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Countries discuss Arctic1 claims
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22 September 2010
Politicians and experts from around the world are meeting in Moscow to discuss who will control the large reserves of oil and gas thought to lie under the Arctic Sea.
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Steve Rosenberg
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As temperatures rise and the polar ice caps melt, the race is on to unlock2 the treasures of the Arctic.
This region is thought to contain one quarter of the world's untapped oil and gas reserves, and there's stiff3 competition for them. America, Canada, Denmark and Norway have all staked territorial4 claims in the Arctic, and so has Russia.
Three years ago, a Russian expedition planted a titanium flag on the ocean floor beneath the North Pole. It was a symbol of Moscow's determination to protect what it sees as its national interest.
In Moscow this week scientists, businessmen and politicians from Arctic nations will discuss co-operation, but they're also expected to push their countries' claims in the region.
Steve Rosenberg, BBC News, Moscow
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Arctic
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unlock
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territorial
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