This chapter introduces the actors that play a role in the political rearrangement of the Arctic environment. Currently, five countries, namely: Canada, Denmark (Greenland), Norway, Russia, and The United States, form the total environment of the Arctic. Furthermore, also Finland, Sweden, and Iceland have rights and privileges within the Arctic region. Each country comes back into one or more of the existing political bodies, furthermore, several other voices also exist within the Arctic, namely, the indigenous people, the commercial actors, the states with their representatives, and the scientists. The inclusion of these actors provides another way of looking at power relations embedded within our geopolitical system and places the political field of the Arctic under another sunlight. It shows the influence of multiple fields and perspectives on this geopolitical system.XLI
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