![Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg releases a weather balloon in Antarctica at a ceremony to name a new mountain crag on January 19, 2008. Nations claiming parts of Antarctica are quietly staking Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg releases a weather balloon in Antarctica at a ceremony to name a new mountain crag on January 19, 2008. Nations claiming parts of Antarctica are quietly staking](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D1FN4W/norwegian-prime-minister-jens-stoltenberg-releases-a-weather-balloon-in-antarctica-at-a-ceremony-to-name-a-new-mountain-crag-on-january-19-2008-nations-claiming-parts-of-antarctica-are-quietly-staking-out-rights-to-the-seabed-in-stark-contrast-to-the-north-pole-where-russia-ostentatiously-planted-a-flag-to-back-its-claim-the-streamer-says-trollveikja-or-troll-girl-the-name-of-the-1800-metre-high-peak-about-250-km-155-miles-from-the-sea-picture-taken-january-19-2008-to-match-feature-antarcticaclaims-reutersalister-doyle-antarctica-2D1FN4W.jpg)
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg releases a weather balloon in Antarctica at a ceremony to name a new mountain crag on January 19, 2008. Nations claiming parts of Antarctica are quietly staking
![A group including Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg clambers down from a crag called "Troll Girl", about 1,800 metres high, near the Troll research station in Antarctica January 19, 2008, after a A group including Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg clambers down from a crag called "Troll Girl", about 1,800 metres high, near the Troll research station in Antarctica January 19, 2008, after a](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D1D40B/a-group-including-norwegian-prime-minister-jens-stoltenberg-clambers-down-from-a-crag-called-troll-girl-about-1800-metres-high-near-the-troll-research-station-in-antarctica-january-19-2008-after-a-formal-ceremony-to-name-the-peak-nations-claiming-parts-of-antarctica-are-quietly-staking-out-rights-to-the-seabed-in-stark-contrast-to-the-north-pole-where-russia-ostentatiously-planted-a-flag-to-back-its-claim-picture-taken-january-19-2008-to-match-feature-antarcticaclaims-reutersalister-doyle-antarctica-2D1D40B.jpg)
A group including Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg clambers down from a crag called "Troll Girl", about 1,800 metres high, near the Troll research station in Antarctica January 19, 2008, after a
![Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg studies the edge of a glacier near Norway's Troll research station in east Antarctica January 20, 2008. Alarm bells are ringing about risks of a quickening thaw Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg studies the edge of a glacier near Norway's Troll research station in east Antarctica January 20, 2008. Alarm bells are ringing about risks of a quickening thaw](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D163D5/norways-prime-minister-jens-stoltenberg-studies-the-edge-of-a-glacier-near-norways-troll-research-station-in-east-antarctica-january-20-2008-alarm-bells-are-ringing-about-risks-of-a-quickening-thaw-of-antarctica-that-would-drive-up-world-sea-levels-stoltenberg-said-on-sunday-after-a-visit-to-the-icy-continent-reutersalister-doyle-antarctica-2D163D5.jpg)