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2026-02-17 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

How to look at a map of the Arctic correctly

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Posted by badanov 2026-02-17 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1816 views ] Top

1 I like maps, but the linked maps appears to be in some foreign, possibly Cyrillic, language. Can someone assist me in interpreting the map? Thank you. Good night.

Posted by Bobby 2026-02-17 02:36|| 2026-02-17 02:36|| Front Page Top

2 Russia has the largest slice, as seen to the right, following USA at the top, ending with Greenland to the left

Posted by badanov 2026-02-17 07:07|| 2026-02-17 07:07|| Front Page Top

3 Disregard the above:

Starting at 1200 and going clockwise, it's Russia at at 105 million tons of hydrocarbons, then Finland at 65 tons, then Greenland/Denmark at 65 tons, then Canada at 61 tons, and finally USA at 40 tons

Posted by badanov 2026-02-17 07:13|| 2026-02-17 07:13|| Front Page Top

4 The Arctic from Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (árktos) 'bear' is the polar region of Earth that surrounds the North Pole. As in big bear, little bear constellations. Never having gone south, the Greeks theorized a matching area and named it Antarctica. That is without bear. The arctic has polar bears. Antarctica has no bears. Now tell me about conspiracy theories. :)

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-02-17 07:48|| 2026-02-17 07:48|| Front Page Top

5 Ant Arctic?

Posted by Skidmark 2026-02-17 08:14|| 2026-02-17 08:14|| Front Page Top

6 That is the proper way to look at the artic.

And the way I understand things, those peninsulas off of Russia, that jet into the Artic, that's where they have the majority of their nukes pointed at us.

Posted by mossomo 2026-02-17 13:24|| 2026-02-17 13:24|| Front Page Top

7 #5^ The formidable, ubiquitous bull ant. They sting me about once a day in my bush regeneration work- hurts l badly for about 1 minute, then diminishes. But one friend down the hill is badly allergic and in real trouble if bitten.
May I give a plug to a product called Stingose? Anyone out in the wild should have it on hand, very effective in treating stings and bites. Works by breaking down the proteins that are the active ingredient in venoms. It is theorized that one could treat a snakebite with it, though the manufacturer makes no claims about it. Certainly if and when I get a snakebite, I will apply it immediately, nothing to lose, and inform Burgers of the result, assuming I survive.
But I am mainly thinking of fire ant bites, for y’all.

Posted by Knuckles Grundy1702 2026-02-17 17:36|| 2026-02-17 17:36|| Front Page Top

8 May I give a plug to a product called Stingose?

Absolutely Knuck.
I'm all about fire ants.

Posted by Skidmark 2026-02-17 17:43|| 2026-02-17 17:43|| Front Page Top

9 Works, it does.

Posted by Knuckles Grundy1702 2026-02-17 19:26|| 2026-02-17 19:26|| Front Page Top

10 Keep the cap on tight.

Posted by Knuckles Grundy1702 2026-02-17 19:29|| 2026-02-17 19:29|| Front Page Top

11 It is theorized that one could treat a snakebite with it, though the manufacturer makes no claims about it

Why I keep handles of Tito's and Jack Old #7 handy. For snakebites and such

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