3 August 2007 Russia plants flag at North Pole Mr. MacKay, in a televised interview just hours after the Russian announcement, said: "This isn't the 15th century. You can't go around the world and just plant flags and say, 'We're claiming this territory.' "There is no threat to Canadian sovereignty in the Arctic ... we're not at all concerned about this mission. Basically it's just a show by Russia." |
13 July 2005 Hans Island |
(Granted, it's a completely different government since two years, ago, but it's still silly.)
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