The Scramble for the Arctic

„Scramble for the Arctic” (ownership of the North Pole), UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), Arctic Circle, latitude, Equator, landmass, submarine, under the aegis, shoreline, nautical mile, seabed, desolate, to melt, provision in the UNCLOS Convention, mainland, ridge, continental shelf, to lodge a claim, eager, oil reserves, natural gas, fisheries, to fish commercially, to lay claim, fish stocks, shipping lanes, oil spills, tankers running aground, overexploitation of fish, moratorium, drilling for oil and gas