Politics of the Arctic: Whose Passport Should Santa Carry?

So much going on lately. The pissing match should be enough to change the chemical composition of the Arctic ocean and warm it up several degrees, with or without the addition of more CO2 in the atmosphere.

"The Arctic contains a vast wealth of untapped oil and natural gas, according to a report released in July 2010 by the U.S. Geological Survey.

It estimated that the amount of "undiscovered, technically recoverable" oil north of the Arctic Circle was more than double the amount that had been previously found in the Arctic."

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"No single country owns the geographic North Pole or the Arctic Ocean, which covers around one third of the total area. Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the eight states have jurisdiction over waters extending 12 nautical miles from their shore, and their exclusive economic zones stretch up to 200 nautical miles into the Arctic Ocean.

Russia is among a number of countries seeking to extend their jurisdiction by gathering scientific data to back their case for consideration by the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf.

Russia and Canada clashed as recently as last week over which country controls the Lomonosov Ridge, a mountain chain running underneath the Arctic."

Raises some questions for the AGW groupies, and their propaganda wing, too.

So, I gotta ask it, since our betters in the MSM and Greenpeace don't seem capable of formulating such queries: How did all that oil and gas end up there in the first place? Could it be a once lush and tropical-like climate has changed?

And just as importantly, whose passport do you think Santa should be carrying? Russian? Canadian? American? Danish? Norwegian? Icelandic? or Finnish? I always assumed he was Canadian. Am I in for a bitter late-in-life disillusionment?