Are Arctic Power Countries Guarding the seed bank at Svalbard?

Both Russia and Canada have sent their powerful Northern Fleets to the Norwegian island of Spitzbergen.  Why are both powerful navies interested in a small, unremarkably featured island in the Arctic Ocean?  And are they turning their big guns and missiles outward or towards each other?  Perhaps an old favorite US television show suggests an answer.  [...]




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