Besides, Canadian air charter operator Kenn Borek Air has flown DHC6 Twin Otter aircraft on skis to the Pole from Resolute for decades. They own the airstrip, heh.
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| Denmark to lay claim to North Pole |
| 2011-05-17 |
| DENMARK, which already counts Greenland and the Faroe Islands as its Arctic territories, is planning to lay claim to the North Pole, a daily reported on Tuesday, quoting a leaked foreign ministry paper. 'The country is expected to lay claim to the continental shelf in five areas around the Faroe Islands and Greenland, including the North Pole itself,' the strategy paper reads, according to the online version of the Information daily, which said it obtained a copy of the strategy document set for publication in June. If Denmark's 'Arctic Strategy 2011-2020' is adopted, the claims would put the Scandinavian country on a collision course with Russia, the United States, Canada and Norway. The five countries all have claims in the region, where melting polar ice and new technologies have made the 'high north' easier to access and fuelled competition for untapped oil and gas reserves. The Arctic seabed is thought to hold about 90 billion barrels of oil and 30 per cent of the world's undiscovered gas resources, according to the US Geological Survey. The North Pole seabed itself is however not believed to hold large reserves, but appears to hold symbolic value for the countries in the region. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #6 meltingpolar ice Is it some sort of law that they had to put that in? |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2011-05-17 20:41 |
| #5 Russia-vs-Japan [you know, SSSSHHHHHH....CCCCC CHINA] in the SOUTH KURILES. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-05-17 20:09 |
| #4 You and whose army claims the North Pole, Denmark? Besides, Canadian air charter operator Kenn Borek Air has flown DHC6 Twin Otter aircraft on skis to the Pole from Resolute for decades. They own the airstrip, heh. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2011-05-17 20:05 |
| #3 I take it Santa Clause was unavailable for comment. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2011-05-17 18:55 |
| #2 Denmark just has look across the Skagerat(sp?) to see a country that is awash in oil and gas money. Where a cow gets more government subsidy that most people in the world earn in a year. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2011-05-17 17:50 |
| #1 "And all the ice cube mines it contains! BWAHAHAHAhahahaha!" |
| Posted by: mojo 2011-05-17 12:55 |