Denmark to Claim North Pole, Hopes to Strike Oil
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Denmark aims to claim the North Pole and hunt for oil in high Arctic regions that may become more accessible because of global warming, the Science Ministry said on Monday.
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Denmark will investigate claims that the CIA secretly used an airport on the Nordic country's remote Arctic territory of Greenland to transport prisoners in the U.S. war on terror, the prime minister said Thursday.
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Oil prices rose for the second day in a row on Thursday with an Arctic blast forecast to hit the United States next week, ramping up demand for heating fuels.
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Russia will file a claim to the gigantic mineral wealth of the Arctic seabed with the United Nations by the end of the year, Russia's natural resources minister said on Tuesday.
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The deal will create a global offshore oil giant Energy firms Statoil and Norsk Hydro have unveiled plans to merge their offshore oil and gas operations, creating a global industry giant.Comment
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The U.S. government on Thursday said  BP Plc  could continue to pump oil from the western half  of its giant Prudhoe Bay field in Alaska, although the oil  major reiterated it would decide only next week whether to do  so.
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Foreign Minister Jan Petersen is attending the Ministerial Meeting of the Arctic Council in Iceland on 24 November. The most important item on the agenda is a discussion of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment.
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At a remote outpost in northern Greenland, an international team of scientists is attempting to resolve the critical mystery of global warming: how quickly will sea levels rise?
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TORONTO -- Canada announced plans yesterday to increase its Arctic military presence in an effort to assert sovereignty over the Northwest Passage -- a potentially oil-rich region the United States says is international territory.
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A Viking ship has set sail for Denmark in an attempt to recreate voyages undertaken by early Norsemen.
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Denmark should follow Britain's lead and also announce a timetable for pulling back its troops from southern Iraq, the foreign affairs spokesman for the main opposition party said Wednesday.Comment
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Denmark was expected to announce plans to begin withdrawing its troops from Iraq at a news conference on Wednesday, Danish media reported.
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Citing a need for domestic energy, the government plans to open for exploratory drilling thousands of acres on Alaska's North Slope that have been protected for decades because of migratory birds and caribou.
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Rising global temperatures will melt areas of the Arctic this century, making them more accessible for oil and natural gas drilling, a report prepared by the United States and seven other nations said on Monday.
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Russia is sending a submarine to explore the ocean floor below the North Pole to support claims to the Arctic.
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To extract oil from the Jack field, a rig will have to negotiate freezing waters, boiling oil and seismic uncertainty. Hereâs how.
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Britain plans to submit a claim to the United Nations to extend its Antarctic territory by a million square kilometers, the foreign office said on Wednesday.