Russia made a play at the North Pole a while back: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/08/070802-russia-pole.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n

Russia made a play at the North Pole a while back: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/08/070802-russia-pole.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/08/070802-russi... Not sure about Antartica.