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 Here's some additional documentation of research and recommendations concerning Oil and Gas Development within the Arctic Circle for your continued perusal: Oil Spills in Arctic Waters:   An Introduction and Inventory of Research Activities and USARC Recommendations   [U. S. Arctic Research Commission (USARC) and U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (USACE-CRREL)] http://www.arctic.gov/publications/oil_spills_2012.pdf National Strategy for the Arctic Region ( The White House ; May 10, 2013) http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/nat_arctic_strategy.pdf Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal:   Estimates of Undiscovered Oil and Gas North of the Arctic Circle (USGS Fact Sheet 2008-3049) http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2008/3049/fs2008-3049.pdf

For this week’s blog post, be forewarned - It is a “doozy” .   I open with the following recent articles regarding future exploitation of the Arctic frontier to Oil and Gas Development by three different countries (i. e., Russia, USA, and Greenland): Rosneth and Gazprom Both Awarded Arctic Shelf Permits ( RT.com ; June 6, 2013) http://rt.com/business/arctic-shelf-rosneft-gazprom-272/ Interior Official Hears Wide Range Views on Oil Drilling in Arctic   (Lisa DEMER, adm.com ; June 6, 2013) http://www.adn.com/2013/06/06/2930162/interior-official-hears-wide-range.html Greenland Halts New Oil Drilling Licences (Terry MACALISTER, The Guardian ; March 27, 2013) http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/27/greenland-halts-oil-drilling-licences Confused?   Perhaps it is best to begin by offering a link to the following concise, yet thorough 16-paged report by Nicholas CUNNINGHAM, Policy Analyst at the American Security Project which might help to put t...