National Geographic’s “Arctic Landgrab”
This article (National Geographic May 2009) sums up the impetus for Sprague’s documentary – What’s at stake in the Arctic today, and who is in pursuit of its treasure.
Arctic Landgrab
By McKenzie Funk / Photograph by Björn Eriksson
As rising temperatures melt the polar ice cap, five countries race to map their claims to a new energy frontier. The stakes are huge. Nearly a quarter of the world’s undiscovered oil and gas may lie beneath the seabed of this vast wilderness.
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