The Moscow News Weekly website brings us this story today and it goes in part like this... (YES!!! It’s all about oil/gas.) Members of Russia's parliament in a mini-submarine planted their country's flag four kilometers (2.5 miles) below the North Pole at the climax of a mission to back up Russian claims to the region's mineral riches... "The Mir-1 submarine successfully reached the bottom of the Arctic Ocean... at a depth of 4,261 meters," (13,980 feet) veteran Arctic explorer and expedition leader Artur Chilingarov told the Vesti television channel...
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U.S., Russia Race for Arctic Riches
Update: Friday, August 03, 2007
RIA Novosti website has this story out that goes in part like this... Canada, which has claimed part of the Arctic shelf since 1925, came down on Russia's expedition, saying Russia sets up shelf borders using 15th century methods... Ottawa said Russia's tactics resemble the Great Geographical Discoveries epoch and have nothing to do with modern politics... Canadian Foreign Minister Peter MacKay told Canadian Television CTV: "Look, this isn't the 15th century. You can't go around the world and just plant flags and say 'We're claiming this territory.'"
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Russia guided by international law in its polar shelf probe
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