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Published: 12 January, 2009, 09:23
Edited: 24 October, 2010, 20:21

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Russia has a huge head start in the race for Arctic riches, says explorer Artur Chilingarov, who headed the expedition that planted Russian flag on the sea bottom at the North Pole last year.

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