Putin : The North Pole is technically owned by Russia

Putin just declared that the North Pole, and all it's oil, minerals and natural resources now belong to Russia.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1811

WTF?

[mellow_hendrix]

So I should leave vodka out for Santa instead of milk?

Oh my

I thought the North Pole was officially Canadian?

[hoon]

Is it me or has Putin become more of a psychopath by the day?

Yet more sign of the political tension surrounding energy. Putin knows this and is trying to grab as much as he can

a map of the North Pole showing a "new addition" to Russia, a triangle five times the size of Britain with twice as much oil as Saudi Arabia.

This is quite a claim; I highly doubt there could be that much oil in the whole of the artic and I don't think anyone can say for sure how much of the stuff is in the arctic at this point in time, or even make a guesstimate of it.

This is rather astounding. I sure don't want to be in the middle of a battlefield, here in Canada.

[pitbull]

The North Pole is no-mans land

[debs]

It's no wonder Russia doesn't want to do anything about climate change. The North Pole will become pretty valuable once all that ice melts