ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 6月15日 12時21分

The population of the #Arctic island of Vardo — where @andrew_testa took this photo — has shrunk to half of what it was 20 years ago. The fishing industry has mostly collapsed. But the local power company began work last month to increase energy supplies, laying a thick new cable under the icy waters that separate the island from the Norwegian mainland. The surge in electricity demand can be attributed to the one business that’s flourishing in this sleepy part of Norway: snooping on Russia’s expanding fleet of nuclear submarines armed with ballistic missiles in the Barents Sea. President Vladimir #Putin has made strengthening his country’s military and economic role in the #Arctic a priority. Russia operates scores of subs from bases on the Kola Peninsula, just 40 miles from #Vardo. “This place is very, very important for America and for the Western world so that they can keep an eye on what the Russians are doing,” said Lasse Haughom, a former mayor of Vardo and a veteran of Norway’s military intelligence service. “Russia wants to look into our secrets, and the United States and Norway want to look into their business. That is the way the game is played.” Visit the link in our profile to read more.

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