(According to legend, after two candidates lost their lives during a test in 1981, the chief instructor remarked, “Death is Nature’s ... commander for the British Antarctic Survey, which ...

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The territory's apparent barrenness belies its richness in key 21st-century resources — and this isn't the first time the United States has tried to take it.

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Past colonial atrocities and catastrophes have not deterred today’s global powers from vying for control of the Arctic.