Name: 美国、俄罗斯和中国的高风险北极竞赛升温（High-Stakes Arctic Race Heats Up for U.S., Russia and China | WSJ）
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- [Instructor] This map shows the amount of ice

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around the North pole decreasing rapidly over the years.

And as the sea ice steadily melts in the Arctic,

the U.S., China, and Russia are stepping up their game

- There are other people coming into the Arctic

- It's an untapped area of mineral resources

that China would like to explore one day.

- Russia has moved quite quickly in the last two years

to really boost its military presence in the Arctic.

It provides a place where you can refuel ships,

- [Instructor] An estimated trillion dollars

worth of rare earth metals could be lying

as well as about 30% of the world's undiscovered gas

The warmer Arctic is also extending the season

when ships can navigate in these usually ice covered waters,

and making tourism and cargo shipment more attractive.

All this is setting the stage for potential clashes.

Almost 10% of Russia's GDP and 20% of its exports

And Moscow says it's ready to defend its territory.

- The military infrastructure has really been successfully

And that's a huge jump from where it was a couple years ago.

- Russia's unique, it actually deserves special attention.

- Any signs that Russia is trying to reclaim its status

And especially in a place like the Arctic,

which has disputes, is a cause for worry of Washington.

I think largely because of that lack of trust.

Cargo shipments, mainly of energy resources

and given the still limited period of time

it becomes a real rival to traditional shipping routes

- Right now there's a relatively large gap

between what Russia wants to accomplish in the Arctic

One of the biggest problems right now is infrastructure.

So it wants to attract it's international investors.

- [Instructor] In 2018, China declared itself

even though the northern most part of China

is more than 900 miles away from the Arctic circle.

Basically China plans to carve out shipping routes

- When China announced a similar strategy,

but there are still a lot of reservation.

- [Instructor] Western capital and technology

following versus annexation of Crimea in 2014.

So Moscow has accepted billions of dollars from Beijing

But China's investments are mostly limited to projects

'cause it wants to actually see a profit come from that.

- [Instructor] There's another sticking point

- Russia would want its own icebreakers to accompany

China on the other hand would like fewer navigation

where China would need to rely on Russian escorts.

And so that's the fundamental, is agreements.

- Essentially it's large real estate deal.

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美国、俄罗斯和中国的高风险北极竞赛升温（High-Stakes Arctic Race Heats Up for U.S., Russia and China | WSJ）

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