Hello DX,
Jim, I could not expect that of you, is that to replace the latest "Gitmo" topic? JRA> June 28, 2007, 10:42 am JRA> Russian Scientists Say the Arctic Is Theirs JRA> By Mike Nizza JRA> Toss another stick or two on to that smoldering Cold War fire: There▓s renewed JRA> talk of expanding the Russian Empire. JRA> This time, it▓s not President Vladimir V. Putin spawning the headlines, but a JRA> group of geologists. After a 45-day expedition, the scientists say they have JRA> discovered new evidence that would bolster a Russian claim to a vast part of JRA> the Arctic region beyond the 230-mile maritime economic zone belonging to JRA> Russia and the four other nations bordering the Arctic Ocean: Canada, Denmark JRA> (through its posession of Greenland), Norway and the United States. JRA> One Russian paper celebrated the discovery by publishing a large map of the JRA> Arctic under the Russian flag, the Guardian reported. JRA> By identifying a geological link between the continental shelf abutting JRA> Russia▓s Far North and the North pole by way of a sea-floor feature called the JRA> Lomonosov Ridge, Russia could reportedly press a claim to roughly 460,000 JRA> square miles of ocean as its territorial waters ≈ an area whose size approaches JRA> the Mexican Cession (529,189 square miles), which added Texas, California and JRA> states in between to the United States. (Still short of the Louisiana JRA> Purchase▓s 828,000, though.) And Russia wouldn▓t be paying a ruble for it, JRA> either. JRA> http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/28/whats-the-russian-for-santas-workshop/ JRA> ---------------------------------------------------------- JRA> Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] JRA> THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. JRA> Please visit our website: JRA> http://www.njdxa.org/index.php JRA> scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options JRA> ---------------------------------------------------------- -- 73...Art RX9TX http://rx9tx.qrz.ru Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, [email protected] This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
