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A New Cold Conflict: Arctic Claim Disputes
On August 2nd, 2007, Russian scientists grabbed headlines by successfully planting a titanium Russian flag on the seabed directly underneath the North Pole, more than 2.5 miles below the surface. The expedition, besides accomplishing a technological feat never before achieved, also added a bit of gamesmanship to an ongoing, but increasingly contentious, territorial dispute north of the Arctic Circle...
February 1, 2008
Bryan McArdle
January/February 2008