Last Thursday, Canada submitted 1,200 pages of scientific evidence to prove that the continental shelf from the High Arctic islands extends past 200 nautical miles from shore. It includes a contested section of sea floor that stretches from the top of Ellesmere Island along an undersea ridge to the Pole and more than 200 kilometres past it. Russia says that same undersea ridge originates from its continental shelf. Canada was expected to file a submission five years ago that would have stopped just shy of the Pole. “You had to determine you had a continental shelf.

Source: National Post May 27, 2019 17:11 UTC