OK, now I really don't understand. Santa lives at the North Pole, right? And on the map of the world all the north-south lines come together at Santa's house, right? And up there there are a bunch of flags where people came and shook hands, right? Apparently not. Apparently we Canucks may not be playing exactly nice:

Canada's airborne surveys – aerogravity readings of undersea formations and ridges in the High Arctic – took place between mid-March and late April this year. They're a necessary preliminary step if Canada wants to gather evidence for a claim that extends beyond the North Pole into Russian territory. Moscow claimed territory up to the North Pole in its 2001 submission under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, but was told by adjudicators to gather more evidence.

Why do we want past the North Pole? I thought all the hubbub was about the Russians wanting resources on our side of the North Pole. Arctic Power or Arctic Bully? And being a bully with the Russian Empire or Federation or Bear or whatever it is right now - seems all a bit wonky. But maybe it is a play on the national level, building on recent clever tactics, setting up Iggy to side with his cousins on the Russian side and - WHAMMO! - we'll have an opportunity for yet another conservative party TV ad. That must be the plan. Excellent.