Russian North Pole? US et al Say No

Russia's claim to the North Pole is groundless and conflictive with the existing flow of International Law and Convention: specifically the International Law of the Sea; as the United States Department of State iterated last week following Russia's North Pole claim. Most nations; including other Arctic contiguous joined the USA in similar positions. Russia's claim confounds the previously settled and yielded Law f the Sea which limits Arctic adjoining and bordering nations to a 200 mile zone of economic interest; but bars sovereign claims beyond that point. Russia's claim is based on a contiguous undersea ridge from its continental shelf and littoral sea bed which she would extend to include the North Pole and surrounding area.
[per Bloomberg News August 3 2007 - link following:]
Bloomberg News on Russian Claim - US Position

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Most nation's would expect and have asserted a modern legalistic approach against Russia's unilateralism; which would include the use of exsting international law and convention in appropriate forums to discuss or change the Arctic regions' neutrality - not withstanding military and maritime intersts in surface and submarine passage -- beyond the initial resources and territorial claim.