China might not instinctively spring to mind when you think about the Arctic - but it's determined to be a big Arctic player. Beijing faces stiff competition from Russia, Europe, India and the US. "We want a relationship with China, but we don't want to be dependent on China," he tells me. Norway believes Russia is using its Arctic to train new recruits to fight, and to fly bombers from, to attack Ukraine. Though not directly at war with Russia, Norway, and specifically the north of the country along its roughly 200km long land border, feels under attack.