MAGE Expedition Reached the North Pole
Scientific research vessel “Academik Fedorov” accompanied by nuclear “Yamal” ice breaker successfully crossed the North Pole. Marine Arctic Geological Expedition (MAGE) conducts geologic and geophysical works targeting on oil-and-gas prospect assessment of the Russian continental shelf outside a 200-mile zone of the Arctic Ocean. This research results is a part …
Canada to lay claim to North Pole amid Arctic resources rush
Canada intends to lay claim to the North Pole as part of a bid to assert control over a large part of the resource-rich Arctic, Foreign Minister John Baird said on Monday, reported Reuters. Baird said Canada had filed a preliminary submission to a special United Nations commission collecting competing …