Melting Arctic Ice And The Fight On Top Of The World

06/23/11 In this installment of the Butterfly Effect, climate change is creating incredible economic opportunity in the Arctic, leading to saber rattling from Canada and Russia. Whichever region benefits the most will have enormous geopolitical consequences. 1. The Great Melt. In August 2007, a robotic Russian sub planted a titanium flag on the seabed at the North Pole, an act dismissed as a PR stunt by ...

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North Pole man charged with stealing copper wire

06/28/11 A 28-year-old North Pole man is accused of stealing nearly a ton of copper from Eielson Air Force Base. Raymond Weber, a technician for the Air National Guard, was arrested Saturday after Alaska St...

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North Pole man dies of possible medical crisis during crash

07/05/11 NORTH POLE, Alaska - Alaska State Troopers say a 59-year-old North Pole man has died in what is believed to be a medical emergency while he was driving. Troopers say James Stephen McCollam was dri...

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