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In addition, Canada claims the water within the Canadian Arctic Archipelago as its own internal waters. The United States is one of the countries which does not recognize Canada's, or any other countries', Arctic archipelagic water claims and has allegedly sent nuclear submarines under the ice near Canadian islands without requesting permission ...
The British Arctic Territories were a region of British North America, composed of islands to the north of continental North America. They are now known as the Arctic Archipelago. The British claim to the area was based on the discoveries of Martin Frobisher (1535–1594) in the 16th century.
The largest of the Arctic islands is Severny Island, with an area of about 48,904 km 2 ... On 15 April 1926, the Soviet Union reaffirmed this claim. [2] Islands
Greenland Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede again pushed back on President Trump’s proposal that the U.S. acquire the Arctic island, claiming in a post early Wednesday that “Greenland is ours.”
British claims on the islands, the British Arctic Territories, were based on the explorations in the 1570s by Martin Frobisher. Canadian sovereignty was originally (1870–80) only over island portions that drained into Foxe Basin, Hudson Bay and Hudson Strait.
At that point, the Norwegian government raised the claim, primarily to use the islands as bargaining chips in negotiations with the United Kingdom over the status of two other islands: the Jan Mayen in the Arctic and Bouvet Island in the Antarctic. On 11 November 1930, Norway recognized Canadian sovereignty over the Sverdrup Islands. [2]
US President-elect Donald Trump says owning the Arctic island is vital for national security, but experts say he may also be eyeing other aspects of Greenland such as its trove of natural resources
Nearly nine of every 10 Greenlanders reject President Donald Trump‘s proposal to acquire their island, according to the first major poll conducted since he renewed his interest in purchasing ...