The most ambitious land grab is under way, and the unexpectedly expansionist nation is…Canada! In a bold move, Ottawa plans to make a claim on the North Pole . In a submission to the United Nations, Canada says its nautical border should be extended by around 1.2 million square kilometers, adding an area the size of Alberta and Saskatchewan combined (for those unfamiliar with those fine provinces, that’s about the equivalent of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, North Dakota and South Dakota all put together.) What’s it all aboot, eh? Well there are riches in them there ice-flows. Possibly as much as one-third of […]