VOICE OF RUSSIA -The Russian research vessel ‘Akademik Fyodorov’ is leaving Murmansk July 15th on a mission to confirm conjectures that the undersea Lomonosov Ridge and the Mendeleev Rise in the Central Arctic Ocean are extensions of the Arctic shelf of Siberia. Under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, this country would be able to claim exclusive economic rights in both areas.The Arctic seabed is a treasure trove of minerals, oil and natural gas. Read More
