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As the Arctic ice retreats, the old Great Game begins
Global warming seems an almost impossible notion on this icy coastline, but out there in the frozen wastes the ice is slowly melting, and a new struggle over the world’s dwindling resources is rapidly heating up.
February 13, 2006



















