People who love the Arctic for its beauty, not its riches, look enviously at Antarctica, which was carefully parcelled out by a treaty regime designed to stop the cold war spreading south.

• 那些对北极地区爱其美景而非爱其财富的人很羡慕南极洲，因为南极洲在一项旨在防止冷战南扩的条约体制下被谨慎地加以分配。