Illustration by Kaela Chambers Antarctica is home to more than emperor penguins and a few dozen humans with science citizenship barricaded in small hermetic bases. It is also host to an estimated 200 billion barrels of hydrocarbons, alongside large quantities of gold, silver, uranium, and many other rare metals underneath a pristine ice cap still virgin of commercial exploitation. Securing a territory with such a rich underground, in whole or i...
...these investments would continue to strengthen Russia’s hold on the hydrocarbons. In other words, the stronger the military, the more secure the oil and gas revenues – to the tune of dozens of trillions of dollars. Similar to Antarctica, which is home to 200 billion barrels of oil and 100 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, the Arctic is home to a huge amount of energy and mineral resources. However, given that the most promising resource fields...
...mission statements. As the weather gets chilly, take solace in the fact that there exists a much colder region in the world – a region that Mikå Mered writes about in our cover story. Mered discusses the rising importance of Antarctica in foreign policy spheres and the games countries are playing to obtain a stronghold over its abundant natural resources. Stay warm and enjoy the holidays! Narayan Subramanian Editor-in-Chief...
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