Why are researchers from the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland setting off explosions in an area of the arctic? View Available Hint(s) Why are researchers from the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland setting off explosions in an area of the arctic? to determine the depth of the Ross Ice Shelf in order to calculate the amount of melting ice to destroy icebergs, which have the potential to crash into oil pipelines and cause oil spills to determine whether the Lomonosov Ridge is joined to the Canadian/Greenland continental shelf to ward off other countries like Russia from claiming arctic territory to try to disprove Canada’s claim to the Northwest Passage