Fifth Generation

I just though this was too interesting not to post. I looked up claims to the North Pole on Wikipedia.

“In 1925, based upon the Sector Principle, Canada became the first country to extend its boundaries northward to the North Pole, at least on paper, between 60°W and 141°W longitude, a claim that is not universally recognized (there is in fact 770 km of ocean between the Pole and Canada’s northernmost land point). In addition, Canada claims the water between its Arctic Islands as internal waters. Denmark (Greenland), Russia and Norway have made similar claims. The United States of America is one of the countries which does not recognize Canada’s, or any other countries’ claims, and has passed nuclear submarines under the ice near Canadian islands without permission.” (ahh junk!! Those evil imperialists!! Wah ha haaaaa! :-))

Well. . . Americans were the first to explore there. . . We planted our flag first.

Just for fun!!!!! Who do you think has the most claim? I think that it shouldn’t belong to anyone, kind of like what they do with Antarctica.

Another funny quote, ” According to Sergei Priamikov, of Russia’s Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute “the Lomonosov ridge is part of the Canadian shelf, which means Russia should in fact belong to Canada“