[REBORN FROM THE ASHES][comment][01.01]

敛寒影UID: 2613052

delineations描绘
maritime海上的，海事的，海运的
sort out挑选出
belated误期的，迟来的
pledge 保证
Now, the rush is on to discover the Far North, quite literally in the sense of research into atmosphere, ice and animals; and more urgently to get ready for the widening of sea lanes海中航线 caused by global warming.


Comment:


This article presented the important role the Actic of Canada plays in the located region and unresolved border delineations between several nations.Especially,the climate change has hitting the Far North harder than any other part of the Earth, and yet Canada’s record in curbing greenhouse-gas emissions is the worst in the G8,as a result,the government paying high attention on the Far North issue,bacoming a national priority.The enumeration of a series of measures indicate that the Arctic is no longer the forgotten frontier.

We could learn from this passage we do not take measures to protecting or avoiding matters untill problems generates from them.Put the troubles asides, caused by unresolved border delineations,which making this problem more complecated,let us have a look at the maesures government take on solving the issue the Actic influencing the climate change.The government invest abundant of money to assure sorts of developments carrying out,but vagueing responses on enviromental preservation.Lacking the consensus on enviromental protection,as a final aim,any step carrying out is faint.Only make clear of the premier,the measures could carry out orderly and efficiently.We hope the Arctic has a bright future.

jinziqiUID: 2387034

New words
frontier 边境
anthem 圣歌
quaint 离奇有趣的
debilitate (make weak)
squabble 争吵
heed 注意
roam 漫步
belated (delayed)
pledge 发誓
fractured 破裂的
benign 慈祥的

Good sentences
Higher temperatures mean less sea ice and more scope for mineral and fossil-fuel exploration, more foreign ships traversing the north, and potential conflicts with other Arctic states over the seabed, sea lanes, and sea and land borders.


DEW line
The Distant Early Warning Line, also known as the DEW Line or Early Warning Line, was a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic region of Canada, with additional stations along the North Coast and Aleutian Islands of Alaska, in addition to the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland. It was set up to detect incoming Soviet bombers during the Cold War, a task which quickly became outdated when intercontinental ballistic missiles became the main delivery system for nuclear weapons.
-- From Wikipedia

On Jan 2nd, 2010, which is a rare symmetric day. In the new year,everyone memorizes what has happened in 2009 and concludes what he hasgain and paid. Then he will write down the new year's goal to achievemore in life, study, or career, just like Canada's Northern goal.
Wish we all can achieve our goals with perseverance!

splendidsunUID: 2723757

1-1
This article draws a picture that in 2010 the government of Canada will start to explore the Far North. This area was considered as a forgotten frontier.  While，a plenty of money would bring vigorousness and energy in economy and science research. Why does the government suddenly pay attention to this area? In my view, that's the great benefit which many countries are eager to achieve attracts the government. As the global warming, sea ice is melt down and more scope for mineral and fossil-fuel exploration. Abundant resources could bring great economical benefits to the country which the resources belong to. But these countries have no responsibilities for the whole world. They broke the promise that they made before in the emission of greenhouse gas. However, they compelled other developing countries to control their emission strictly at the same time. I just want to say no one is the master of the earth. All what we do today is for giving a bright future for the whole human beings.

aboriginal 土著居民
quaint 离奇的
Inuit因纽特
fishing fleet渔船队
overhaul彻底检修
cost overrun 成本超支
patrol ship巡逻船
submarine潜水艇
roam漫游
rifle来福枪
outfit装备
traverse穿越
delineation描述
sort out 清理，挑选出，解决
Kyoto climate-change protocol京都议定书
pledge保证

miki7catUID: 2533330

The Americas
Canada's northern goal
Nov 13th 2009
From The World in 2010 print edition
By Jeffrey Simpson, OTTAWA
The Arctic is no longer the forgotten frontier
1.Canada is a northern nation. “O Canada”, the national anthem【A national anthem is a nation's official song which is played or sung on public occasions.】, speaks of “true north, strong and free”. But for most Canadians, 80% of whom live within 200km (124 miles) of the United States border, the Far North (Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut) is a vast area never visited, largely unknown, usually forgotten and populated only by aboriginal peoples with quaint【Something that is quaint is attractive because it is unusual and rather old-fashioned.】 customs. All that will start to change in 2010.

2.Pangnirtung, population 1,300, on the east coast of Baffin Island, a settlement mostly known for Inuit art and a nearby national park, will see construction start on a C$42m ($40.5m) harbour for the small Inuit fishing fleet. At Gjoa Haven, the only settlement on King William Island, cabins used by polar-bear【极地熊】 researchers will be upgraded. At Eureka, on Ellesmere Island, an atmospheric laboratory will be overhauled. At Iqaluit, capital of the Nunavut territory, tens of millions of dollars will be spent on badly needed housing, a research institute and a research vessel.

3. Add to that oil and gas exploration in the Beaufort Sea; C$100m for social housing; the same sum for geology research; another C$90m for economic-development projects; C$85m to improve Arctic research stations. The result is activity such as the Far North, from Alaska in the west to Baffin Bay in the east, has never before seen. And still to come—delayed by debilitating squabbles among Canada’s shipbuilders and the usual cost overruns of military projects—are three Arctic patrol【巡逻】 ships and a polar icebreaker, plus the publication of plans for a deep-water port at Nanisivik, on the north coast of Baffin Island. Later in the year, if all goes according to plan, the federal government【联邦政府】 will select a community that will get a High Arctic Research Station.

4. During the cold war, Canada and the United States constructed a Distant Early-Warning detection system against any attack by Soviet bombers. Apart from this DEW line, Canada paid little heed【If you take heed of what someone says or if you pay heed to them, you pay attention to them and consider carefully what they say. (FORMAL)】 militarily to the Far North. Soviet and American submarines roamed under the Arctic ice without Canada having any ability to monitor them. The Canadian government outfitted a few Inuit with baseball hats and rifles, called them Rangers, and forgot about the region.

5. Now, the rush【~ on/for sth sudden great demand for goods, etc （对货物等的）大量急需, 争购】 is on to discover the Far North, quite literally【毫不夸张地、即】
in the sense of research into atmosphere, ice and animals; and more urgently to get ready for the widening of sea lanes caused by global warming. Higher temperatures mean less sea ice and more scope for mineral【矿物】 and fossil-fuel【化石燃料】 exploration, more foreign ships traversing【横越】 the north, and potential conflicts with other Arctic states over the seabed, sea lanes, and sea and land borders.

6. The Arctic is full of unresolved border delineations. Canada and the United States disagree over the maritime boundary between Alaska and Yukon. Canada and Denmark have both planted flags on tiny Hans Island. Canada will continue working in 2010 to prepare its claim under a United Nations convention for underwater rights extending as far as the North Pole, a claim that will surely conflict with one already filed by Russia.

7. No country agrees with Canada’s contention that the Northwest Passage (there are actually two or three possible routes) belongs to Canada. The United States, Russia and the European Union all believe the passage constitutes an international strait. The trickiest【If you describe a task or problem as tricky, you mean that it is difficult to do or deal with.】 decision for Canada is whether to consider the United States as friend or rival in the Far North, a decision that has to come soon. Do the two countries co-operate in managing the sea lanes? Do they sort out【If you sort out a problem or the details of something, you do what is necessary to solve the problem or organize the details.】 their maritime border dispute? Do they support each other against Russia, or go their own ways?

8. Canada’s belated interest in its Far North is somewhat ironic given that climate change has hit the Far North harder than any other part of the Earth, and yet Canada’s record in curbing greenhouse-gas emissions is the worst in the G8. In the Kyoto climate-change protocol, Canada pledged to reduce emissions by 6% from 1990 levels by 2008-12; instead, emissions have risen by 27% and will rise again in 2010, especially if development intensifies in the tar sands of Alberta.

9. No matter who governs Canada in 2010—the country’s fractured【断裂的】 political system has thrown up【产生】 a series of unstable governments—all parties agree that the rush to research, develop and protect the Far North has become a national priority. The Conservative prime minister, Stephen Harper, made the Far North one of his signature issues after being elected in 2006. That the other parties now agree with this priority, without giving him any credit of course, means that the days of benign【无危险的】 neglect of the Far North are over.

My comment
I notice that in the last paragraph the government of Canada used the word of "benign" referring to their neglect of the Far North. In other words, they have realized if Canada should continue to neglect the Far North malign influence might be resulted in. Canada's belated interest in its Far North reveals that climate change has harmfully influenced this area. Moreover, many urgent problems should be considered and tactics be prepared. On the one hand, a series of project and construction is planning, which will promote the area's activity. On the other hand, the Canadian government outfitted a few Inuit with baseball hats and rifles attempting to enhance the military force in the Far North. As the Arctic is full of unresolved border delineations, Canada prepared a claim for underwater rights extending as far as the North Pole. It also must make a decision soon on the attitude towards sharing the Northwest Passage with the United States. In a word, tremendous changes seem to be about to happen on the vast area of the northern Canada.

aladdin.ivyUID: 2596664

During these days’ Eco reading, I have come across many oxymoron, either does today’s. In the last sentence of this passage, again, the author use a oxymoron “benign neglect” for the description of far north’s former situation, in which resident a group of aboriginal people who live in this vast, largely unknown, usually forgotten area, and lead a peaceful life. At that time, no one wanted to govern this, to some extents, wasteland. Undoubtedly, more scope of mineral and fossil-fuel exploration, as well as in oil and gas, within this area means more benefit to far north residents, as the author wrote in the first three paragraphs. However, at the same time, it will bring squabbles and even wars for the governance of the land due to this area’s leader would obtain countless advantages compared with what he must be spent for the land’s contributions. As a result, whether it could use another oxymoron”malignant focus” to describe the latter situation of northern Canada is still a myth.

aladdin.ivyUID: 2596664

The Conservative prime minister, Stephen Harper, made the Far North one of his signature issues after being elected in 2006.

这句话里的signature issue是专有名词么？应该如何翻译哩？

hugeseaUID: 190158

The Far North(Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut) is a vast area never visited, largely unknown, usually forgottenand populated only by aboriginal peoples with quaint customs. 排比，要学会用

And still to come—delayed by debilitating squabbles among Canada’s shipbuildersand the usual cost overruns of military projects—are three Arctic patrol shipsand a polar icebreaker, plus the publication of plans for a deep-water port atNanisivik, on the north coast of Baffin Island. Later in the year, if all goesaccording to plan, the federal government will select a community that will geta High Arctic Research Station.

Soviet and American submarines roamed under the Arctic ice without Canadahaving any ability to monitor them.

The Canadian government outfitted a fewInuitwith baseball hats and rifles, called them Rangers, and forgotabout the region.
又是3个动词的排比，这样的句式真是吸引眼球。
Higher temperatures mean less sea iceand more scope for mineral and fossil-fuel exploration, more foreign shipstraversing the north, and potential conflicts with other Arctic states over theseabed, sea lanes, and sea and land borders.排比又见排比

The Arctic is full of unresolved border delineations.Canada and the United States disagree over the maritimeboundary between Alaska and Yukon.

No country agrees with Canada’s contention that the Northwest Passage (thereare actually two or three possible routes) belongs to Canada. The UnitedStates, Russia and the European Union all believe the passage constitutes aninternational strait. Thetrickiest decision forCanada is whether to consider the United States as friend or rival in the FarNorth, a decision that has to come soon. Do the two countries co-operate inmanaging the sea lanes? Do they sortout their maritime borderdispute? Do they support each other against Russia, or go their own ways? 这段也很赞, 最后又是以3个问句的排比结束....

Canada’s belated interest in its Far North is somewhat ironic given thatclimate change has hit the Far North harder than any other part of the Earth,and yet Canada’s record in curbing greenhouse-gas emissions is the worstin the G8. In the Kyoto climate-change protocol, Canada pledged to reduce emissions by 6% from 1990 levels by2008-12; instead, emissions have risen by 27% and will rise again in 2010,especially if development intensifies in the tar sands of Alberta.

No matter who governs Canada in 2010—the country’s fractured political system has thrown up a series of unstable governments—all parties agree that the rush toresearch, develop and protect the Far North has become a national priority. TheConservative prime minister, Stephen Harper, made the Far North one of his signature issues after being elected in 2006. That theother parties now agree with this priority, without giving him any credit ofcourse, means that the days of benign neglect of the Far North are over.

Comments

Canada is a northern nation. Ironically, Canada’s interestin its Far North is somewhat delayed. In the past time, the Canadian governmentseemed to have forgotten about its Arctic region, and what the Canadian government did to exploit or protect theArctic area was just to outfit Inuit with baseball hats and rifles and call them Rangers.

Butnow, there seems to be a bright future in Canadian Far North area. In the senseof protectionof territory, research into environment, and economical development, therush to research, develop and protect the Far North has become a nationalpriority in Canada. The Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, even made the Far Northone of his signature issues after being elected in 2006.

However, I don’t think the Canadian government’sendeavor to protect the environment of Arctic area will work well. To ourdisappointment, we still see oil exploiting in Arctic area. And the Canada’s recordin protecting environment is the worst in the G8, and according to the Kyoto climate-change protocol, Canadadid not play his role in reducinggreenhouse-gas emissions.

emteddybearUID: 2699606

我觉得应该不是专有名词吧，他只是说far North就是他被选以来签署的文件之一


21# aladdin.ivy

emteddybearUID: 2699606

frontier：边界，前沿
quaint：奇特的

coast ：海岸
polar-bear：北极熊
badly needed housing：急需房屋
debilitating ：make  weak
heed :注意
submarines：潜水艇

quite literally：好不夸张的   literally：字面意思
Denmark：丹麦
tricky：狡猾的
rival：竞争对手
ironic：讽刺的
protocol：协议




MY COMMENTS：
After finishing this report, I recall that we have read another report about this problem on 12.18 comments task. Each country doesn’t want to concede to reduce the emission, even in China. Because China is a developing country; and we’re in the period of highly development. The discharge amount is higher than developed countries. Those developed countries, mainly USA, require us to pay for this emission. But we don’t agree with such kind of statements. Each country who wants to develop will experience such special time, especially the European country developing based on industry. At presents, they don’t discharge co2, only because they have been over it. In the past, they also had given wounds to our nature, without less than us. So they shouldn’t only ask our developing country to pay. It’s unfair.
Now, back to this report. Each country wants to develop, so it’s not strange that Canada wants to wide to the far north, especially suffering the Green-Housing effects. Adding American and Soviet, still now we don’t know whether they will get what they want. However the desire of human beings is endless. What I want to say is that, when people ask for more from nature, just think more about our descendants.

zhengchangdianUID: 2563082

Comment： This passage depicts an incredible picture of the exploitation in Arctic in the future. I have never reckon that global warming is something more than climate change and potential threatens, while the author reveals the advantages including military and economic areas. Since the irresistible trend of mineral and fossil-fuel exploration is established on the basis of the national territory and sovereign rights, military conflicts are inevitable in the pursuit of the domestic grossly material interests. At the same time, the establishment and the fracture of the international cooperation are all based upon the mural profits. In this world, we have countless events to prove this open secret, especially in such a commercial society, which means that the value of everything can be estimated by price and marked on its tag. It seems like a tragedy directed by the resolution of wealth-hunter, however, it merely witnesses the Darwin’s theory of evolution in the sphere of society essentially.

番茄斗斗UID: 2720914

The World in 2010
The Americas
Canada's northerngoal
Nov 13th 2009
From The World in 2010 print edition
By Jeffrey Simpson, OTTAWA
The Arctic is no longer theforgotten frontier
Canada is a northern nation. “O Canada”, thenational anthem, speaks of “true north, strong and free”. But for mostCanadians, 80% of whom live within 200km (124 miles) of the United Statesborder, the Far North (Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut) is a vast areanever visited, largely unknown, usually forgotten and populated only byaboriginal peoples with quaint customs. All that will start to change in 2010.

Pangnirtung, population 1,300, on the east coast of Baffin Island, a settlementmostly known for Inuit art and a nearby national park, will see constructionstart on a C$42m ($40.5m) harbor for the small Inuit fishing fleet. At GjoaHaven, the only settlement on King William Island, cabins used by polar-bearresearchers will be upgraded. At Eureka, on Ellesmere Island, an atmosphericlaboratory will be overhauled. At Iqaluit, capital of the Nunavut territory,tens of millions of dollars will be spent on badly needed housing, a researchinstitute and a research vessel.

Add to that oil and gas exploration in the Beaufort Sea; C$100m for socialhousing; the same sum for geology research; another C$90m foreconomic-development projects; C$85m to improve Arctic research stations. Theresult is activity such as the Far North, from Alaska in the west to Baffin Bayin the east, has never before seen. And still to come—delayed by debilitating squabbles amongCanada’s shipbuilders and the usual cost overruns of military projects—arethree Arctic patrol ships and a polar icebreaker, plus the publication of plansfor a deep-water port at Nanisivik, on the north coast of Baffin Island. Laterin the year, if all goes according to plan, the federal government will selecta community that will get a High Arctic Research Station.

During the cold war, Canada and the United States constructed a DistantEarly-Warning detection system against any attack by Soviet bombers. Apart fromthis DEW line, Canada paidlittle heed militarily to the FarNorth. Soviet and American submarines roamed under the Arctic ice withoutCanada having any ability to monitor them. The Canadian government outfitted afew Inuit with baseball hats and rifles, called them Rangers, and forgot aboutthe region.

Now, the rush is onto discover the Far North, quiteliterally in the sense of research into atmosphere, ice and animals; and moreurgently to get ready for the widening of sea lanes caused by global warming.Higher temperatures mean less sea ice and more scope（机会） formineral and fossil-fuel exploration, more foreign ships traversing the north,and potential conflicts with other Arctic states over the seabed, sea lanes,and sea and land borders.

The Arctic is full of unresolved borderdelineations. Canada andthe United States disagree over the maritime boundary between Alaska and Yukon.Canada and Denmark have both planted flags on tiny Hans Island. Canada willcontinue working in 2010 to prepare its claim under a United Nations conventionfor underwater rights extending as far as the North Pole, a claim that willsurely conflict with one already filed by Russia.

No country agrees with Canada’s contention that the Northwest Passage (thereare actually two or three possible routes) belongs to Canada. The UnitedStates, Russia and the European Union all believe the passage constitutes aninternational strait. The trickiest decision for Canada is whether to considerthe United States as friend or rival in the Far North, a decision that has tocome soon. Do the two countries co-operate in managing the sea lanes? Do theysort out their maritime border dispute? Do they support each other againstRussia, or go their own ways?

Canada’s belated interest in its Far North is somewhatironic given that climate change has hit the Far North harder than any otherpart of the Earth, and yet Canada’s record in curbing greenhouse-gas emissionsis the worst in the G8. In the Kyoto climate-change protocol, Canada pledged toreduce emissions by 6% from 1990 levels by 2008-12; instead, emissions haverisen by 27% and will rise again in 2010, especially if development intensifiesin the tar sands of Alberta.

No matter who governs Canada in 2010—the country’s fractured political systemhas thrown up a series of unstable governments—all parties agree that the rushto research, develop and protect the Far North has become a national priority.The Conservative prime minister, Stephen Harper, made the Far North one of hissignature issues after being elected in 2006. That the other parties now agreewith this priority, without giving him any credit of course, means that thedays of benign neglect of the Far North are over.

COMMNET:
The benignneglected North area in Canada is now under issue. As fishing fleet is underconstruction, laboratory and researchers are updated as well. Thanks to theglobal warming, the far North now is enjoying an extending sea lanes, what’smore, its potential of mineral and fossil-fuel exploration arose the interestof surrounding countries, along with the unavoidable conflict.
Border delineation serves as a hard issuein world over today. Topic of conflict, mostly between bordering countries, rangesfrom religion to interest. Like, Palestine and Israel, the toughest conflict isalways raised by the religion issue. And now, Canada is about to face it consideringthe huge profit which may brought by the melting north area.

AdelineShenUID: 2630498

COMMENT
It is a situation about obligations and rights. Canada and other countries are competing for the ownership of the Arctic, which contains a lot of natural resources. However, what they should concern is not only the resources they would get from the Arctic, but also the environmental problems there.

With the development of economy and the increase of population, countries are scrabbling for the resourses left on earth. But in my point of view, such contest is ironic. We have only one earth. No matter wich country you come from, the earth is our only hometown, common hometown. People around the world are brothers and sisters. Because of the battles and unreasonable exploration of the natural resourses, we have wasted a lot of resourse and damaged our only hometown in a large scale. What we should do now is to join together to protect our only hometown, rather than wasting our time and energy again to compete with each other.

kulewy531UID: 2603031

The World in 2010
The Americas
Canada's northern goal
Nov 13th 2009
From The World in 2010 print edition
By Jeffrey Simpson, OTTAWA
生词

重点词句

好词
好句

The Arctic is no longer the forgotten frontier
Canada is a northern nation. “O Canada”, the national anthem, speaks of “true north, strong and free”. But for most Canadians, 80% of whom live within 200km (124 miles) of the United States border, the Far North (Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut) is a vast area never visited, largely unknown, usually forgotten and populated only by aboriginal peoples with quaint customs. All that will start to change in 2010.

Pangnirtung, population 1,300, on the east coast of Baffin Island, a settlement mostly known for Inuit（因纽特人的） art and a nearby national park, will see construction start on a C$42m ($40.5m) harbour for the small Inuit fishing fleet. At Gjoa Haven, the only settlement on King William Island, cabins（小木屋） used by polar-bear researchers will be upgraded. At Eureka, on Ellesmere Island, an atmospheric laboratory will be overhauled（彻底检修）. At Iqaluit, capital of the Nunavut territory, tens of millions of dollars will be spent on badly needed housing, a research institute and a research vessel.

Add to that oil and gas exploration in the Beaufort Sea（波弗特海，靠美国阿拉斯加州东北岸和加拿大西北岸）; C$100m for social housing; the same sum for geology research; another C$90m for economic-development projects; C$85m to improve Arctic research stations. The result is activity such as the Far North, from Alaska in the west to Baffin Bay in the east, has never before seen. And still to come—delayed by debilitating squabbles among Canada’s shipbuilders and the usual cost overruns of military projects—are three Arctic patrol ships and a polar icebreaker, plus the publication of plans for a deep-water port at Nanisivik, on the north coast of Baffin Island. Later in the year, if all goes according to plan, the federal government will select a community that will get a High Arctic Research Station.

During the cold war, Canada and the United States constructed a Distant Early-Warning detection system against any attack by Soviet bombers. Apart from this DEW line, Canada paid little heed militarily to the Far North. Soviet and American submarines roamed under the Arctic ice without Canada having any ability to monitor them. The Canadian government outfitted a few Inuit with baseball hats and rifles, called them Rangers, and forgot about the region.

Now, the rush is on to discover the Far North, quite literally in the sense of research into atmosphere, ice and animals; and more urgently to get ready for the widening of sea lanes caused by global warming. Higher temperatures mean less sea ice and more scope for mineral and fossil-fuel exploration, more foreign ships traversing the north, and potential conflicts with other Arctic states over the seabed, sea lanes, and sea and land borders.

The Arctic is full of unresolved border delineations. Canada and the United States disagree over the maritime boundary between Alaska and Yukon（育空）. Canada and Denmark have both planted flags on tiny Hans Island. Canada will continue working in 2010 to prepare its claim under a United Nations convention for underwater rights extending as far as the North Pole, a claim that will surely conflict with one already filed by Russia.

No country agrees with Canada’s contention that the Northwest Passage (there are actually two or three possible routes) belongs to Canada. The United States, Russia and the European Union all believe the passage constitutes an international strait. The trickiest decision for Canada is whether to consider the United States as friend or rival in the Far North, a decision that has to come soon. Do the two countries co-operate in managing the sea lanes? Do they sort out their maritime border dispute? Do they support each other against Russia, or go their own ways?

Canada’s belated interest in its Far North is somewhat ironic given that climate change has hit the Far North harder than any other part of the Earth, and yet Canada’s record in curbing greenhouse-gas emissions is the worst in the G8. In the Kyoto climate-change protocol, Canada pledged to reduce emissions by 6% from 1990 levels by 2008-12; instead, emissions have risen by 27% and will rise again in 2010, especially if development intensifies in the tar sands of Alberta.

No matter who governs Canada in 2010—the country’s fractured political system has thrown up a series of unstable governments—all parties agree that the rush to research, develop and protect the Far North has become a national priority. The Conservative prime minister, Stephen Harper, made the Far North one of his signature issues after being elected in 2006. That the other parties now agree with this priority, without giving him any credit of course, means that the days of benign neglect of the Far North are over.

Comments：

In Canada’s plan, scientific research and mineral exploration take a important role in the early stage. As I interpret it, these methods serve as a consequence of Canada’s little population and the fact that the northern area is far from the government’s control. Compared to China’s policies of developing the western district, which began with migrations of people and construction of communication, Canada’s movement is apparently more cautious. As a large country with few citizens, the available power to construction is limited. Moreover, the weather condition of the northern area is extremely perilous.

Another important reason of Canada’s cautious plan is that the country does not suffer from the pressure of over-population, as it is in China. Probably, protecting its territory rights is the only destination. Because of this, the distribution of its citizens might not change intensively.

环游世界UID: 2743584

01.01
The World in 2010
01.01
The Americas
Canada's northern goal
Nov 13th 2009
From The World in 2010 print edition
By Jeffrey Simpson, OTTAWA

Note:
quaint（离奇有趣的）customs.
squabbles（争论）
patrol（巡逻） ships
paid little heed（注意）
maritime boundary
sort out（选出）
the Far North has become a national priority.
made the Far North one of his signature issues after being elected in 2006.
the days of benign neglect of the Far North are over.


Comment:

What global warming means to us? The Arctic is emerging from behind the huge melting icebergs as an international controversial issue, because of its imponderable store of fossil-fuel, military importance and something else we might recognize in the future. The article is intended to tell something about this crisis which is ignited by the climbing temperature. Is it unchangeable that the Arctic would be laid bare in a few years? Is it a good news for the man-kind that the Arctic would become another “Middle East”? As a responsible country for the mankind, each of the related country should shelve the boarder dispute but pay more attention on how to alleviate the pressing situation. “First pollution, last treatment” is still an aching problem in some countries now. WE should not be short-sighted again.