Expedition to Stake Arctic Claim Delayed

July 26, 2007 By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- An ambitious Russian naval expedition that set off for the North Pole to explore the bottom of the Arctic Ocean and stake Moscow's claim to oil and natural gas riches under the seabed ground to a sudden halt Wednesday when a ship broke down.

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