Riches Await As Earth's Icy North Melts "Summary 2"

Summary

An international race between many countries includes Canada and Denmark. This race is all for one small island that you couldn’t find on the map, called Hans Island. This huge race is because it’s very rich in oil, fish, diamonds and shipping routes. The global warming has a hand in this island by warming the ice cap faster than any other part of the world. Another reason is that the Arctic holds almost 25% of the world’s undiscovered oil and gas. These reasons make the countries fight to own this small island. Now it’s easy to find the oil and gas faster than before because of the climate changes. Old studies show that the ice will melt in 100 years, but the new studies show something completely different. It shows that the ice will melt in the next 10 to 15 years which is really small term compared to the old one. Now the countries should stop the racing or this continuing ice melting will affect the climate. Nowadays, both countries have sent warships to that island and are waiting for ice melting to get the oil first but there is no risk of war.

Main idea

There is an international fight between many countries for a small island called Hans looking for oil, fish and diamonds.

Opinion

In my opinion, these countries are only looking to make money and ignore the nature and the danger of some resources. I see that while these greedy countries are looking at this money, many people are at risk of this serious phenomenon.