Like Denmark and Russia, Canada says its extended continental shelf includes the North Pole
Canada’s 2,100-page submission includes the contested Lomonosov Ridge and the North Pole.
Canada filed an extended continental shelf submission last week with the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf that covers more than 460,000 square miles in the Arctic Ocean and includes the North Pole — which Russia and Denmark have also included in their submissions.
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