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Russia to Expand by Million Sq Kilometers
On the very bottom of the Arctic Ocean, near the Lomonosov Mountain Ridge, the scientists of Russia have collected proofs justifying extension of the country’s continental shelf, Murmansky Vestnik reported with reference to Murmansk Ocean Company.
The collected information shows that the area of Russia’s ocean shelf exceeds the previous estimate by 1.2 million sq kilometers. But under the international agreements, Russia enjoys the exclusive right of conducting economic activity in the whole territory of the shelf, including outside the standard zone of 200 miles.
From there, the scientists say, it is possible to produce 9 billion tons to 10 billion tons of equivalent fuel.
The work to gather comprehensive scientific evidences proving that the shelf of the Arctic Ocean simply continues Siberian continental platform is expected to be completed by 2009.
It was Rossia Atomic Icebreaker with Mi-8MTV helicopters on board that explored the ocean’s bottom during an expedition of 45 days. The vessel was berthed in the Murmansk port Monday.
In the East Siberian Sea, the exhibition arranged a drifting ice station for nine persons, held deep sounding of 700 kilometers, measured gravity 50 times, held airborne geographical survey of 15,000 line kilometers from Il-18 aircraft and made photo-teleprofiling and sub-bottom profiling.
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