Last week I was mentioning this story in the science and technology forum because investigations of the shelf that connects Greenland to most of the north pole land mass has resulted in a new discovery about the age of the earth and about how long life exsisted on earth. (you can find that report in the science debate forum here at Volconvo).
The North pole snow and ice does cover the whole "top" of the globe from the USSR over to Canada. But who owns the property rights to the ancient shelf that Greenland sits upon? The shelf does not poke up into Canada as far as I know, but it might? And where is the boarderline between Russia and Canada? I would assume if it is inside the boarder line you can plant a oil rig there. Or whatever?
But what about our Mr. Bryd (if I spelled his name right?) who was the first person to explore the North Pole. He was from the USA and he basically planted our flag in the ground and claimed the Pole for us. Later the USSR did the same thing.
When our explorer Bryd explored the South Pole he also planted our flag and estabished an outpost called "Little America" of behalf of the USA. Later an international treaty was signed to make the South Pole an international place that no one can own, like the Moon is. And that treaty banned the old USSR form using the south pole for a dumping site for nuclear waste.
Perhaps the U.N. will establish a new international treaty that states that the North Pole cannot be owned by any nation. A international wildlife park, if you will. However the seals are moving southward with the water, and the Polar Bears will be forced to move southward in search of food, etc. Or else they might die off when the snow melts and the waters depart into the seas,
But back to the topic. The USA was the first country to plant our flag at the North Pole. We got historical proof it is ours. Along with the oil of course.
However our explorer was put into a private insanity ward after returning home and stating that he discovered a hole in the north pole that connected to another world inside of the earth. He stated that the inner earth has a large space with another tiny sun and that things live in that place, Some more current photos taken from an orbiting satellite confirmed the theory but the photos were promptly removed from the offical webpage for viewing those photos of earth. And some folks started to holler "cover-up conspiriacy".
What if that is true? See this link and make up your own mind.
The hollow earth - Google Image Search
Did you folks know about this? If such was (is) the case then the North Pole has much more to offer then just some oil, if the melting cap reveals a passageway to another world within the earth. The Eskomos believe they orginated from a hole in the earth, not from China. Hmm?
Speaking of Eskomos - don't those Natives have a claim to that turf?