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Denmark Just Claimed The North Pole
Business Insider ^
| Dec. 15, 2014, 4:47 PM
| Jeremy Bender
Posted on 12/28/2014 9:45:23 AM PST by Olog-hai
Competition in the Arctic is heating up as Denmark has laid claim to the North Pole.
Copenhagen is citing scientific data showing that Greenland, which is an autonomous country within Denmark, sits atop a continental shelf connected to a ridge beneath the Arctic Circle. The Associated Press reports that Danish Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard said this new information provides the country with a claim to the region and, more critically, the energy resources thought to be in the Arctic.
Lidegaard said Denmark would take its claim to the UN for an eventual decision on the control of the area. …
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: denmark; eussr; greenland; northpole
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posted on
12/28/2014 9:45:23 AM PST
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Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Um...yeah....US Navy Submarines own the North Pole...
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posted on
12/28/2014 9:48:16 AM PST
by
rottndog
('Live Free Or Die' Ain't just words on a bumber sticker...or a tagline.)
To: Olog-hai
Uh-oh...somebody’s going on the Naughty List.
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posted on
12/28/2014 9:48:26 AM PST
by
moovova
To: Olog-hai
Norm Lenhart has laid claim to the Ferrari Factory in Italy. Lenhart is citing scientific data showing that the land the Ferrari plant sits on, which is a privately owned parcel within Italy, sits atop a continental shelf connected to a ridge beneath the Atlantic ocean to Lenhart’s home.
To: Olog-hai
"That makes me a sad Putin."
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posted on
12/28/2014 9:51:26 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Olog-hai
When the Ice Sheet doesn’t melt all the way and refreezes....
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posted on
12/28/2014 9:51:46 AM PST
by
Dallas59
To: Olog-hai
Pootie Poot isn't going to be happy about this. 😡
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posted on
12/28/2014 9:52:29 AM PST
by
Shady
(We are at war again......this time for our lives...)
To: Olog-hai
Bring it.
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posted on
12/28/2014 9:53:59 AM PST
by
Ouchthatonehurt
("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
To: Olog-hai
Why would claims of territorial waters differ in the Arctic from those in any other ocean? I would expect each country with shorelines on the Arctic Sea to claim some portion of the waters. Sorry Denmark, under water ridges should not apply.
To: Olog-hai
'This means war, of course!'
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posted on
12/28/2014 9:59:39 AM PST
by
Ken H
(What happens on the internet, stays on the internet.)
To: Olog-hai
Name it and claim it...blab it and grab it!
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posted on
12/28/2014 10:02:09 AM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Olog-hai
Something`s frozen in Denmark.
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posted on
12/28/2014 10:09:27 AM PST
by
bunkerhill7
(re (`("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")))
To: Norm Lenhart
To: Ken H
Hmm... Margaret Dumont. “Uh homina homina!”
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posted on
12/28/2014 10:26:10 AM PST
by
onedoug
To: Olog-hai
Denmark Just Claimed The North Pole
"Like Hell, they did! Ladies and gentlemen, lock & load!"
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posted on
12/28/2014 10:29:22 AM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
To: Olog-hai
The US (Alaska), Canada, Russia, Norway, Denmark, and even China have possible claims for the North Pole.
China made theirs even back in 2010.
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posted on
12/28/2014 10:31:09 AM PST
by
Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
12/28/2014 11:05:26 AM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: Olog-hai
I guess if Denmark feels ready to employ their 3-tugboat navy against Russia to defend their claim more power to them. Otherwise, I don’t think we’ll be see many Danes up there.
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posted on
12/28/2014 11:08:02 AM PST
by
BobL
(I'm so old, I can remember when most hate crimes were committed by whites - Thomas Sowell, 2014)
To: Olog-hai
Will the Danes send up their naval flagship The Victor Borge to claim it?
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posted on
12/28/2014 11:08:18 AM PST
by
AU72
To: Olog-hai
The BBC show "Top Gear" already owns the North Pole along with Toyota
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