Denmark challenges Russia and Canada over North Pole Denmark has presented a claim to the UN, arguing that the area surrounding the North Pole is connected to the continental shelf of Greenland, a Danish autonomous territory. The focus of the dispute is the Lomonosov Ridge, a 1,800km-long (1,120 miles) underwater mountain range that splits the Arctic in two. Back in 2008, a US Geological Survey report estimated that as much as 22% of the worlds undiscovered and recoverable resources lay north of the Arctic Circle, but the North Pole itself is unlikely to have much oil or gas beneath its deep waters. A team from the Danish mission at the UN presented three boxes to the commission on Monday, a spokesman told the BBC. bbc/news/world-europe-30481309
Posted on: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 05:09:13 +0000
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