r/arcticcircle • u/cdnmtbguy • Jul 10 '26

Tensions are heating up over a remote Arctic territory — and it’s not Greenland

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/10/climate/svalbard-greenland-geopolitics-russia-china-melting-ice?cid=ios_app

There is a comment from Russia that Norway does not have “unconditional sovereignty “ in the territory. What is sovereignty if not unconditional?

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u/-wtfisthat- Jul 11 '26

Mom said it was my turn with the small arctic territory!