By Michael Heath
Aug. 3 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. said Russia planting its tri-color flag on the seabed under the North Pole doesn't validate the former communist country's claim to the mineral- rich Arctic territory.
``I'm not sure of whether they've put a metal flag, a rubber flag or a bed sheet on the ocean floor,'' State Department spokesman Tom Casey said in Washington yesterday. ``Either way, it doesn't have any legal standing or effect on this claim.''
The Mir-1 and Mir-2 mini-submarines yesterday transported six people about 4.3 kilometers (2.7 miles) to the Arctic Ocean floor under the polar cap. President Vladimir Putin, citing an ``outstanding scientific project,'' thanked the crews during a phone call late yesterday for placing the Russian flag in a titanium capsule on the seabed, the Kremlin said on its Web site.
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