Война за Арктику

North Pole -- Prince Albert II of Monaco holds the sertificate confirming that he reached the geographical North Pole, Sunday 16 April 2006

Russia - A TV grab from Russian NTV channel shows a mini submarine places Russian national flag to the ocean floor in the North Pole, 03Aug2007

Russia -- Artur Chilingarov, explorer and parliament member, outside the Rossiya nuclear-powered icebreaker at Murmansk harbor, 24Jul2007

U.K. -- British explorer and endurance swimmer Lewis Gordon Pugh successfully completes the extraordinary challenge of being the first man to swim in the waters of the North Pole, 15Jul2007

Россия является единственной полярной державой, обладающей мощным флотом всепогодных судов ледового класса. А догнать ее по атомным ледоколам в ближайшие годы никому не удастся просто физически.

Russia -- A TV grab shows a mini-submarine ready for the mission to the ocean floor in the North Pole, 02Aug2007

Caption: ITAR-TASS 14: MOSCOW, RUSSIA. JULY 24. MIR submersibles, in the northern Russian port of Murmansk, that are going to be used by Russian explorers on a mission to probe the Polar seabed and carry out scientific research of North Pole

Russia - The head of Russian expedition Arctic-2007 Artur Chilingarov (C) carries the Russian flag and and a white bear toy as the crew of the expedition arrive in Moscow airport Vnukovo-3, 07Aug2007

Caption: epa01085667 The head of Russian expedition Arctic-2007 Artur Chilingarov holds the picture of Russian flag at the ocean bottom as the crew of the expedition arrive in Moscow airport Vnukovo-3 07 August 2007. best07

Арктика өчен көрәш бара

Caption: ITAR-TASS 17: ANADYR, CHUKOTKA, RUSSIA. APRIL 3. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov and Governor of Chukotka Roman Abramovich, left, visit the Chukotka Heritage Museum Centre in Anadyr

USA -- Polar Bears in Alaska, USA, in September 1998

U.S. -- Carolyn Kremers of Fairbanks, Alaska, holds up a sign protesting oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on the West Front of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, 20Sep2005

Гений человеческой мысли превратил безмолвную пустыню в свалку металлолома и брошенной техники. Горючее используется по назначению, а ненужная уже тара так и остается на своей новой родине навсегда. На снимке: железный берег у поселка Лаврентия.

Не случись нынешней пока еще преимущественно информационной войны за Арктику, Север для обитателей одной шестой вполне вполне мог остаться только в области анекдотов и преданий советской старины. Кадр из классического триллера "Начальник Чукотки".

UNITED STATES -- Prudhoe Bay : This undated handout picture from energy giant BP shows the production facility in Prudhoe Bay, Alsaka. BP has 08Aug2006

Russia -- Col. Umberto Nobile, designer of the "Norge," watching her departure from the base at Spitzbergen, from forward control car, 1926

Russia -- Novaya Zemlya position map New Land

USA -- C-17 makes its first South Pole airdrop, undated

Russia -- Photo of a Russian schooner Zarya (Заря) from 1910

Russia -- Kolchak on Zarya ship