Local Time :: 4:00 PM AKDT on July 27, 2010 (GMT -08)
Lat/Lon :: 58.8° N 137.0° W
Elevation :: 33 feet
Temperature :: 63 Fahrenheit
Conditions :: Overcast
Humidity :: 72%
Dew Point :: 54 Fahrenheit
Wind :: 4 MPH from WestPressure :: 30.02 inches (Rising)
Visibility :: 10.0 miles
UV :: 2 out of 16
Clouds :: Overcast 3000 feet above ground level
The USA is disputing Canada's claim to a shared border at 141st meridian. I believe Canada is correct. The northern 'end' of Earth comes to a single point geographically. It is impossible to claim a border other than meridians leading to that 'single point' as a border.
...The U.S. says the sea border (click title to entry - thank you) should go out at a 90-degree angle from the land at the Canada-U.S. border, but Canada's opinion is that it should continue to follow the 141st meridian, which is what the land border follows.
The work, to be done from Aug. 2 to Sept. 14, will help define the outer edge of the North American continental shelf, data that will be used by Canada and the U.S. in submissions to the United Nations that will stake new claims to the Arctic seabed.
Both countries are preparing claims under the United National Law of the Sea, though the U.S. has not yet signed the treaty. The treaty allows countries to claim sea floor to the edge of their extended continental shelves, beyond the 380 kilometres from the coastline they currently control.
The claims must be filed by 2013....
