Agence France-Presse: Some 40 legal experts from around the world gathered in Iceland on Sunday for a three-day conference aimed at staking out a new legal framework for the fragile and changing polar regions. “A new coordinated international set of rules to govern commercial and research activities in both of the Earth’s polar regions is urgently needed to reflect new environmental realities and to temper pressure building in these highly fragile ecosystems,” organisers said in a statement. The …