[Former Proud Canadian]

The Chinese are an expansionist power. They need resources. They see resources available in the polar regions.

Also, they have opened a northern shipping route in the artic.

So a Russian research ship hoping to find evidence of global warming gets stuck in summer ice. Subsequent attempts by Australia, China, Russia and New Zealand to affect a rescue were unsuccessful. Now the USCG is sending an icebreaker to rescue the rescuers. You can't make this stuff up.

BTW, I blame Bush and his global warming policies.

[Truth29]

"So a Russian research ship hoping to find evidence of global warming gets stuck in summer ice. Subsequent attempts by Australia, China, Russia and New Zealand to affect a rescue were unsuccessful. Now the USCG is sending an icebreaker to rescue the rescuers. You can't make this stuff up."

Interestingly, I don't think the Russians sent an icebreaker. I think the French did, but it turned back very early in the rescue effort.