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The Mir-1 mini-submarine as it places a Russian state flag at the bottom of the Arctic ocean underneath the North Pole on August 2, 2007. ( NTV / AFP)

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Russia submits claim for North Pole

4 August 20154 August 2015 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments continental shelf, Denmark, UN Continental Shelf Commission, United Nations

The Russian continental shelf stretches beyond the North Pole, the Russian government asserts. The country this week submitted its renewed

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