Quote Originally Posted by Sigurd Fafnesbane
On a side note: Why haven’t the US made claims to the North Pole yet? They were the first and second to reach the Pole.
I read a bit on this yesterday but someone else can go dig up the link. I am pretty sure that the current treaty is the one now in force but prior to this there was another league of nations treaty in which the same principle of claim was applied.

Each bordering country is allowed a 320KM zone from thier border in which they can claim sovereinty, the US claim would therefore only include a some small islands.

Now the Russians have upped the anty with the notion that thier continental plate (forget the exact term) extends further then the initial measurements and therefore it extends thier 320KM zone. Concievably the U.S. or any other of the claimants could take the same tact, russia just happens to be first.

On an additional side Sigurd, you might know this because of your locale but I swear I remember some talk sometime in the recent past about a movement in greenland to break away from Denmark? That would effectively negate the Danish claim.

Anything on that ?