Global warming, new technology heat up race for Arctic hydrocarbon resources
Doug Mellgren AP Writer, Hammerfest, Norway
Barren and uninhabited, Hans Island is very hard to find on a map.
Yet these days the Frisbee-shaped rock in the Arctic is much in demand — so much so that Canada and Denmark have both staked their claim to it with flags and warships.
The reason: an international race for oil, fish, diamonds and shi....
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