The Best 13 Russian Titanium Flag North Pole - One of the mini-submarines dropped a rust-proof titanium Russian flag on the seafloor nearly 3 miles below the ice cap, claiming the North Pole symbolically. Warmer temperatures have made it possible to explore the Arctic seabed for the first time, and Russia is outperforming its competitors. Tuesday, August 2, 2007 MOSCOW, August 2 – On Thursday, a pair of Russian submersibles descended more than two miles beneath the ice cap and deposited a Russian flag on the seafloor at the North Pole. The dive served as a metaphor.
At a depth of 4,261 meters, a mechanical arm dropped a specially made, rust-proof titanium flag painted with the Russian tricolor onto the Arctic seabed. "It was so beautiful down there," Itar-Tass said. Russia defends flag-planting at the North Pole. The US and Canada have mocked a Russian submarine expedition that planted a Russian flag on the seafloor beneath the North Pole. Arriving home to a
The 2007 polar expedition was a symbol of Russia's Arctic ambitions. Deep-water bathyscaphes reached the bottom of the ocean in the North Pole region for the first time, planting a Russia plants flag beneath N Pole. The Mir-I is one of two Russian submersibles that have sunk to the Arctic floor. Russian explorers have planted their country's flag on the seafloor 4,200m (14,000ft) below the surface of the ocean.
