Denmark: Leaked Arctic Strategy 2011-2020

According to a news story filed yesterday by the Danish newspaper Dagbladet Information, a 34-page draft document titled "Strategy for the Arctic" was leaked to media outlets stating inter alia that Denmark wants: "to lay claim to the continental shelf in five areas around the Faeroe Islands and Greenland, including the North Pole itself." The Danish government confirmed authenticity of the document and it is reported that the Science Ministry has started collecting data to formally submit a claim to the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf no later than 2014.

Danish language draft