00:00NATO is on the hunt for Russian submarines.
00:03Here on a Spanish warship in the Norwegian Sea,
00:07NATO is conducting its annual anti-submarine warfare exercise, Arctic Dolphin.
00:13The Arctic is growing in strategic importance.
00:17It hosts a quarter of the world's natural gas supply
00:20and melting ice means new shipping routes and a wealth of biodiversity are becoming more accessible.
00:28It's also home to Russia's northern fleet and is the gateway into the heart of the Euro-Atlantic.
00:35That's critical for NATO, especially as Russia's submarines become more sophisticated.
00:42NATO's mission is simple, to track and deter these vessels.
00:46On this exercise, Norwegian and German submarines are posing as adversaries.
00:52NATO's job with its fleets of warships and patrol helicopters
00:56is to find them and then not lose sight of them.
01:00NATO's European allies are also sending a message to President Donald Trump
01:04after his recent threats to take Greenland.
01:07They want to show him that they're taking the Arctic threat seriously
01:11and to demonstrate Europe's strategic value to the US.
01:16As the glaciers thaw and military competition intensifies,
01:21the Arctic is no longer a distant frontier.
01:24It has already become a test of deterrence and transatlantic unity.
01:29and stick to the Arctic.
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