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Data for: 2010 Canadian Arctic military exercise

International (Reporters country Yuxiang): Since 2007, code-named “Nanook action” routine annual military exercise in Canada is currently the Arctic held areas. According to the Canadian Department of Defense news release, the exercise this month between 5 to 26 stages, located on Baffin Island and Ellesmere Island near the area of ??military exercises designed to proclaim sovereignty in the Arctic and improve response to emergencies events.

this exercise a total armed forces from Canada, the Coast Guard and various government departments of more than 1,100 participants, this is history in the Arctic regions of Canada at the largest military exercises. Canada’s Air Force not only sent a large transport aircraft and the F18 Hornet fighter aircraft, while still in the Arctic for the first time the use of unmanned reconnaissance aircraft. Canadian navy sent warships to take part. And some of the participating soldiers also from good polar cold war elite troops. Previously, the Canadian one Boeing 737-200 aircraft in the northern city of Progreso Lute Canada crash, near military exercises are soldiers assembled quickly rushed to the scene of the accident involved in the rescue, which also oriented exercise increased an unexpected practical exercise .

Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay in the interpretation of “Nanook of action” exercises when it said the exercise is designed to show Canada’s Arctic “permanent and seasonal,” the presence in the region to safeguard Canada the rights and interests, but also sends a signal – that is, “Canada is willing to cooperate with relevant parties to start.” Currently in the Canadian Arctic Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited military exercise in the face of the participating soldiers Reso Lute speech said that strengthening capacity building in the Arctic, is essential for maintaining the interests of Canada. He said the vast Arctic region, the climate harsh, sparsely populated, the capacity-building needs to be done long-term plan, the Government of Canada will make every effort to this end provide the greatest financial and material support. Harper also involved in the work of the participating officers and men crash rescue, police and militia thanked and praised their performance in adverse conditions, a good professional quality. This is Harper became prime minister since 2006, the sixth consecutive time to go to visit the Arctic, in addition to Progreso Lute, he also will go to Baker Lake, Whitehorse and other places visited.

as climate warming, Arctic sea ice melt in the Arctic Ocean channel constantly expanding, making the area large-scale exploitation of seabed resources as possible. It is estimated that the Arctic oil and gas reserves account for about a quarter of the world’s proven reserves are not. In recent years, many Arctic countries have begun to covet the rich resources of the Arctic, Canada, the United States, Denmark and Russia have begun a large-scale North Pole expedition, and continue to claim sovereignty over parts of the Arctic or the exclusive economic rights. Currently, the Arctic countries in the region of interest in the dispute are also co-operation. Disputes, such as Canada and Denmark, Canada and the United States on the islands and marine-related issues of sovereignty dispute; and Canada and U.S. Department of Defense has said that the “complementary manner” to ensure that the common interests in the Arctic, which is Arctic National cooperation.

Currently, there are two main problems for the voice of the Arctic, a Canadian, United States, Norway, Denmark and other Arctic countries and Russia hopes to “internal consultation and external exclusion” principle to deal with Arctic territory and rights issues; and another point of view, according to the “United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea”, there is no evidence that any country in the continental shelf extends to the Arctic, the North Pole and the surrounding area does not belong to any country, the Arctic is mankind’s common wealth, should not support any country or interest group and possession of dividing them. Some analysts have pointed out that in recent years, Canada, Russia and other Arctic countries continue to claim sovereignty by military means has been brought to the instability in the region. Future, as the Arctic ice cap melted, countries compete for the Arctic will become more intense, and the international community, multilateral co-operation will alleviate this problem the only way.