Canada wants to "establish itself" on the Arctic? And when did this thought occur to Canada? There is a colonial mentality that seems to come natural to some cultures. Just because they "want" to "establish themselves" is good enough. Never mind the law and proofs. This planet would be so much better off if at least some laws are respected. UN Convention on the Laws of the Sea has been ratified by the virtue of majority UN members signing up. Canada has no more nor less rights then anybody else. They need to provide geological evidence that Lomonsov ridge is geologically part of their mainland. What has "establishing itself" got to do with it?

Survival of the fittest is the Battle of the Ages. The Cold War is over??? Now we are fighting for the precious commodities that will mean the very surival of our seperate countries. Russia is fighting for its very existence. Economic confrontations with countries like China and the United States and Japan threaten the very core of Russia's future political and economic power ... if any ... Russia is making friends with those coutries that are of significant importance to their existance in the future. A country like Iran ... could be a tremendous Nuclear threat in the future. Russia can use its relationship with Iran as a power position. This power position is related to how Iran will be able to create its Nuclear Weapons. The question will be can Russia control how Iran will use their future weapons of mass distruction? If used will the middle East be destroyed along with the surrounding countries ... including the fringes of Mother Russia? Oil is nothing in comparison to the Nuclear Wasteland that will be created if Russia permits Iran to produce the necessary nuclear fuel to create The Most Destructive power in the immediate area surrounding Iran? Good luck Mother Russia and be very careful what you ask for because you just might get it.