http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/08/the-crisis-under-the-ice-jeremy-rifkin/ Where the world comes together Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:51:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/08/the-crisis-under-the-ice-jeremy-rifkin/#comment-176 Diana Thébaud Nicholson Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:45:28 +0000 http://www.dianaswednesday.com/2007/08/the-crisis-under-the-ice-jeremy-rifkin/#comment-176 23 August 2007 <strong>Scientist says tests back Russia Arctic claim</strong> Conor Sweeney, Reuters MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian scientist said on Thursday that fresh test results back his country's legal bid to take control of the Arctic, just weeks after a submarine planted the Russian national flag on the North Pole's seabed. The race to claim ownership of the Arctic, home to vast untapped gas and oil reserves, has intensified with Canada, Denmark, Norway and the U.S. all vying with Russia to build their political and legal case to claim jurisdiction. <a href="http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyid=2007-08-23T132323Z_01_L23920086_RTRUKOC_0_US-RUSSIA-ARCTIC-TESTS.xml" rel="nofollow">More</a> 23 August 2007
Scientist says tests back Russia Arctic claim
Conor Sweeney, Reuters
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian scientist said on Thursday that fresh test results back his country’s legal bid to take control of the Arctic, just weeks after a submarine planted the Russian national flag on the North Pole’s seabed.
The race to claim ownership of the Arctic, home to vast untapped gas and oil reserves, has intensified with Canada, Denmark, Norway and the U.S. all vying with Russia to build their political and legal case to claim jurisdiction. More

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