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DANES MAY CLAIM THE NORTH POLE

RANDY BOSWELL, CANWEST NEWS SERVICE - Just a week after Russia's
controversial flag-planting expedition to the North Pole drew fire from
Canada, and with Prime Minister Stephen Harper on his own Arctic
sovereignty tour in the North, Denmark's science minister has claimed
that findings by his country's researchers indicate "Denmark could be
given the North Pole.". . .

In an interview with the Danish television station TV2, Sander said the
joint Danish-Swedish expedition -- with its path toward the pole being
cleared by a chartered Russian icebreaker, and with one Canadian
scientist on board the research vessel -- was aimed at cementing
Denmark's claims to extended seabed territory north of Danish-controlled
Greenland. . .

In Ottawa, the Danish ambassador to Canada, Poul Kristensen, told
CanWest News that "it's no secret that Denmark, on behalf of Greenland"
has interests in the Arctic and "of course, potentially, we can make
claims."

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=
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