The melting ice cap looks almost certain to create a navigable Northwest Passage and unleash a scramble for undersea resources.
Experts are puzzling over a possible link to an undersea quake thousands of miles away in the Pacific Ocean on September 29th.
The electricity is then fed into an offshore grid via undersea cables.
But it would also have outlets that could divert that flow, if need be, into undersea piping.
The Geographic has made a number of color photographic firsts, including the first undersea color photographs and the first color photographs from the air.
A French ship began laying an undersea fibre-optic cable from Venezuela to Cuba.
Once underwater, you can use the 'look around' button to tilt the view and see the extent of this great undersea canyon.
All the while, the orange lumpsucker swims, and the ice glows green undersea.
But, investments in undersea cable links are not without risk.
In the wake of Sunday's waves, there have been calls to set up a system that would monitor the Indian Ocean for undersea quakes and alert the countries around its rim.
The tags send out pulses of sound which can be picked up by undersea receivers.
Most people live on the four largest. The Hawaiian Islands were formed starting millions of years ago by hot liquid rock flowing from undersea volcanoes.
On the other hand, undersea storage has raised concern that carbon dioxide could slowly leak into ocean water.
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