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http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1642905,00.html

This sounds like it could complicate things for those nations of the northern hemisphere. Wouldn't it be interesting to see how Europe and Canada react?

Russia claiming the whole north pole is part of the territory of Russia. What are the chances of a standoff or even a shooting war?

In Soviet Russia, North Pole claims YOU!


Also, old news.

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1642905,00.html

This sounds like it could complicate things for those nations of the northern hemisphere. Wouldn't it be interesting to see how Europe and Canada react?

Russia claiming the whole north pole is part of the territory of Russia. What are the chances of a standoff or even a shooting war?

Is Russia trying to get themselves blown up?

old news, Russia claims a section of the North pole and uses some evidence to back this up

what next the US sending nuclear subs into Canadian waters?!?

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hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!? *puffs on pipe*

Hey, I can make up claims too! The US claims all of Africa because we used to be connected to them as part of Pangea!

Hey, I can make up claims too! The US claims all of Africa because we used to be connected to them as part of Pangea!

Who the fuck would want to claim Africa?

We got all the black people we wanted the first few trips, brought em home, bred them, and now keep them as pets and edgy comedians.

old news, Russia claims a section of the North pole and uses some evidence to back this up

what next the US sending nuclear subs into Canadian waters?!?





hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!? *puffs on pipe*

"Late last month, Moscow signaled its intentions to annex the entire North Pole"

from the article

Minaris is now offline guess who's on...

Hey, I can make up claims too! The US claims all of Africa because we used to be connected to them as part of Pangea!

ah but Russia is using new measurements, it should be you claiming all people who refer to themselves in a group of others as us

We got all the black people we wanted the first few trips, brought em home, bred them, and now keep them as pets and edgy comedians.

thats the most edgy thing I've read all day good work :D

thats the most edgy thing I've read all day good work :D

Weee I'm pushing envelops!

I've never understood that phrase, or what pushing envelops even accomplishes. I've always though it similiar to pushing a hoop with a stick, but less practical.

Minaris is now offline guess who's on...



ah but Russia is using new measurements, it should be you claiming all people who refer to themselves in a group of others as us



thats the most edgy thing I've read all day good work :D

Minaris is offline? So what?
What does that have to do with anything?

"Late last month, Moscow signaled its intentions to annex the entire North Pole"

Russian geologists say they have data that would support a claim to about 1.2m sq km (463,000 sq miles) of energy-rich territory in the Arctic.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42433000/gif/_42433630_arctic_ice_map416_3.gif

link (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6242736.stm)

look time is using bad journalism again!

old news, Russia claims a section of the North pole and uses some evidence to back this up

what next the US sending nuclear subs into Canadian waters?!?





hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!? *puffs on pipe*

Yay coincidences!

BTW, I responded based on the title. Couldn't be bothered to look up anything.

Minaris is offline? So what?
What does that have to do with anything?

He was trying to make it look like you and I were the same user.

link (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6242736.stm)

look time is using bad journalism again!

Is it a coincidence that one is from June and the other from just a few days ago? Which one is more up to date?

Is Russia trying to get themselves blown up?


They have more nuclear weapons than the US and all other nuclear nations combined.

Yay coincidences!

http://www.boners.com/content/796632.1.jpg

I'm keeping my eyes on you two (only one though because you don't need to see the same thing twice :p)

They have more nuclear weapons than the US and all other nuclear nations combined.

The number is irrelevant at this point.

"An expedition of 50 scientists that spent 45 days aboard the Rossia nuclear ice-breaker found that an underwater ridge (the Lomonosov ridge) directly links Russia's Arctic coast to the North Pole. "

"Russia's first attempt to expand beyond its Arctic zone was rebuffed by the U.N. Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, but Moscow hopes that its "latest scientific findings" will produce a different outcome when the Commission next meets, in 2009."

"The North Pole isn't the only prize in the eyes of the resurgent Russian empire — Moscow is also looking to restore control over a 47,000 sq. km (18,000 sq. mile) piece of the Bering Sea separating Alaska from Russian Chukotka. The territory was ceded to the U.S. in 1990 under the U.S.-Soviet Maritime Boundary Agreement signed by Secretary of State James Baker and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze."

"Meanwhile, on the morning of January 7 this year, the rotor blades of a Russian Mi-8 helicopter shattered the divine silence at the opposite end of the Earth, disgorging a group of top Russian dignitaries led by none other than FSB (the former KGB) Director Nikolai Patrushev, to proudly raised the Russian flag over the South Pole."

They have more nuclear weapons than the US and all other nuclear nations combined.

A nation could have 100 nukes vs one with 5000. Both nations will be destroyed.

Is it a coincidence that one is from June and the other from just a few days ago? Which one is more up to date?

is it a coincidence that BBC hasn't updated this with times outlandish claims? I think not!

you also somehow missed the fact that all the information is from June 2007 and that there hasn't been any big developments on this since then and won't until 2009

Soviet Polar Bears!:eek:

If they get Antarctica they will rule even more of the world, they must like cold climates.

Got a map showing what they are claiming?

Soviet Polar Bears!:eek:

Soviet Polar Bears with "lasers".

Got a map showing what they are claiming?

Look at the top of any globe where it says the North pole and that will tell you.

Why is Russia making claims on the North Pole when they can't even drain Siberia of all its resources. It's like the fat kid who takes all the toys and only plays with one at a time.

Look at the top of any globe where it says the North pole and that will tell you.
Are they claiming from the just to the northernmost point of the Earth, or are they claiming a little further than that?

Soviet Polar Bears with friggen "lasers".

Fixed.

Hmm...Russians trying to take back part of the Bering Sea...taking over the North and South Poles...

Could it be...could it be that the Soviet Union...has returned?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLe6fhBejNI

Actually, Russia getting the North Pole makes sense!

After all, the only thing of value there is a lazy-assed commie-red wearing dude who works but one day a year, and has dedicated that day to a program of socialized toy redistribution in direct contravention to sound, capitalist principles.....and those jolly red cheeks of his sure look to be Vodka-enhanced.


How much more Russian than that can you get?

Actually, Russia getting the North Pole makes sense!

After all, the only thing of value there is a lazy-assed commie-red wearing dude who works but one day a year, and has dedicated that day to a program of socialized toy redistribution in direct contravention to sound, capitalist principles.....and those jolly red cheeks of his sure look to be Vodka-enhanced.


How much more Russian than that can you get?
There are actually plenty of resources up there that should probably be in the hands of we Canadians.

There are actually plenty of resources up there that should probably be in the hands of we Canadians.

Stick with maple syrup and comedian production.

Stick with maple syrup and comedian production.

We produce a hell of a lot more than that...we're huge paper exporters, and we're actually the top exporter of oil to the United States.

We produce a hell of a lot more than that...we're huge paper exporters, and we're actually the top exporter of oil to the United States.

Don't forget garbage.

Don't forget garbage.

Eh?

They have more nuclear weapons than the US and all other nuclear nations combined. False.
In fact the US is the nation that has more nukes than everyone else combined.

Don't forget garbage.

And, IIRC, uranium

False.
In fact the US is the nation that has more nukes than everyone else combined.Thats right the US can blow up the world over 12 times over with nukes. The Russians can only blow up the world 9 times over(losers).

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1642905,00.html

Looks like Time has a slight nationalistic bias.


This sounds like it could complicate things for those nations of the northern hemisphere. Wouldn't it be interesting to see how Europe and Canada react?

EU won't. Maybe, Denmark, as Greenland is a danish autonomous region, will.

Russia claiming the whole north pole is part of the territory of Russia. What are the chances of a standoff or even a shooting war?

Zero, stop wetting yerself.

I'm imagining little elven suicide bombers, for some reason. ;)

Thats right the US can blow up the world over 12 times over with nukes. The Russians can only blow up the world 9 times over(losers).

Damn right. And they'd better not forget it! :D

Still, this is good practice for when territorial claims for the moon/space/particular orbits start. Hopefully we will follow the model of Antartica with an agreement that it is for humankind rather than a particular country.

Still, this is good practice for when territorial claims for the moon/space/particular orbits start. Hopefully we will follow the model of Antartica with an agreement that it is for humankind rather than a particular country.

That's true. Although the Moon is ours. The flag's up there - end of story. :p

That's true. Although the Moon is ours. The flag's up there - end of story. :p

But the space in between earth and the moon is Russian because they got there first...anyway anybody can fake a moon landing

Soviet Polar Bears with "lasers".

http://static.flickr.com/108/267127978_7ce99a3425_m.jpg

I don't know why, but the word lasers made me have to post this pic.

How lovely. Too bad for Russia that Denmark, Canada, the USA (and I think Norway) all have (in their governments' opinion) legitimate claims to it as well. It'll be interesting to see how this matter is resolved.

Look, I tried to keep silent but I see so many posters here are just plain wrong and I'd be a poor patriot if I allowed this to continue. I know it for a fact that neither of the aforementioned Poles filled in the proper paperwork to have their citizenship revoked, so they are still Polish. Although they never voted and as far as I know never served, so maybe they arent very good Poles. Also, I never saw any of them in the church on Sunday. But we are tolerant.
I only hope they keep behaving, it would be terrible if they gave our country bad reputation. After all they are the most famous Poles, even wider recognized in the world than the previous pope and Lech Walesa.

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umm i think you have the wrong Pole here

Doesn't Russia have enough frozen wasteland to satisfy themselves?

Look, I tried to keep silent but I see so many posters here are just plain wrong and I'd be a poor patriot if I allowed this to continue. I know it for a fact that neither of the aforementioned Poles filled in the proper paperwork to have their citizenship revoked, so they are still Polish. Although they never voted and as far as I know never served, so maybe they arent very good Poles. Also, I never saw any of them in the church on Sunday. But we are tolerant.
I only hope they keep behaving, it would be terrible if they gave our country bad reputation. After all they are the most famous Poles, even wider recognized in the world than the previous pope and Lech Walesa.

MEGALOL!:D:D:D:D:D

That's true. Although the Moon is ours. The flag's up there - end of story. :p

Pity the US government claims that the Moon is still international territory and res communis. Nyaah:p

wiki: Moon

Legal status
Main article: Space law
Although several flags of the Soviet Union (scattered by Luna 2 in 1959 and by later landing missions) and the United States have been symbolically planted on the Moon, no nation currently claims ownership of any part of the Moon's surface. Russia and the US are party to the Outer Space Treaty, which places the Moon under the same jurisdiction as international waters (res communis). This treaty also restricts the use of the Moon to peaceful purposes, explicitly banning military installations and weapons of mass destruction (including nuclear weapons).[63]

Pity the US government claims that the Moon is still international territory and res communis. Nyaah:p

wiki: Moon
I'm sure the Martians would say otherwise. <.<

Doesn't Russia have enough frozen wasteland to satisfy themselves?

guess not and next thing they want the south pole

I'm sure the Martians would say otherwise. <.<

Goddamn Reds

umm i think you have the wrong Pole here
All Your Poles Are Belong To Us!
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb115/nipeng_bucket/telepoles.jpg

All Your Poles Are Belong To Us!
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb115/nipeng_bucket/telepoles.jpg

So every pole dancing club is a little piece of Polish soil?

MEGALOL!:D:D:D:D:D
Why, what's so funny? And as for Russia exploiting the Poles and claiming they actually belong to Siberia, this is not the first time they try this.

So every pole dancing club is a little piece of Polish soil?
Polish dirt, actually.

;)

Allright, I might owe the English native speakers an apology, I guess this is really an old pun for them. But I like it! :D

Those crazy Russkies!

Well think of it this way. They have to keep their vodka chilled somehow...

Why, what's so funny? And as for Russia trying to explot the Poles and claiming they actually belong to Siberia, this is not the first time they try this.

Russia finally wants to make sure that the Poles get their fair share of Siberian oil resources. See how much they love you?;)

I'm sure the Martians would say otherwise. <.<

http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0888496/

Clearly, Mars belongs to Italy. ;) The above link is the clear proof therof!

Instad of the Libia's conquest, this is about the forgotten Mars' mission by which, May 10th, 1939, "Mars is fascist!".

There is a heck of a lot of oil still untapped in the Arctic and all 5 circumpolar nations want it. Also Americans tell your government to stop drawing funny lines in the water, the border between the Yukon and Alaska is straight not squiggly.

One more issue for Canada to deal with. First Americans travelling through the NorthWest passage without notifying Canada, unconfirmed reports of both American and Russia nuclear subs in our waters and the ongoing turf battle with the danes about the puny piece of rock called Hans Island.

Yeah, doesn't the US pretty much own the waters above Canada as nukesub prowling territory? Hell, isn't the knowledge of where the ice is thin enough for said subs to surface classified?

Polish dirt, actually.

;)

Allright, I might owe the English native speakers an apology, I guess this is really an old pun for them. But I like it! :D

Wait, which language is it a pun in? :confused: Maybe I'm just slow... ;)

Pity the US government claims that the Moon is still international territory and res communis. Nyaah:p

wiki: Moon

Yeah, but we have certain traditions over here about government and honoring treaties... ;)