Russia own the North Pole?

[widebody911]

This could get interesting...

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

[steve185]

Canada owns the north pole, period.

[widebody911]

Originally posted by steve185
Canada owns the north pole, period.

Shouldn't that be Canada owns the north pole, eh? or Canada owns the north pole, dontchaknow??

[Jim Richards]

hoser

[Sonic dB]

Interesting article thx.
Didnt realize that there is so much natural resources at the
North Pole.

Santa will be a rich man before this is all over.



oil pays for hoes



and luxurious vacations in warmer climate

[Zef]

Nobody own it yet......Canada own a lot of territory up there...but not the Pole..!

[Wickd89]

Wow. How did Putin beat the US on claiming this one! ;-)

[RANDY P]

Originally posted by widebody911
Shouldn't that be Canada owns the north pole, eh? or Canada owns the north pole, dontchaknow??

what's all this carrying on aboot?

We'd all better hope it isn't true - I'll be upset if I get one of those funky Communist hats for christmas this year -

assuming they don't cancel Christmas...

[dhoward]

Who own da Chiefs?

[Jim Richards]

Originally posted by dhoward
Who own da Chiefs?

Everyone that plays them.

[steve185]

Nobody own it yet......Canada own a lot of territory up there...but not the Pole..!

Yes we do own it, at least until it moves out of our Arctic.

Geomagnetism
North Magnetic Pole
The Earth's magnetic field is shaped approximately like that of a bar magnet and, like a magnet, it has two magnetic poles, one in the Canadian arctic, referred to as the North Magnetic Pole, and one off the coast of Antarctica, south of Australia, referred to as the South Magnetic Pole. At the North Magnetic Pole the Earth's magnetic field is directed vertically downward relative to the Earth's surface. Consequently, magnetic dip, or inclination is 90° . In addition, the North Magnetic Pole is the eventual destination for a traveller who follows his or her compass needle from anywhere on Earth.

The North Magnetic Pole is slowly drifting across the Canadian Arctic. The Geological Survey of Canada keeps track of this motion by periodically carrying out magnetic surveys to redetermine the Pole's location. The most recent survey, completed in May, 2001, determined an updated position for the Pole and established that it is moving approximately northwest at 40 km per year. The observed position for 2001 and estimated positions for 2002 to 2005 are given in the table.

Year Latitude ( °N) Longitude ( °W)
2001 81.3 110.8
2002 81.6 111.6
2003 82.0 112.4
2004 82.3 113.4
2005 82.7 114.4




Explore the pages listed in the menu to learn more about the North Magnetic Pole.





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[alf]

I thought the US owns Canada

[M.D. Holloway]

The North Pole is water so if they are claiming the water rights, so be it. As I understand it, First Nations owns the land around there - of course they wouldn't put up much of a fight against Russia if they decided to take it over.

[thrown_hammer]

They want to put a missile base there...

[bigchillcar]

Everyone that plays them.

doh!

They want to put a missile base there...

nah, just to throw snowballs at us...and canada..donchaknow..

[steve185]

I thought the US owns Canada

Canada is bigger and on top!

[p911dad]

The paper says that Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper today ordered the military to buy 8 Corvettes to defend their claim of ownership of the North Pole.. Would those be the Ron Fellows Z06's, I wonder?

[jluetjen]

Sure, Canada owns the North Magnetic pole, but that's leaving and there's nothing the Canadians can do about it.

[alf]

Originally posted by steve185
Canada is bigger and on top!

That is a good point, fine y'all could take over.