Arctic policy of the European Union in 1973 and Sweden and Finland in 1995). The European Union's application to become a “permanent observer” in the Arctic Council was blocked in 2009 by Canada in response to the European Union's ban on the importation of seal products. The Arctic is an area of growing strategic importance. The European Union supports the successful Arctic co-operation and in helping to meet the challenges that now confront the region. The European Union is the world's strongest proponent of greater international efforts to fight climate change. It has three (and if the accession of Iceland to the European Union occurs, potentially
Naval War: Arctic Circle strategy games such as "Harpoon", "Red Storm Rising", "Dangerous Waters" and "Fleet Command". The graphics have been commented on as generally lower quality than expected. The lack of a save game feature and the frequent crashing of the game (still not patched) have also been criticised. Naval War: Arctic Circle Naval War: Arctic Circle is a real time naval strategy game developed by Norwegian development company Turbo Tape Games and published by Swedish video game publisher Paradox Interactive. It was released on April 10, 2012. "Naval War: Arctic Circle" was announced at the 2011 Paradox Interactive Convention held in New