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Northern island latest pawn in Arctic chess game

China Daily | Updated: 2007-11-01 07:20

Northern island latest pawn in Arctic chess game

A tiny outcrop of rocks found off the northern coast of Greenland could open up a new front in the looming battle for control of the Arctic and the North Pole.

The best candidate to date for the world's northernmost point of land - a mythical place sought by explorers for centuries - was spotted in July during an expedition led by Arctic veteran Dennis Schmitt.

California-based Schmitt, best-known for his 2005 discovery of Warming Island off the eastern coast of Greenland, named it Stray Dog West because, he said, it "erred under the ice".

Northern island latest pawn in Arctic chess game

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