Guardian | Kremlin lays claim to huge chunk of oil-rich North Pole

Guardian | Kremlin lays claim to huge chunk of oil-rich North Pole

"According to Russian scientists, there is new evidence backing Russia's claim that its northern Arctic region is directly linked to the North Pole via an underwater shelf.

Under international law, no country owns the North Pole. Instead, the five surrounding Arctic states, Russia, the US, Canada, Norway and Denmark (via Greenland), are limited to a 200-mile economic zone around their coasts."