From Eric Kvaalen
You quote a spokeswoman for Shell saying: “We already have an operation with the Russian firm, Gazprom, to explore in the Russian Arctic around Sakhalin Island” (3 October, p 7). Sakhalin goes only as far north as 54°N or so, not even close to the 66°N used to define the Arctic circle.
Les Essarts-le-Roi, France
