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Danes Join Scramble for Arctic

Denmark to launch expedition to Arctic to defend territorial claims

By Caroline Zimmerman,  Newser User

Posted Aug 11, 2007 1:20 PM CDT

(Newser) – A Danish expedition is set to head for the Arctic tomorrow, joining the scramble to claim polar territories. A team of 40 scientists and massive icebreakers are heading north to prove that a 2,000-kilometer underwater mountain range stretching to the pole is an extension...   Read full story »

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