March 5 (UPI) -- This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Arctic Council , once a hallmark of post-Cold War cooperation in the far north. For decades, the Arctic Ocean remained at the margins of global power politics -- a remote, ice-locked expanse governed largely through scientific collaboration and consensus-based frameworks. That balance is now shifting. Rapid ice loss is opening seasonal sea lanes, exposing fragile ecosystems and drawing new commercial and strategic interest, even as