Arctic commission says if U.S. ratifies U.N. treaty it can lay claim to oil rich Chukchi Cap

Murkowski, who sponsored the bill that created the U.S. Arctic Research Commission in 1984, calls for bottom mapping

Petroleum News Alaska

The U.S. Arctic Research Commission told Commonwealth North members Feb. 11 that it recommends the United States ratify a United Nations treaty which would allow the United States to claim oil rich lands in the continental shelf of the Chukchi Sea and Arctic Ocean. The United States can’t lay claim....

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