making illegal maritime claims, and warned moscow not to militarize the region. on that note it may be too late. in recent years russia has been busily modernizing and growing a network of military bases on its arctic coastline. along with deployment of new high tech weapons that amounts to a military buildup in the region. also high on the western list of grievances, moscow claims its territory in the arctic extends beyond its maritime borders and into international waters. so why is there all of this wrangling and posturing about an area you may think of as an empty frozen wasteland? because it's not entirely frozen anymore, as global temperatures rise due to climate change, more and more of the arctic is becoming navigable for longer and longer periods of the year. russia with the world's largest