FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 2, 2007 file made available by the Association of Russian Polar Explorers on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007, photo a titanium capsule with the Russian flag is seen seconds after it was planted by the Mir-1 mini submarine on the Arctic Ocean seabed under the North Pole during a record dive. Russia says it has submitted its bid for vast territories in the Arctic to the United Nations. The Foreign Ministry said Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015, that Russia is claiming 1.2 million square kilometers (over 463,000 square miles) of Artic sea shelf. (AP Photo/Association of Russian Polar Explorers, file)

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