Denmark to lay claim to North Pole, leaked documents suggest

[fuckfrosti]

By Amy Husser and Randy Boswell, Postmedia News May 17, 2011

OTTAWA - The race to lay claim to the North Pole - in which Canada has a stake - has heated up with reports suggesting that Denmark will hoist a symbolic flag over the top of the world next month.

According to Danish media reports, Denmark will make an official claim for territorial

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[poetic_pixie_13]

W/e. I know that the North Pole belongs to Canada because every Christmas letters to Santa get sent to: Santa Claus, North Pole, Canada, H0H 0H0.

On a more serious note, all of this symbolic bullshit is really annoying.

[brewsternorth]

Eh, considering what resources are rumoured to be deposited in terms of oil and/or gas under the North Pole, it's going to be a lot less symbolic in due course.

OP: no "russia" tag? Strikes me Medvedev is going to be disappointed that nobody's paid any attention to his flag.

[fuckfrosti]

Added! Good call.

[stevie_jane]

This Artic oil bollocks is disgusting because no-one should be drilling there. An environmental disaster is one of the richest areas of marine life should be avoided like the plague, but because the idea that not much could live there (because it's so cold) is held by so much of the general public they might get away with it. That commonly held belief couldn't be more wrong; it's an incredibly diverse and thriving area because of the nutrient rich waters and many species of whales spend a lot of their time there but if people don't know that or don't care because oil matters more than everything else we're in trouble.

Greedy oil fucks ruin everything they touch.

[stevie_jane]

*Arctic

[romp]

That's where I fall on this: how about NO one gets it?!

[killerforhire]

Gosh, I love political geography