The Thawing of the North: A New Era for Global Power Dynamics European leaders gathered in Rovaniemi, Finland, to discuss the Arctic's growing significance at a time when climate change has accelerated an already fraught competition for resources between nations.
The ice caps' receding edges have opened up new shipping routes and resources, but they've also exposed a complex web of global interests vying for control.
The European Arctic Summit took place against the backdrop of a Norwegian seizure of a Russian vessel in Svalbard, which drew condemnation from Vladimir Putin.