In addition, Canada can lead the council in what are bound to be thorny discussions about regulation of natural resource exploration and exploitation. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)
This is not meant to promote natural resource exploration and development of the remaining frozen and pristine Arctic, but to point out a major dilemma to global warming skeptics and deniers. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
As climate change affords increased access to the Arctic, it is envisioned that there will be new opportunities for natural resource exploration and recovery, as well as increased ship traffic of all kinds, and with that a need for broadened naval partnership and cooperation, and a framework for settling potential disputes and conflicts. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)