TROMSO, Norway, Rajab 12, 1433, Jun 2, 2012, SPA - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is trekking north of the Arctic Circle, according to a report of the Associated Press. Clinton's trip Saturday to the northern Norwegian city of Tromso is her second to the area in a year. She is bringing a message of cooperation to one of the world's last frontiers of unexplored oil, gas and mineral deposits and underscoring the region's rising significance as melting icecaps accelerate the opening of new shipping routes, fishing stocks and drilling opportunities. "From a strategic standpoint, the Arctic has an increasing geopolitical importance as countries vie to protect their rights and extend their influence," Clinton said Friday in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. Governments should "agree on what would be, in effect, the rules of the road in the Arctic, so new developments are economically sustainable and environmentally responsible toward future generations." --SPA 11:58 LOCAL TIME 08:58 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/1003913