Russians set out on Arctic claim expedition.

This article reports on the launch of a naval expedition by the Russian government in an attempt to provide evidence to support its territorial claims in the Arctic in 2011. The Akademik Fyodorov research vessel will lead the expedition. Russia wants to prove that a geographical feature called the Lomonosov Ridge is an extension of its continental shelf under the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).