Wikileaks
Publisher: Al Jazeera
22 May 2011
A battle to ‘carve up’ the Arctic
It is considered the final frontier for oil and gas exploitation, and secret US embassy cables published by WikiLeaks confirm that nations are battling to "carve up" the Arctic's vast resources.
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Author: Macleans.ca
14 May 2011
‘A good working relationship’ – Beyond The Commons
One cable drafted by U.S. diplomats in Ottawa portrays Mr. Harper as dismissing the need for a military response to Russia over the Arctic. It includes an account from a Canadian official of a January, 2010, meeting between Mr. Harper and NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in which the PM said NATO has no role in the Arctic.