Russia's real Arctic threat that Trump isn't talking about

Russia's real Arctic threat that Trump isn't talking about

A curt message warning that a polar bear was back, posted on the website of the governor of Svalbard, was a stark reminder that in Longyearbyen, one of the world’s northernmost settlement, humans are not the apex predator. My guide, Andrey, went over the protocols for a bear encounter. We were driving snowmobiles, which are supposed to go faster than the animal, but only just. The largest land carnivore can cover 40kmh, roughly the sprinting spe…