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Opinion: In the Arctic, superpower tensions are heating up

Opinion by Frida Ghitis

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Published 3:51 AM EST, Wed December 20, 2023

 

US Marines participate in a military exercise called "Cold Response 2022," gathering tens of thousands of troops from NATO member countries, plus Finland and Sweden, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, near Bjerkvik in the Arctic Circle, Norway, on March 24, 2022.

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Editor’s Note: Frida Ghitis, a former CNN producer and correspondent, is a world affairs columnist. She is a weekly opinion contributor to CNN, a contributing columnist to The Washington Post and a columnist for World Politics Review. The views expressed in this commentary are her own. View more opinion on CNN.

Tromsø, NorwayCNN — 

There’s something otherworldly about the Arctic. During the Polar Night, which can last for months, the sun does not rise above the horizon, leaving the region in continuous darkness broken by periods of almost mystical twilight.

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