SHOULD RUSSIA EXPLOIT NORTH POLE MINERALS AND OIL, AND DAMAGE ITS PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT? RUSSIA VOX POP
November 1st, 2007
BY NICK HOLDSWORTH, in Moscow
Russia's recent submarine expedition beneath the polar icecap - and its subsequent controversial territorial claim to a large part of the North Pole - has sparked renewed debate over who has the right to explore for and extract the icy region's oil and mineral reserves. But should Russia push ahead with mining and drilling if it damages wildlife in the area?
ANSWERS:
Ksenia Gaponova, 79, retired German language teacher, from Moscow
"We're pretty far off the point of being able to extract oil from the North Pole right now. We ...
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