Denmark to lay claim to North Pole - report

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DENMARK, which already counts Greenland and the Faroe Islands as its Arctic territories, is planning to lay claim to the North Pole, a daily newspaper reported, 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 US, 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.
In 2007 for instance, a Russian mini-submarine reached the bottom of the Arctic Ocean under the North Pole and planted a Russian flag.
The Arctic and the Antarctic are the last major regions on earth where sovereignty remains unresolved.
Countries bordering the Arctic currently are entitled to a 200 nautical mile economic zone from their coastlines, but claims for extending their territories will be decided under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
UNCLOS requires countries laying new claims to present them within 10 years of ratifying the convention, something Denmark did in 2004.
According to the leaked draft strategy, Denmark will present its new claims no later than 2014.


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I wonder what Santa Claus will have to say about this

[Oberon]

I look forward to the Humon comic on this...in fact I think I will forward this to her.

[Jimbuna]

I don't see Russia for one giving it up without a fight....I mean, when was the last time Denmark fought for anything?

[Betonov]

And imagine, this year Paradox games will release Naval War: Arctic Circle, a game about a war between arctic states for control over the arctic

[AVGWarhawk]

Good luck! Bring the snowcat!

[Anthony W.]

We'll poke a periscope up there and they'll give it up.

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

I don't see Russia for one giving it up without a fight....I mean, when was the last time Denmark fought for anything?

Quite sure Denmark whent to war in Hamlet...

[Wolfehunter]

Santa will send jackfrost on there asses..

[the_tyrant]

And imagine, this year Paradox games will release Naval War: Arctic Circle, a game about a war between arctic states for control over the arctic

a naval battle between Canada and Denmark?

Originally Posted by jimbuna

I don't see Russia for one giving it up without a fight....I mean, when was the last time Denmark fought for anything?

The same time USA & England did.
Iraq, Afghanistan.

[Jan Kyster]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

...I mean, when was the last time Denmark fought for anything?

I suppose this is based on ignorance? I mean lack of knowledge?

Based on size of population Denmark is the largest contributor to Nato and FN.
Troops in Balkan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Horn of Africa, Libanon and Libya.


But perhaps we better ask the young men and women we lost in those places, what exactly they fought for?

Was it indeed anything at all?

[August]

Originally Posted by Jan Kyster

I suppose this is based on ignorance? I mean lack of knowledge?

You'll note that his clever use of the smiley means he was just teasing.

[Betonov]

Denmark went to war with Sweden more times than England went to war with France. I'm surprised the peninsula is still standing

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by August

You'll note that his clever use of the smiley means he was just teasing.

Good to see some people read a post in its entirity thus enabling them to grasp the correct context of said post