03-09-2015, 06:39 PM
I believe I found an answer to my question. Connect the following dots:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_...the_Arctic
"A 2008 United States Geological Survey estimates that areas north of the Arctic Circle have 90 billion barrels of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil (and 44 billion barrels of natural gas liquids ) in 25 geologically defined areas thought to have potential for petroleum. This represents 13% of the undiscovered oil in the world... In June 2007, a group of Russian geologists returned from a six-week voyage on a nuclear icebreaker 50 Let Pobedy, the expedition called Arktika 2007. They had travelled to the Lomonosov ridge, an underwater shelf going between Russia's remote, inhospitable eastern Arctic Ocean, and Ellesmere Island in Canada where the ridge lies 400m under the ocean surface.[SUP][5] [/SUP]According to Russia's media, the geologists returned with the "sensational news" that the Lomonosov ridge was linked to Russian Federation territory, boosting Russia's claim over the oil-and-gas rich triangle. The territory contained 10bn tonnes of gas and oil deposits, the scientists said.[SUP][6] [/SUP]In the early 2012 Russia plans to start the first commercial offshore oil drilling in the Arctic, on Prirazlomnaya platform in the Pechora Sea.[SUP][7][/SUP] The platform will be the first Arctic-class ice-resistant oil rig in the world."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lomonosov_Ridge
In the 2000s, the geological structure of the ridge attracted international attention due to a 20 December 2001 official submission by the Russian Federation to the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (article 76, paragraph 8). The document proposed establishing new outer limits for the Russian continental shelf, beyond the previous 200-nautical-mile (370 km) zone, but within the Russian Arctic sector.[SUP][4][/SUP] The territory claimed by Russia in the submission is a large portion of the Arctic reaching the North Pole.[SUP][5][/SUP] One of the arguments was a statement that the underwater Lomonosov Ridge and Mendeleev Ridge are extensions of the Eurasian continent.[SUP][1][/SUP] In 2002 the UN Commission neither rejected nor accepted the Russian proposal, recommending additional research.[SUP][4][/SUP]...
Danish scientists hope to prove that the ridge is an extension of Greenland,[SUP][6][/SUP] and Denmark became another claimant to the area in 2014.[SUP][7][/SUP] Canada, also a claimant, asserts that the ridge is an extension of its continental shelf. In April 2007, Canadian and Russian scientists were sent to map the ridge as a possible precedent for determining sovereignty over the area.[SUP][1][/SUP] In late June 2007, Russian scientists claimed that the ridge is an extension of Russia's territory,[SUP][8][/SUP] and in 2011 a Russian scientist said that Russia and Denmark claim different parts of the ridge and the claims are not conflicting.[SUP][9][/SUP] Other sources indicate that some areas are disputed.[SUP][10][/SUP]
Canada is expected to make further claims.[SUP][11][/SUP] Denmark and Russia have agreed to follow certain procedures when making claims.[SUP][12][/SUP] If the Danish claims are accepted by the Commission in summer 2015,[SUP][7][/SUP] the distribution of areas may still be a matter of negotiation between claiming countries - a process which can take several years.[SUP][13][/SUP] The rhetoric used in making claims is also subject to discussion.[SUP][14] [/SUP]A 21-member UN arbitration panel is considering the competing claims, with the focus on the Lomonosov Ridge.
As a follow-up in mid-September 2007, Russia's Natural Resources Ministry issued a statement:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_...the_Arctic
"A 2008 United States Geological Survey estimates that areas north of the Arctic Circle have 90 billion barrels of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil (and 44 billion barrels of natural gas liquids ) in 25 geologically defined areas thought to have potential for petroleum. This represents 13% of the undiscovered oil in the world... In June 2007, a group of Russian geologists returned from a six-week voyage on a nuclear icebreaker 50 Let Pobedy, the expedition called Arktika 2007. They had travelled to the Lomonosov ridge, an underwater shelf going between Russia's remote, inhospitable eastern Arctic Ocean, and Ellesmere Island in Canada where the ridge lies 400m under the ocean surface.[SUP][5] [/SUP]According to Russia's media, the geologists returned with the "sensational news" that the Lomonosov ridge was linked to Russian Federation territory, boosting Russia's claim over the oil-and-gas rich triangle. The territory contained 10bn tonnes of gas and oil deposits, the scientists said.[SUP][6] [/SUP]In the early 2012 Russia plans to start the first commercial offshore oil drilling in the Arctic, on Prirazlomnaya platform in the Pechora Sea.[SUP][7][/SUP] The platform will be the first Arctic-class ice-resistant oil rig in the world."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lomonosov_Ridge
In the 2000s, the geological structure of the ridge attracted international attention due to a 20 December 2001 official submission by the Russian Federation to the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (article 76, paragraph 8). The document proposed establishing new outer limits for the Russian continental shelf, beyond the previous 200-nautical-mile (370 km) zone, but within the Russian Arctic sector.[SUP][4][/SUP] The territory claimed by Russia in the submission is a large portion of the Arctic reaching the North Pole.[SUP][5][/SUP] One of the arguments was a statement that the underwater Lomonosov Ridge and Mendeleev Ridge are extensions of the Eurasian continent.[SUP][1][/SUP] In 2002 the UN Commission neither rejected nor accepted the Russian proposal, recommending additional research.[SUP][4][/SUP]...
Danish scientists hope to prove that the ridge is an extension of Greenland,[SUP][6][/SUP] and Denmark became another claimant to the area in 2014.[SUP][7][/SUP] Canada, also a claimant, asserts that the ridge is an extension of its continental shelf. In April 2007, Canadian and Russian scientists were sent to map the ridge as a possible precedent for determining sovereignty over the area.[SUP][1][/SUP] In late June 2007, Russian scientists claimed that the ridge is an extension of Russia's territory,[SUP][8][/SUP] and in 2011 a Russian scientist said that Russia and Denmark claim different parts of the ridge and the claims are not conflicting.[SUP][9][/SUP] Other sources indicate that some areas are disputed.[SUP][10][/SUP]
Canada is expected to make further claims.[SUP][11][/SUP] Denmark and Russia have agreed to follow certain procedures when making claims.[SUP][12][/SUP] If the Danish claims are accepted by the Commission in summer 2015,[SUP][7][/SUP] the distribution of areas may still be a matter of negotiation between claiming countries - a process which can take several years.[SUP][13][/SUP] The rhetoric used in making claims is also subject to discussion.[SUP][14] [/SUP]A 21-member UN arbitration panel is considering the competing claims, with the focus on the Lomonosov Ridge.
As a follow-up in mid-September 2007, Russia's Natural Resources Ministry issued a statement:
Preliminary results of an analysis of the earth crust model examined by the Arctic-2007 expedition, obtained on 20 September, have confirmed that the crust structure of the Lomonosov Ridge corresponds to the world analogues of the continental crust, and it is therefore part of the Russian Federation's adjacent continental shelf.[SUP][size=12][18]"
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[/SIZE]I'm willing to bet that the yellow areas on the Times map are discovered oil reserves. Could it be that all this "icebreaker gap" garbage is just "rhetoric used in making claims" on the vast arctic petroleum reserves of the Arctic?
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