NORWAY CLAIM OVER CANADIAN ARCTIC ISLANDS RAISED IN OTTAWA PRESS
July 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
CONCERNS that Norway may reactivate claims over the Sverdrup Islands west of Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada, have surfaced in the Canadian national press. Geological studies have shown the islands to have potential oil and gas reserves. Norway once claimed sovereignty because of a 1900 expedition.
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CONCERNS that Norway may reactivate claims over the Sverdrup Islands west of Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada, have surfaced in the Canadian national press. Geological studies have shown the islands to have potential oil and gas reserves. Norway once claimed sovereignty because of a 1900 expedition.
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