Goodbye Arctic Sovereignty

After a few hundred years of searching, the Northwest Passage has finally appeared.

Now, it'll probably close up again come winter, but if temperatures keep rising, odds are it'll eventually be a permanent fixture of northern geography. Canada's been making a lot of noise about arctic sovereignty lately, and most of our claims to the arctic are facilitated by the fact that no one else really cares about it. It's cold, and there are angry, camouflaged bears up there. However, if it suddenly becomes an economically viable route between Europe and Asia, I'm willing to guess there will be a few more interested parties. As for the bears, we are well on our way to solving that problem.

Of course, in the face of challenges to Arctic sovereignty there arises one question of the utmost importance: who will be granted ownership of Santa Claus?