Pacific Spirit Marine Institute

Santa Facing Competition at The North Pole: Move Over Fat Man in Red!

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Denmark is but the next nation in the race to stake a claim to the Arctic’s north pole and its potentially vast oil and mineral deposits. Helge Sander, Denmark’s Minister of science , technology and innovation believes …”there are things suggesting that Denmark could be given the North Pole.”

Begging the question sir…PSMI would like to know: Given by whom?

Peter MacKay, the Canadian Foreign Minister has said of the Russians “…You can’t go around the world and just plant flags and say, ‘We’re claiming this territory’.”

Apparently the Russians don’t believe this to be the case. The Russians claim to have planted a rust-proof Titanium flag which, as Akademik Fedorov claims will be there 100, or even 1,000 years from now planted in Yellow colored gravel 4,261 meters beneath the North Pole.

One might wonder who would be going 13,980 feet below the North Pole besides Mrs. Claus, looking for the mister. But, there is an apparent rush by several nations to reach just that depth.

Among the Russian plummeting the depths of the deep sea beds were a Swedish Pharmaceuticals millionaire and an Australian who co-sponsored the expedition along with the Russian Government. As a special bonus, Putin awarded Artur Chilingarov, who led the expedition, the status of “presidential envoy to the Arctic”.

Samples were taken of the soil in an effort to scientifically and legally claim the ‘yellow gravel’ under the North Pole is Russian Gravel.

Now the line to lay claim to the vast wealth that could be sleeping below the North Pole forms behind the Russians. Next in cue: Canada as they have no Titanium flag planted yet, followed by Denmark, Norway and the US.

Until recently the biggest challenge, or more succinctly put hindrance, was the Arctic Ice. Until global warming came to melt it all away there really was no point in becoming involved in a race that could have no profitable outcome.

With so many nations, peppered with the occasional mogul, one has to start wondering in what language they should print their “snow cone hut’ signage.

Open voor Zaken, Open for Business Eh, Open, Open, Open!

Labels: Arctic, Canada, Global Warming, North Pole, Ocean, Russia