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Tag Archives: Alaska
Russia’s Growing Pains
Russia plans to grow. It may do this by annexing 1.2 million square kilometres of Arctic Ocean. That’s a piece of Earth more than twice the current size of the Ukraine. This includes the North Pole. And potentially a lot … Continue reading
Posted in Exploration, Oceans
Tagged Alaska, Arctic Ocean, Canada, continental shelf, Greenland, Lomonosov ridge, North Pole, oceanography, oil industry, Putin, Russia
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Alaska knows something
Alaska is taking credit for proving plate tectonics. OK, that’s an exaggeration. 50 years ago, in March 1964, an incredibly powerful 9.2 Magnitude earthquake shook Alaska. We are being told that “the quake proved a theory that was just … Continue reading
