Russia Claims the North Pole

A "holy memorial capsule" lowered by a bishop from an icebreaker ought to do it...

Reason Staff | 9.28.2012 7:40 AM

A Russian Orthodox bishop has lowered a "holy memorial capsule" into the sea at the North Pole in an attempt to "consecrate" the Arctic and reassert Moscow's claims to the territory.

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Russia Claims the North Pole

A "holy memorial capsule" lowered by a bishop from an icebreaker ought to do it...

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