In a televised Kremlin ceremony, Putin hailed the crews for carrying out a "unique and risky mission."
Canada and Denmark have also been involved in the race to claim the potentially vast oil and other resources of the North Pole region.
Artur Chilingarov, a polar explorer and a legislator who led the Russian expedition, said the expedition will help back the country's Arctic claim.
"We have done everything to prove that Arctic belongs to Russia," he said after receiving the Hero of Russia medal.
Chilingarov presented Putin with a copy of a Russian flag planted under the North Pole and invited him to take part in a future Arctic mission when he "has more time."
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Putin Gives Medals To Members Of Russian Expedition To Stake Arctic Claim
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Dave Ruston
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The boundaries are absolutely NOT clear, thus all the hubbub.<br />
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From Simon Fraser University's Canadian American Strategic Review site:<br />
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"A country's exclusive economic zone, or EEZ, generally extends 200 nm [ 370 km or 230 statute miles ] from its shores. But, under Article 76 of UNCLOS, that zone can be extended. Each nation must convince other parties to the treaty that there is a 'natural prolongation' of its shelf beyond the 200-mile limit."<br />
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read the rest at: <a href="http://www.sfu.ca/casr/id-arctic-empires-4.htm">http://www.sfu.ca/casr/id-arctic-empires-4.htm</a><br />
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Or from Gwynne Dyer:<br />
<a href="http://www.gwynnedyer.com/articles/Gwynne%20Dyer%20article_%20%20Arctic%20Scramble.txt">http://www.gwynnedyer.com/articles/Gwynne%20Dyer%20article_%20%20Arctic%20Scramble.txt</a><br />
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Or at GlobalResearch.ca<br />
<a href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=6437">http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=6437</a><br />
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