Talk:Sverdrup Islands

Otto Sverdrup's map missing?
Some days ago there was an article in the Canadian newspaper National Post that said that the map the Parliament of Canada bought from Otto Sverdrup to prove their claim on the Sverdrup Islands couldn't be found, and further it contained some rather wild speculation about the consequences of this. Perhaps this could be added to the article as a fun piece of trivia? -- Nidator 18:55, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot 18:57, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

deleted copy and paste from Nunatsiaq News
I deleted a large section, unfortunately most of the article. It was a copy and paste, with only a few different sentences here and there, from the link provided to Nunatsiaq News, which is copyrighted. The contents were interesting, but copyright is copyright. --Barend (talk) 11:17, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Norwegian ownership?
Hi. The islands seem to be disputed between Canada and Norway, even though it is located in Canada and is uninhabited. However, there was a short CBC news documentary about the islands, and why Norwegians also want ownership of the islands. It's apparently part of WikiProject Norway, so why not find some sources and add this info? Thanks. ~ A H  1 (TCU) 21:17, 17 June 2008 (UTC)


 * The islands are not disputed. They were found by a Norwegian who claimed them for Norway. However the Norwegian government at the time decided it was not in Norway's interests to maintain the claim.Inge (talk) 18:25, 19 June 2008 (UTC)