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A Russian NTV channel grab taken 03 August 2007 shows a manipulator of the Mir-1 mini-submarine as it places a Russian state flag at the seabed of Arctic ocean at a depth of 4,261 meters (13,980 feet), 02 August 2007. Russian newspapers lauded members of an Arctic expedition who planted a Russian flag in the seabed four kilometres (2.5 miles) beneath the North Pole. AFP PHOTO / NTV