And of course Russia has claimed half of it, because they have about half of the arctic coastline.

the opportunity for profit is too huge

Until their coastal refineries start flooding when Antarctica starts melting. Although even Greenland is already worth 7 meters of sea level rise.

But of course all of that is for future generations to worry about. As long as they can squeeze out a bit more profit before they die, it's all good.

This is the most literal "après moi le deluge" ever.

... The arctic is huge, like continent-sized. If they take Greenland, they've taken Greenland.

This is also why nobody is doing shit about global warming, because the opportunity for profit is too huge.

That's also not quite so spooky. Ask the average Joe how much of his salary and lifestyle he's willing to give up to prevent it. The answer is almost nothing. We haven't, because we don't wanna.

He also wants Greenland so he can cut off Europe's access to Canada

To be honest folks. It isn’t important that I don’t feel better about things. The more urgent fact is that the aforementioned comment is, how do they say it in layman’s terms, very important.