Foreigners Keep Out! High Tech Mapping Starts to Redefine International Borders
Date
Friday, January 18, 2008
Source
Wired Magazine
Summary
Because new territory in the Arctic could mean new natural resources, CCOM researchers, tapped by the US government and led by Jim Gardner, have been silently scanning for six years now — mapping the frozen north as well as the Bering Sea, the gulfs of Alaska and Mexico, the Atlantic Margin off the East Coast, and the Marianas in the Pacific. They're racing to prove the US controls more territory than anyone thought. Read more at the Wired Magazine website.
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