The record loss of Arctic ice surface has become the protagonist of the first International Congress ‘Arctic Frontiers’, where more than a thousand representatives from 26 countries have met in the Norwegian city of Tromso to discuss the possible establishment of an international treaty in relation to the Arctic, such as the one that protects Antarctica.

Among the attendees are eight ministers from countries bordering this ocean, as well as the European Commissioner for Fisheries, Maria Damanaki.

Likewise, during the days in which this Congress has been held, with the slogan  “Geopolitics and marine production in a changing Arctic”, the aim has been to attend to the various requests for sovereignty made by countries bordering the Arctic, as well as the role played by the Arctic Council, in which Spain remains an observer country. In this sense, the political-economic problems that have arisen around access to Arctic resources due to the melting phenomenon have been analyzed, as well as scientific research on the state of the ecosystems of this ocean.

Politicians, scientists, ecologists, businessmen and journalists are debating this problem in order to find an agreement to attack the progressive warming of the planet and the consequences for the Arctic.