Ministers from Denmark, Norway, Russia, Canada and the US have agreed to protect the region from a possible "black gold rush".
It is thought the Arctic could hold as much as a quarter of the world's untapped oil reserves, and the temptation to explore the area is growing. Richard Galpin reports from Moscow.
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