Arctic Ocean ridge claim about ‘national pride’ as much as potential resources: expert

Claims are inspired more by each country’s desire to be seen as an Arctic power, and less by extractable value, says Prof. Adam Lajeunesse.
Since 2013, Canada has been conducting scientific mapping in order to submit its claim over its continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean.
As Canada prepares its submission on the claim over submarine shelves in the Arctic Ocean, there are questions if there are resources on and below the seabed worth extracting, experts say. Canada's claim will deal with two ridges, jutting out from Ellesmere Island at Canada's northernmost point, cr...

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