Denmark Just Claimed The North Pole

Business Insider ^ | Dec. 15, 2014, 4:47 PM | Jeremy Bender

[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. …

[minnesota_bound]

Clarkson!
http://static.fjcdn.com/gifs/Top+gear+polar+special_9ef262_4920683.gif

[mountn man]

"That makes me a sad Putin."

Otherwise known as a Poutin' Putin.

[rottndog]

"...Come and take it..."

[MV=PY]

[SunkenCiv]

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.

[AdmSmith]

Denmark’s claim covers approximately 895,541 square kilometres – or about 20 times the size of Denmark – and will be formally submitted to the Commission on the Limits and the Continental Shelf (CLCS). The map below shows the area in question



source: http://www.thelocal.dk/20141215/denmark-makes-provocative-arctic-claim

[AdmSmith]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lomonosov_Ridge

[jmacusa]

Could someone photo shop some hot Dannish babe planting the flag of Denmark on the ice, you know, to add some ‘’local color’’?

[Fred Nerks]

It's nothing but a series of huge holes in the mantle filled with water: