Canada pledges to work with U.S. over competing claims to Arctic sea floor
The federal government is pledging to work with its American counterparts after the U.S. claimed parts of the Arctic sea floor that Canada also wants.
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![The federal government is pledging to work with its American counterparts after the U.S. claimed parts of the Arctic seafloor that Canada also wants. In this July 16, 2017, file photo, ice is broken up by the passing of the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica as it sails through the Beaufort Sea off the coast of Alaska. Patches of sea ice stretch off into the distance.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7073570.1704311194!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/beaufort-sea.jpg)
The federal government is pledging to work with its American counterparts after the U.S. claimed parts of the Arctic sea floor that Canada also wants.