Zachary Fillingham
Geopolitical Monitor
Canada’s current government made a lot of noise in 2006 and 2007,
calling for a total overhaul of Canada’s military presence in the
Arctic. Is Canada really on its way to becoming an Arctic military power, or was that all said in the heat of the electoral moment asks Zachary Fillingham of the Geopoliticalmonitor.
There
is a wide scientific consensus that the Arctic climate is changing, and
the only question that remains centres around the exact time when
seasonal ice will recede enough for the Northwest Passage
to become a major international trade route. According to polar
scientists like Dr. David Barber of the Circumpolar Flaw League, this
may happen as soon as 2017.
