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Arctic mapping redraws borders

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Secrets emerge from 'least-mapped place in the world'.

The recent push for nations to stake a claim to portions of the Arctic sea floor, where potential oil reserves are thought to lie, has thrown a spotlight on how little is known about these areas, and on new attempts to pin the geography down.

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Cressey, D. Arctic mapping redraws borders. Nature (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2008.603

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