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US, Canada and Finland form ‘Ice Pact’ to project influence into Arctic region (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The disturbing thing to me is… why wasn’t Norway included?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Or did Norway choose not to participate? Their absence is curious.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It appears that Norway has little sea ice in territorial waters: wikipedia link. Still, they might be interested in projecting influence into the Arctic region, no?