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Canada manages its arctic as a remote colony, like France vis a vis New Caledonia. (These soldiers aren’t even in the arctic, or in Canada; the Canadian arctic is utterly alien to them)

Denmark’s managed as a near colony. Finland’s as domestic territory.

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Cold reality: Canadian troops struggle in Alaska as military relearns Arctic warfare | CBC News
Canadian troops battled frostbite, failing batteries, communications problems and gaps in basic winter skills during a major Alaska exercise, according to an internal evaluation. Despite achieving the...
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October 5, 2026 at 9:02 AM
"Close to half of respondents (48 per cent) saw the U.S. as the greatest threat to the region, followed distantly by countries more traditionally seen as Canadian adversaries like Russia (30 per cent) and China (12 per cent)."

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48% of northern Canadians say Trump’s U.S. is biggest threat to Arctic - National | Globalnews.ca
Northerners want the federal government to take a firm line on any disputes in the Arctic over borders or resources, according to new polling.
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October 1, 2026 at 5:03 AM
Read: China's Arctic Ambitions by P. Whitney Lackenbauer.

Finally an analysis of the place of China in the Arctic. We'll done, realist, and not alarmist.

Rating: 7/10
ISBN: 9781552389010

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May 3, 2026 at 5:51 PM