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Britain to Claim Antarctic Seabed

Bid follows this summer's Arctic territory scramble

By Lucas Laursen, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 17, 2007 9:28 AM CDT

(Newser) – Britain will submit a claim to the UN for 386,000 square miles of Antarctica, its foreign office said today, joining the international race to grab a piece of the mineral- and oil-rich territory as global warming makes it more accessible. The move violates a... Read full story »

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Bid follows this summer's Arctic territory scramble

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