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Russia plants flag on sea floor at North Pole
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by asterix | August 3, 2007 at 04:28 am
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A Russian expedition traveled Thursday in a pair of submersibles more than four kilometers under the ice cap and deposited a Russian flag on the seabed at the North Pole, making a symbolic claim to vast fields of oil and natural gas believed to be beneath the sea north of the Arctic Circle.
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at 04:34 on August 3rd, 2007
"Russia seems to be doing nothing wrong with its maritime claims in Arctic waters, despite the huge fuss the media is making."
- Craig Murray, former Head of UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Maritime Section.
http://www.craigmurray.co.uk/archives/2007/08/russian_contine.html
at 04:35 on August 3rd, 2007
Thanks for this story but it has already been posted yesterday have you got any updates you could add to it ?.