Returned home yesterday from nearly two months of traveling, doing research and covering events for stories in Europe and South America. Renee, my wife, who is a good photographer and writer documented some of our adventures in her Green Quest blog. There are some great pixs of cities such as Sevilla, Berlin, Quito and Vienna and the incredible animals in the Galapagos.
Better late than never….
With Russia planting its flag 14,000 feet under the North Pole yesterday, oil and gas exploration and conflict over territorial rights in the vast Arctic ocean basin is just beginning.
“The Arctic is one of the last frontiers, representing about 25 percent of the last unexplored potential oil and gas reserves in the world,” says Michael Byers, Canada research chair in Global Politics and International Law at the University of British Columbia
Sovereignty Claims Revived in the Arctic
By Stephen Leahy
(Originally published in 2006)
TORONTO, Apr 22 (Tierramérica) – An expedition is under way to help Canada and Denmark prove their sovereignty over certain areas of this frozen region, and its potential sources of petroleum and natural gas.
Canada and Denmark launched a joint expedition in early April to map the floor of the Arctic Ocean and help the two countries prove their claims of sovereignty over areas potentially rich in petroleum and natural gas.
Stephen Leahy, International Environmental Journalist 