Figure 6. Source: IBRU Revised Arctic Map (Polar Projection) August 2015, https://www.dur.ac.uk/resources/ibru/ resources/Arcticmap04-08-15.pdf (Accessed on 12-01-2016). http://revista.ieee.es/index.php/ieee 303 David López Morales Terrae ultima thule: Cooperation in the Artic region the Continental Shelf extends beyond those 200 nautical miles. Therefore, sovereignty may be exercised beyond 200 nautical miles”125. Sovereignty claims With regard to Denmark, the doubts surrounding its claim do not relate to the claim per se, which was filed in December 2014126, but to its relationship with Greenland in view of the latter’s possible independence from Denmark. In 2009 Greenland’s citizens approved the Greenlandic self-government referendum with a 75% vote in favour of independence. Currently there is tension between the Greenlandic and Danish governments because the former does not accept Denmark’s claims to the North Pole, stating that “the North Pole belongs to nobody”127. Canada’s position with regard to claims to the Arctic is an interesting one. As mentioned previously, Canada is very eager to secure its sovereignty in the Arctic. The country recently withdrew its claim to the CLCS to make a number of changes in light of new data that has been collected, and it is conducting various projects for the compilation of scientific data in conjunction with Russia and Denmark128. 125 Extract from the interview with Professor Elena Conde, op. cit. 126 More details on Denmark’s claim can be found on the CLCS web page: http://www.un.org/Depts/los/CLPC_new/submissions_files/submission_dnk_76_2014.htm . 127 OSTERUD, Oyvind, HONNELAND, Geir, op. cit, p.164. 128 RIDDELL-DIXON, op. cit, p.346.
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