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Russia Claims Large Chunk of North Pole

Posted by Zonk on from the also-santa-claus dept.

kungfoofairy writes "Russia has laid claim to over one million square kilometers of the Artic. This announcement comes on the return of a scientific expedition into the region which found that the Lomonosov Ridge connects to Russia. The area is supposed to have a reserve of 10 billion tons of natural gas and oil. 'A BBC map shows Russia's proposal; this set of maps from The New York Times illustrates the area at stake and different ways it might be divided ... The Russians have tried to advance their claim before, and were turned away by the United Nations in 2001. The new geological data is evidently meant to improve the odds for a second try. '"

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  1. Santa by Harmonious+Botch · · Score: 2, Funny

    In Soviet Russia Santa gets coal from you. Knowing the Russians, this claimed territory will become a polluted industrial mess.

    1. Re:Santa by eln · · Score: 5, Funny

      Knowing the Russians, this claimed territory will become a polluted industrial mess. Hell, if they're not careful, they could pollute it so badly that nothing would ever grow there.
    2. Re:Santa by Tellarin · · Score: 2, Funny

      As someone who played the original Sid Meier's Civilization for hours and hours after scoring ended or caused a nuclear war that turned the whole map into swamps (or both), I can say that the north pole can be the best site to create a city that with size one can outproduce the rest of the planet.

      Did someone else managed to do this?

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    3. Re:Santa by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      What are you talking about? North America is clean and beautiful.

  2. Great, just what we need. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    ...another thing to go to war about.

  3. I claim the whole north pole by Timesprout · · Score: 1, Funny

    I might occasionally need ice for my cool drinks with all this global warming.

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  4. Sounds like the start.... by Lord_Slepnir · · Score: 3, Funny
    ..of another cold war.

    Thanks, I'll be here all night. Tip your waitress and try the Veal.

  5. Well if we are claiming by ranges... by The0retical · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can the US claim Quebec and Nova Scotia since the Appalachian mountains run into them?

    1. Re:Well if we are claiming by ranges... by y2imm · · Score: 5, Funny

      "Can the US claim Quebec..."

      Would you? Please! We'll explain it all later, promise :-)

      Yours truly,
      English Canada

  6. Like, With Guns and Stuff? by pipingguy · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Canadian Navy might have something to say about that, eh?

  7. PirateBay & Sealand by Adeptus_Luminati · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hmmm... If those guys from PirateBay or Sealand were smart, they'd pick a spot right near smack in the middle of the North Pole & buy it from Russia... ... with such centralized location with potential pipes going to Canada, US, Russia, Norway (North America, Asia, Europe), they'd have their redundancy fully covered!

    On top of that just think of all the money they'd save on server cooling! hehe

    Adeptus

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  8. Artic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You misspelled atic.

    captcha: cruder

  9. Re:Just give it to them by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: 5, Funny
    At least the Russians have the balls to go there and get the oil and gas out. To hell with the baby seals and polar bears.

    The bears and seals have had, literally, thousands of years to exploit these resources. If they aren't going to use it they should darn well stand aside for someone who is, period.

    They had their chance.

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  10. Domino theory by athloi · · Score: 2, Funny

    First the North Pole, then Canada, then Michigan and finally all of Hollywood and Silicon Valley. Can't you see they've come to take our precious bodily fluids?

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  11. Yeah, right... by rewt66 · · Score: 2, Funny
    You and whose army?

    Oh... that army...

  12. Anyone else misread that as... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ..."Russia Claims Large Chuck Norris Pole"?

  13. Artic? by Ichijo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Russia has laid claim to over one million square kilometers of the Artic.

    I say we file our claim for the Arctic before they get a chance to correct their misspelling.

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