Canada gov't map showing border going to North Pole.
NWT-Nunavut boundary also goes to pole. But the map
shows the Canadian borders going beyond its own EEZ.
If you claim the territory, shouldn't you move the EEZ
outward too (or at least your claim of it)? Or why
even put the EEZ on the map?
http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/maps/reference/national/can_political_e/referencemap_view_image
--- acroorca2002 <
orc@...> wrote:
> this is already such a beautiful montage
> i wish the clippophiles will overlook my replaying
> it almost entire
> as the stackophiles rejoice in my topping it off as
> well with these
> comments
>
> first
> i think it is not very liberal to claim the north
> pole
> since that is supposed to be everyones ice
>
>
> & second
>
> isnt hans island situated in such a narrow passage
> that it could
> hardly affect much territorial sea anyway
> either way it goes
> not to mention any eez
>
> so what kind of exploitation are they talking about
> here anyway
> in these few square miles
> of defacto timeshare cocktail condo
>
> a minuscule dot in a presumably vast hydrocarbon
> field
> which is otherwise fully & clearly & happily
> delineated
> & thus nothing to get hung about anyway
> right
>
> canada does have some real equidistance
> & real eez
> & real hydrocarbon
> problems
> however
> with denmarks ally & alter pincer
> the usa
> off the coasts of the yukon &or alaska
>
> but no amount of struggle with either clawhold will
> profit her
> quixotic pole joust
> or jest
> which is coincidentally her only real problem here
>
> however
> she should soon lose all remaining delusions of
> grandeur to
> those of the usa
> if not to everyones land directly
> as her bogus sector claims evaporate in unlos shock
> & awe
>
> but she had already lost most of her far north to
> the inuit & the
> aurora anyway
> if ever she really owned them
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Doug Murray
> <doug@d...> wrote:
> > There is more on the dispute in the national
> papers. Most of
> the
> > coverage is in the National Post, which has a
> decidedly Liberal
> bent.
> >
> > The online contents are by subscription only, but
> I think I have
> found
> > some links that work:
> >
> > Canada:
> > http://tinyurl.com/33nco
> >
> > US Coverage:
> > http://tinyurl.com/35khk
> >
> > Reuters (UK):
> > http://tinyurl.com/2c2vz
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > Doug
> >
> > On Wednesday, March 31, 2004, at 07:40 AM, Peter
> Smaardijk
> wrote:
> >
> > >
> http://www.berlingske.dk/indland/artikel:aid=424670/
> > >
> > > Translation I will leave to the pros (the
> professional Danes
> that is).
> > >
> > > Peter S.
> > >
> > > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Peter
> Hering"
> <hering@m...>
> > > wrote:
> > > > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Doug
> Murray
> <doug@d...> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > More in today's National Post:�
> http://tinyurl.com/37gng
> > > > >
> > > > > Is there any coverage of this issue in the
> Danish press?
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers!
> > > > >
> > > > > Doug
> > > >
> > > > WELL....! No, not really...this issue seems to
> be more of
> enter-
> > > > tainment character than of any real political
> value...! :-))
> > > > WHO cares...? One island more or less...:-))
> > > >
> > > > I'll let you know if there are any changes
> about this topic!!!
> > > >
> > > > btw: do NOT fear the breakdown of our mutual
> friendship,
> mate!
> > > > Diplomatic relations between our nations will
> remain
> unhurt and
> > > > super friendly...! And all Canadians -
> especially
> BORDDERFREAKS-
> > > > are more than welcome to have some pints of
> beer in
> CPH..well???
> > > >
> > > > all yours
> > > >
> > > > Peter Hering
>
> ladies & gentlemen i apologize again
>
> i have tightened this up as much as i dare
>
> but what remains defied my clipper by being just too
> good to clip
>
> & salutes to mats for his excellent additions too
>
>
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