The area that you refer to in Norway has a 100 kilometer NO DRILLING buffer from land. The Vestrolen are is totally of limits. Why you may ask? Norway recognizes the ramifications of an oil spill. Vestrolen supports thousands of fishing families incomes with their catches of cod, pollock, mackerel, and many of the commercially viable species of fish. Another words they are looking out for the environment. Secondly, if you go back and dig through the records since Norway discovered gas and oil, you will find that they average one oil spill per day even though they have the most stringent regulations. Even more so than what Obama proposed. Lastly, comparing Norway to Alaska is dead wrong. The arctic area of Norway has no sea ice like the arctic oceans of Alaska do. Why is that you ask? Because it has already melted from global warming since Norway is the worlds largest polluter of CO2 from their gas and oil installations. Go figure!! How do I know all this you ask? I'm Norwegian.