A Canadian military commander, asked what he would do if foreign soldiers attacked his country’s Far North, calmly replied that he would dispatch an expedition to rescue them. Though Russia had hoped for a rapid increase in shipping along the Northern Sea Route, commercial traffic this year fell by 77%.
但这些新俄罗斯基地要达到星罗棋布的程度还需要很长时间。此外，除了距离遥远，气候也十分恶劣。一位加拿大军官被问及如果加拿大远北（Far North）地区遭到外国军队打击时会怎么做，他镇定地回答说，他会派一支远征队去救他们。尽管俄罗斯希望快速增加北海航道（Northern Sea Route）沿线的船只数量，但今年商业交通流仍下降了77%。