The Norwegian state oil company has exploration and drilling blocks just to the west in the Barents-Pechora region of the Arctic coast.

Not well-known to North Americans, The Norwegian state oil company, Statoil, has billions in funds gained from their offshore drilling, and could afford to buy a British or American major with pocket change.

Any Norwegians aboard the Greenpeace vessel? Somehow I doubt it. Would Greenpeace activists be any more welcome aboard one of their platforms?