Canada Will Seek Possession of the North Pole

[Katashi_itto]

Source: The Raw Story


Canada signalled intentions to claim the North Pole and surrounding Arctic waters while announcing Monday the filing of a UN application seeking to vastly expand its Atlantic sea boundary.

After a decade of surveying the country’s eastern and far north seabeds and gathering supporting evidence, a claim was submitted to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf on Friday.

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said the filing mainly concerns the outer limits of Canada’s continental shelf in the Atlantic Ocean.


But it also includes “preliminary information concerning the outer limits of (Canada’s) continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean,” he said.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/09/canada-will-seek-possession-of-the-north-pole/

[FreakinDJ]

1. Oil Oil Oil Oil

[Swede Atlanta]

3. I will agree with you that the only reasonable explanation for this is related to

the presence or expected discovery or oil and/or other natural resources

I can see no other strategic geo-political reason for this assertion.

[quakerboy]

14. Shipping routes, possibly.

[MFM008]

2. SKREW YOU

oh Canada.

[Crowman1979]

4. F***in Tories are at it again.

[Earth_First]

5. Global warming will create vast new shipping lanes in the Artctic region...

Canada is ensuring their ground floor opportunity to exploit this is assured.

No surprises there.

[MyNameGoesHere]

6. Hey aren't they just like China now? eom

[Moostache]

7. Hmm....sounds like a new axis of evil forming...

Canadians, Russians and Finns OH MY!!!

[Mnemosyne]

8. I think Santa will have something to say about that. nt

[Kaleva]

10. Especially if Canada puts in place a no fly zone over the North Pole

[Mnemosyne]

20. I hope Santa tells them to pound tar sand and goes over anyway. nt

[yuiyoshida]

11. NO! tell the MOUNTIES TO LEAVE THE REINDEER ALONE!!!!

Santa has had to battle many awful things in the past, including Martians... but NOW has to fight against the Canadian government!! Will the Sleigh have to have the MAPLE LEAF PAINTED on it now? Will ALL THOSE ELVES be made to be taken Canadian immigration tests?? What about Mrs Claus? CAN she legally bake magical Cookies any more???

Omg..this is a Nightmare!!!!

[Mnemosyne]

19. I've been terribly worried about the Elves immigration status.

I heard Santa's next battle will be zombies!

[Thor_MN]

13. Will he have to file flight plans?

[Mnemosyne]

18. He tried, but the NSA intercepted his plans. nt

[Fantastic Anarchist]

9. Why are nations still claiming shit that's not theirs? nt

[DonCoquixote]

12. all humor aside

This is in response to The Russians planting a flag there, as they hope to take advantage of a shipping lane that was sadly, opened by global warming.

[pnwmom]

15. Which reminds me

Global warming will have some big winners. Some countries are busier jockeying into place than they are trying to avert the warming.

[dipsydoodle]

16. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Putin Orders Strong Military Presence in Arctic.

MOSCOW, December 10 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian military on Tuesday to boost its presence in the Arctic and complete the development of military infrastructure in the region next year.

“I request that you pay special attention to the deployment of infrastructure and military units in the Arctic,” Putin said at an expanded meeting of the Defense Ministry Board.

Putin said Russia is actively developing this promising region and should have all means for protection of its security and national interests there.

Arctic territories, believed to hold vast untapped oil and gas reserves, have increasingly been at the center of disputes between the United States, Russia, Canada, Norway and Denmark as rising temperatures lead to a reduction in sea ice.

Russia has made claims on several Arctic shelf areas and is planning to defend its bid at the United Nations.

http://en.ria.ru/russia/20131210/185429796/Putin-Orders-Strong-Military-Presence-in-Arctic.html

[brooklynite]

17. Well, possession is 9/10th of the law...but with the exchange rate, its closer to 7.5