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June 28, 2007, 10:42 am Russian Scientists Say the Arctic Is Theirs By Mike Nizza Toss another stick or two on to that smoldering Cold War fire: Theres renewed talk of expanding the Russian Empire. This time, its not President Vladimir V. Putin spawning the headlines, but a group of geologists. After a 45-day expedition, the scientists say they have discovered new evidence that would bolster a Russian claim to a vast part of the Arctic region beyond the 230-mile maritime economic zone belonging to Russia and the four other nations bordering the Arctic Ocean: Canada, Denmark (through its posession of Greenland), Norway and the United States. One Russian paper celebrated the discovery by publishing a large map of the Arctic under the Russian flag, the Guardian reported. By identifying a geological link between the continental shelf abutting Russias Far North and the North pole by way of a sea-floor feature called the Lomonosov Ridge, Russia could reportedly press a claim to roughly 460,000 square miles of ocean as its territorial waters an area whose size approaches the Mexican Cession (529,189 square miles), which added Texas, California and states in between to the United States. (Still short of the Louisiana Purchases 828,000, though.) And Russia wouldnt be paying a ruble for it, either. http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/28/whats-the-russian-for-santas-workshop/ ---------------------------------------------------------- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options ----------------------------------------------------------
