Players and actions:
- Greenpeace: dispatched a ship to highlight concerns of exploiting the Arctic region.
- Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge: campaigning against the drilling for fossil fuels since the 1970s, in order to conserve their ecosystems.
- Greenland: wants to move away from fishing, tourism and hand-outs from Denmark by exploring reserve potential.
- Russia: attempted to claim sovereignty by placing a titanium flag on the seabed in 2007. Russia believes the underwater mountain range beneath the North Pole is an extension of Russia's land mass.
- Canada: in 2007, it announced plans to build a fleet of patrol boats in the Northwest passage, opened due to ice melt. Canada has also tried to find evidence to argue against Russia's claims.
- USA: energy security could increase if Canada gets a share of the Arctic's reserves.

	Created by emmajackson95 over 11 years ago

Energy Note on Energy Case Studies, created by emmajackson95 on 01/05/2013.