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Arctic is more than resourcesSep
28 It is fashionable to talk up the Arctic as some sort of treasure trove of oil and gas and as the gateway to a promising new ice-free sea route. Time, global warming, and new technology may well prove the optimists right. But for Russia, just like the Soviet Union before it, the region is equally important as a Cold War-style arena to demonstrate the country’s new geopolitical ambitions. more » Russia’s Putin says he wants peaceful division of ArcticSep
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Russia is staking its economic future on its controversial territorial claim to a huge slice of the fast-melting Arctic, which holds up to a quarter of the world’s untapped energy resources, and is set to launch an unprecedented diplomatic campaign to achieve its goals, says csmonitor.com more » Deepwater Horizon fears resurface as rigs probe for oil under Arctic iceAug
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Receding ice could unlock arctic troveAug
27 HELSINKI, Finland, — Receding arctic ice from global warming may open new avenues for tourism and trade and could reveal vast new natural resource reserves, says upi.com. more » Harper on five-day Arctic sojournAug
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Arctic villages stop seismic tests as Canada mulls oil futureAug
19  WASHINGTON — Above the Arctic Circle in Canada near Greenland, five Inuit villages have won a court order that blocks a German icebreaker from conducting seismic tests of an underwater region that abounds with marine life — and possibly with oil, gas and minerals, says mcclatchydc.com more »Opinion: Temporary fix of Arctic oil not worth steep price to polar bearsAug
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Arctic’s profit margins squeezedAug
13 Cool weather and increased competition helped to cast a chill over the second-quarter financial results for packaged-ice maker Arctic Glacier Income Fund, says winnipegfreepress.com more » Iceberg as a Metaphor for InactionAug
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ExxonMobil and Shell compete to drill in wilderness despite Greenpeace’s fears a broken well could gush for years, says guardian.co.uk 
According to ctv.ca, Prime Minister Stephen Harper begins his fifth summer sojourn to the Arctic today, with plans to visit all three northern territories over five days. 
According to mercurynews.com, political habits die hard in the Alaska governor’s office, and Sean Parnell seems determined to carry on Sarah Palin’s war against the polar bear. 
Last week a vast block of ice broke off from the Greenland ice sheet, creating the largest iceberg to form off the country in nearly 50 years, says nytimes.com