Want to make money by mining oil, gas, and strategic minerals? It sounds tempting, but in reality, it's a terrible deal. Arctic logistics costs are prohibitively high, infrastructure has to be built from scratch, and environmental compliance adds pressure, squeezing already thin profits even tighter. If these resources could be profitable, companies would have already rushed in. The truth is—profitable resources are quickly snapped up by the market, and those that nobody touches are often because the numbers simply don't add up.