes of course and don't forget reindeer!

Flint • Aug 13, 2007 11:06 pm

wolf;374032 wrote:
So, the Race to claim the Artic are going to be White guys, right?

Griff • Aug 14, 2007 7:59 am

Yeah, she really jumped the line on that one. *grumble*

skysidhe • Aug 14, 2007 10:34 am

wooly mammoths! ba-dum ba-dum cymbal splash..:biggrinje

ok this is why I could never be a stand up comic...

actually the artic reveals frozen mammoths dating in age to 40,000 years which makes me question why god is so damn late coming.

Maybe the race to claim the artic is by fundamintalist christians or enviromentalists because finding ancient animal life in frozen permafrost means #1 that god isn't coming and #2 enviromental changes in weather is a natural occurrence.

lumberjim • Aug 14, 2007 10:45 am

what do you mean, God is coming? Or do you mean coming is God?

skysidhe • Aug 14, 2007 10:50 am

sorry I just woke up...can't spell for beans. I corrected coming.:redface:

No I guess that's not much of an excuse.

Happy Monkey • Aug 14, 2007 11:12 am

lumberjim;374605 wrote:
what do you mean, God is coming?

Haven't you ever seen snow? The Arctic is covered in it.

skysidhe • Aug 14, 2007 11:57 am

Happy Monkey;374616 wrote:
Haven't you ever seen snow? The Arctic is covered in it.

and it's melting...revealing perhaps that man evolved right along with the elephants.

TheMercenary • Aug 14, 2007 1:17 pm

Happy Monkey;374616 wrote:
Haven't you ever seen snow? The Arctic is covered in it.

Actually it is more about ice than snow.

rkzenrage • Aug 27, 2007 5:51 pm

A Treaty Whose Time Has Come

Unless the United States ratifies the Law of the Sea Convention, it will have a hard time laying claim to the immense resources under the Arctic ice.

A solemn international treaty known as the Law of the Sea Convention will celebrate its 25th anniversary this December, and for 25 years the mere mention of its name has been enough to induce deep slumber. Yet for all kinds of reasons — not least growing fears about the availability of energy resources — people are finally paying attention. That includes the Senate, where right-wing scare tactics and official inertia have long blocked the treaty’s ratification, leaving America as the only major power standing on the sidelines.

That could change this fall, when the treaty will again be presented for Senate approval. One reason for optimism is that President Bush has added his voice to a diverse pro-treaty coalition that includes the environmental community, fishing interests, the oil and gas industry, the shipping industry, the State Department and the Navy.

xoxoxoBruce • Aug 27, 2007 6:23 pm

If all those organizations are for it, who's against it? More importantly why? What does some special interest have up their sleeve? Anyone know?

skysidhe • Aug 28, 2007 12:18 am

Jon Stewart on the Daily Show mentioned the 'OIL' word.

I guess that dosn't answer your question.:neutral: