The Arctic as it is known today is almost certainly gone

Re:The Arctic as it is known today is almost certainly gone by nostrademons on Friday April 28, 2017 @05:16PM (#14223111)

Eh, history is long and moves in unpredictable ways. Just wait until the U.S. breaks up and Canada annexes the BosWash megalopolis and the West Coast, and then suddenly Canada will be policing the northwest passage again.

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Re:The Arctic as it is known today is almost certainly gone by hourislate on Friday April 28, 2017 @05:49PM (#14223364)

I seriously think Canadians should be worried more about Russia than the US. They are the ones laying claim to Canadian Arctic Waters not the USA.

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Re:The Arctic as it is known today is almost certainly gone by scott_karana on Saturday April 29, 2017 @02:14PM (#14227852)

I agree with the first half of your argument, but not the other.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_claims_in_the_Ar...

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Re:The Arctic as it is known today is almost certainly gone by Baeocystin on Sunday April 30, 2017 @01:54AM (#14230323)

I can see the western states coming in to closer economic union with the west of Canada. I don't see Canadian influence dominating, though. There's too many people to the south. California alone has more people than all of Canada, for example. But there are common cultural elements from Canada all the way down to northern California. So a regional culture arising as a unifying agent, technically across country lines? I can picture it.

(SoCal is different, but that is neither here nor there in this case.)

There's that pesky Federal law that prohibits states from making their own arrangements with sovereign nations, but that does little to inhibit the actual flow of people or business.

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