Who needs to fund polar operations?

Are polar operations where countries should focus naval funding?

Countries with polar regions or important access interests need to fund the capability, while it is not the same priority for every state.

The threshold is geographic responsibility: states with polar territory or access requirements need to fund forces for those regions. A later follow-up names Canada and the United States, with Britain, Denmark, and Norway also likely to require capability as polar sea lanes become more important. No single fleet design or spending level is prescribed. Geography and changing access create this force-planning obligation for some navies.