From Holger Caban
The issue of the US and Canada possibly having a conflict with Russia over shipping routes in the Arctic appears to be a moot point (2 March, p 5).
Since the official US government position is that there is no serious global warming problem that would require a concerted international effort to tackle it (such as the Kyoto Protocol), there cannot possibly be any such far-reaching consequence as the melting of the Arctic ice. Hence there will be no shipping routes opening up. This means there is no possibility of a disagreement over who will use them and how.
Spokane, Washington
