Wednesday, August 15, 2007

I'm telling ya, World War III will break out in the North Pole...

First, we've got the dispute between the United States and Canada over who controls the shipping lanes through the Northwest Passage. Then, Russia planted its rust-proof flag in the middle of the ocean bed under the North Pole to stake their claim in the region, claiming the Lomonosov Ridge is actually a land extension of their country. Now, the Danes are sending in their own expedition to prove that this undersea stretch of mountains is actually contiguous with Greenland, and thus, the property of the ol' House of Denmark.

It's going to be the next hot spot for trouble, I tell ya. But think of all the cool battles that would take place. Gunfights on skis, snowshoes, and snowmobiles. Submarine battles straight out of The Hunt for Red October. Hockey matches on the glacier tops when they all figure out it's way too cold up there to be fighting over oil.

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