Yes, that's right. We have troops there. We have bases there. NATO has major operations there. No enemy could breathe in that direction without us knowing and being able to respond. So someone please explain why we have to violate an ally to own it? 
Couldn't possibly be because our new oligarch rulers want the resources and are willing to destroy our alliances to get them? Or because russia would LOVE to have more access to the Arctic? Nah, of course not.