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Canada Vows to Defend Pole

New patrol vessels to venture out as Arctic tensions escalate with Russia

By Heather McPherson, Newser User

Posted Aug 10, 2007 2:56 PM CDT

(Newser) – As Russia presses claims to the North Pole, Canada is stepping up its defense of its Arctic territory and will no longer take its sovereignty "too lighty," PM Stephen Harper declared yesterday during an Arctic tour. Canada is building six patrol vessels to... Read full story »

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