Last Updated: Tuesday, 21 August 2007
Denmark eyes North Pole riches http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6950517.stm
By Thomas Buch-Andersen BBC News, Copenhagen
[Greenland icebergs: Melting ice may make exploration easier]
"Dragons be here!" That is how the unknown region of the North Pole was marked on ancient Danish maps.
Much still remains to be mapped and Denmark is engaged in that work now, with a new polar expedition.
Cutting through ice as thick as five metres (16.5ft), 45 scientists are on a mission to explore what is really beneath the frozen sea. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6950517.stm