Photo: Russia Plants Underwater Flag, Claims Arctic Seafloor

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Shown in a TV broadcast, a Russian miniature submarine is lowered from the research vessel Akademik Fyodorov before diving beneath the ice at the North Pole on August 2, 2007.

Two minisubs descended more than 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) to place a flag on the ocean floor—part of a quest to bolster Russian claims to Arctic oil and mineral wealth.

Photograph from AP/RTR Channel

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