Denmark claims North Pole via Greenland ridge link
COPENHAGEN - Denmark said Sunday scientific data shows Greenland's continental shelf is connected to a ridge beneath the Arctic Ocean, giving Danes a claim to the North Pole and any potential energy resources beneath it.
Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard said Denmark will deliver a claim on Monday to a United Nations panel in New York that will eventually decide control of the area, for which Russia and Canada are also coveting.
Lidegaard told the AP he hopes the other nations that also have made claims in the Arctic will continue to keep to "the rules of the game."
The United States, Russia, Norway, Canada and Denmark all have areas surrounding the North Pole, but only Canada and Russia have indicated an interest in it before Denmark's claim.
