中國這幾年開始打北極圈航線作為北方突破口的主意~
"The Polar Silk Road, as with the Belt and Road Initiative more broadly, has become shorthand for the geoeconomic goals that Beijing endeavors to realize in the region, with shipping forming a key interest.
But as the Arctic sea ice continues to diminish and its waters become more navigable, disputes over the legal status of various channels and straits are re-surfacing. And Beijing, which only a decade ago paid little attention to maritime affairs in the Arctic, has begun to take a more active interest in the governance of these northern waters with an eye toward securing access to Arctic sea routes. These aspirations put the country at odds with the region’s coastal states."
https://thediplomat.com/2021/10/how-a-chinese-sailboat-became-a-microcosm-for-arctic-geopolitics/
"俄羅斯在2014年併吞克里米亞半島後，受到第一波的經濟制裁。為了突破國際封鎖，表態希望與中國加強合作，還提出了「冰上絲綢之路」的概念，希望搭上中國剛剛提出的「一帶一路」倡議。雙方一拍即合，中國的民間貨輪進一步擴大利用北冰洋航道，中國的海軍艦隊也在2015年首度出現在白令海峽，並開始籌建二艘272型破冰船，分別是海冰722與海冰723。隨後中國在2018年第一次發表「中國北極政策」白皮書，宣誓參與北極事務的國家戰略，雖然強調目的是要保護環境，維持北極的和平穩定，但野心已昭然若揭。"
南海緊張的兵家必爭因為大國地緣政治而延伸到北極圈的情況在這兩年越發顯著:
[ After the U.S. and other Asia-Pacific nations watched Beijing build military installations in the South China Sea, the Pentagon doesn’t want to get caught off guard again, this time near the shores of America, Canada and other NATO allies in Northern Europe. Last fall’s Russian-Chinese exercise triggered “Operation Frontier Sentinel,” Adm. Moore’s plan to respond to foreign military vessels’ unexpected approaches to the U.S. in the region. ]
在北冰洋這塊觸發丹麥與加拿大警戒，到處樹敵這個領域的金牌肯定是維尼帝拿下：
＂It has proposed a “Polar Silk Road” as a component of Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s broader Belt and Road infrastructure initiative that would make use of the shorter distance to ship goods via the Arctic, avoiding chokepoints at the Suez Canal and Malacca Strait.
Except for Russia, Arctic nations are all Western democracies that have grown increasingly cautious toward Chinese investment. Security concerns led Denmark to thwart a Chinese plan to build three airports in Greenland, a self-governing Danish territory. Canada blocked a Chinese company from buying a gold mine in its Arctic region in 2020 after military officials raised security concerns.＂
就算中俄聯手拿下阿拉斯加, 實際控制權一定也是在俄羅斯而非中國手裡:
"美媒指出，北極的地緣政治主導地位可能取決於誰擁有更多資產來保衛領土，就目前情況而言，阿拉斯加可能被俄國艦隊拿下。蘇利文舉例，阿拉斯加有兩艘破冰船，其中一艘已破損，反觀俄國有五十四艘，其中許多具備核動力，且所有破冰船都配備武器，這是美方遠遠落後的領域。"
https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/paper/1598086