Russia to Present Revised Claim of Arctic Territory to the United Nations
Source: New York Times
MOSCOW — A senior Russian government official on Tuesday formally presented to the United Nations his country’s claim to Arctic Ocean seabed, including an area under the North Pole.
The presentation by the official, Sergei Donskoy, the minister of natural resources, followed a long Russian effort to secure the territory — and mineral rights — under the polar ice cap.
Russia presented a written claim in August, after the United Nations committee that arbitrates disputes over sea boundaries had rejected on technical grounds an earlier application by Russia for the North Pole, submitted in 2002.
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If the United Nations committee accepts Russia’s claim, the seabed under the North Pole would be subject to Moscow’s oversight for activities like oil drilling, though Russia will not have sovereignty over the water or the ice.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/10/world/europe/russia-to-present-revised-claim-of-arctic-territory-to-the-united-nations.html
Russia wants to Drill Baby Drill into the North Pole. What could possibly go wrong?
http://www.greenpeace.org/russia/en/news/11-07-2014_Oil_patrol_start/
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because their drilling technology is so much more advanced than Shell's. 
