Arctic key to economic future, Russia claims
source: http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=50c50549-52f4-495e-a706-8325bf5ef36b
Initial reports of Medvedev's address to Russia's national security council suggested he was advocating unilateral action to secure Arctic territory at a time when the five polar nations -- including Canada -- are collecting geological data for planned sea floor territorial claims under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
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