Arctic resources race The Arctic consists of multiple sub-regions: Russian Arctic, Canadian Arctic, Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat), Northern Alaska (USA), Svalbard(Norway), Iceland, Fennoscandia. In addition to these sub-regions, the Arctic Ocean and its multiple seas—Greenland Sea, Barents Sea, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea, East Siberian Sea, Chuckchi Sea, Beaufort Sea,etc.-- make the arctic a vast region with a variety of natural resources. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that undiscovered oil and gas reserves in the Arctic amount to 22% of the world's total, about 412 billion barrels of oil. A Brookings Institution summary reported: The first offshore oil platform in the Arctic was Prirazlomnaya in
Kara Ben Nemsi In the story "An der Tigerbrücke" (within "Am Stillen Ocean", 1894) the first-person narrator mentions, that he is identical to Kara Ben Nemsi and Old Shatterhand. Within the book series "Karl May’s Gesammelte Werke" there is a sequel of "Am Jenseits": „In Mekka“ (1923) by Franz Kandolf. Kara Ben Nemsi Kara Ben Nemsi (in Arabic: كارة بن نمسي Karl The [Son of] Austrian, meant was "Karl the son of Germans") is a fictional character in the works of Karl May, best-selling 19th century German writer. An alter ego of the author, everything is written from the first person perspective. He